Kanha National Park

Kanha National Park, national park in Madhya Pradesh, northern India, established in 1955 and extended in 1962 and 1970. Kanha National Park, which now covers 940 sq km (363 sq mi), is an area of grassland, bamboo groves, and sal forests which supports 22 species of mammals, notably tigers, leopards, chital, sambar, and barasingha (swamp deer), and about 200 species of birds. The Kanha Tiger Reserve was created within the park in 1974, as part of the nationwide Project Tiger initiated in 1973, and the numbers of this rare species, and of several other animals, have increased in recent years. The park is closed from July to October, during the monsoon season, but at other times of the year visitors can take elephant rides and other guided tours throughout the park (travelling without a guide is forbidden).

The Kanha area provided the setting for The Jungle Book, a novel for children by Rudyard Kipling.