Kuno NP
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Overview
Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh is the site of Project Cheetah: African cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa have been introduced here since September 2022. Gandhi Sagar became a second site in 2025.
It is in Sheopur district, and the Kuno river flows through it.
Cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa were released here from 2022 under Project Cheetah.
It became a national park in 2018.
It was once proposed as a second home for the Asiatic lion.
The park has dry deciduous forests and grasslands.
The cheetah project has faced challenges with animal deaths.
Cheetahs were brought to India after they became extinct in 1952.
Geography and key facts
- Madhya Pradesh
- Project Cheetah, 2022
- Namibia and South Africa
- Sheopur district
- Project Cheetah (2022)
- NP 2018
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on species reintroduction.
Note for UPSC
Madhya Pradesh; site of the cheetah reintroduction (2022).
Prelims often asks park–state pairs, the rivers flowing through a park and its flagship species.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Kuno NP yet.
Key facts
- Type
- National park / tiger reserve
- State / UT
- Madhya Pradesh
- Coordinates
- 25.667°N, 77.250°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- Climate, Soils and Natural Vegetation (map lesson)
- Natural Vegetation and Biogeography of India (map lesson)
- Ecology, Biodiversity and Protected Areas (map lesson)
- Wildlife Conservation: Protected Areas, Laws and Species Projects (map lesson)
- Biodiversity: Levels, Hotspots, Threats and Global Frameworks (map lesson)
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