Pench TR
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Overview
Pench Tiger Reserve spans Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and is the setting of Kipling's Jungle Book. The underpasses built for wildlife on NH-44 through Pench are a model for green infrastructure.
The Pench river divides the reserve into Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra parts.
Its forests inspired Kipling's The Jungle Book.
It is a tiger reserve and a national park.
It is named after the Pench river that flows through it.
The park has teak forests and open grasslands.
The tigress Collarwali, which gave birth to many cubs, became famous here.
It is easily reached from Nagpur.
Geography and key facts
- MP–Maharashtra
- Jungle Book setting
- NH-44 underpasses
- Pench river
- Jungle Book
- MP and Maharashtra
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on wildlife corridors.
Note for UPSC
Madhya Pradesh–Maharashtra; the setting of Kipling's Jungle Book.
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 Pench TR yet.
Key facts
- Type
- National park / tiger reserve
- State / UT
- Maharashtra
- Coordinates
- 21.672°N, 79.303°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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