Sanjay National Park

Sanjay National Park is a national park in Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district of Chhattisgarh and Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It covers an area of 2,300 km2 (890 sq mi) and is a part of the Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve.[1] It is located in the Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests ecoregion.[2]

Not to be confused with Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai or Sangay National Park in Ecuador
Sanjay National Park
Sanjay Dubri National Park
Map showing the location of Sanjay National Park
Map showing the location of Sanjay National Park
LocationSidhi District, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nearest citySidhi
Coordinates23°53′7″N 82°3′19″E
Area2,300 km2 (890 sq mi)
Established1981
Governing bodyGovernment of India

Flora and fauna

The national park hosts mostly tropical forests of Sal trees.

The Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, Spotted deer, Sambar deer, wild boar, Nilgai, Chinkara, Civet, Porcupine, Monitor lizard, and 309 species of birds are found here. Among the many birds here are the Golden Hooded Oriole, Racket-tailed Drongo, Indian pitta, Rufous treepie, Lesser adjutant, Red-headed vulture, Cenareous vulture, White-rumped vulture, Egyptian vulture and Nightjar.

Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve

All of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve used to be in Madhya Pradesh, before Chhattisgarh was carved out of it in 2000. A large part of this 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) area is now located in Chhattisgarh, which was renamed to "Guru Ghasidas National Park" by the Government of Chhattisgarh.[3][4]

The National Park is named after Guru Ghasidas.[3] It shared five tigers with Madhya Pradesh in 2010.[5] In addition, considering that what used to be Surguja State is now part of Chhattisgarh, and that the state has a district called Koriya, this overall area was the last known territory of the Asiatic cheetah in India.[6]

The Tiger Reserve comprises Sanjay National Park and the Dubri Wildlife Sanctuary, both of which cover more than 800 km2 (310 sq mi) and are located in Sidhi District. The area, with its large size and rich biodiversity, is well-known. It has Sal, bamboo and mixed forests.

According to an official census of Madhya Pradesh carried out in 2004, Sanjay National Park had six tigers. Eventually, however, no tiger was sighted there between October 2008 and May 2009.[1]

See also

References
  1. Singh, S.; Dixit, R. D.; Sahu, T.R. (2005). "Pteridophytic Diversity of Sanjay National Park (Sidhi), Madhya Pradesh". Indian Forester. 131 (4): 574–582.
  2. "Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  3. "Chhattisgarh asked to propose tiger reserve status for Guru Ghasidas park". The Hindu. 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  4. "No tiger in Sanjay Tiger Reserve also, says official". Times Of India. 2012. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. "Tiger Status, October 2010" (PDF). Project Tiger. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  6. Divyabhanusinh (1999). The End of a Trail: the Cheetah in India. Banyan Books, New Delhi.
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