National Parks, Tiger Reserves, Major Wildlife Sanctuaries of Madhya Pradesh

Place

Establishment Year

Location

Important Facts

Kanha kisli National Park

1879

Mandala and Balaghat

• First tiger reserve, first national park and first sanctuary in India.
• Also known as Sun set point.
• Banjar and Suparn river flows here.

Bandhavgarh National Park

1968

Umaria

• Surrounded by 32 hills.
• The Charan Ganga river flows here.
• Famous for Bengal Tiger
• Highest tiger density in India.
• Become part of Project Tiger in 1993.

Panna National Park

1981

Panna and Chhatarpur

• Also known as Sariska National Park
• Ken river flows in the north direction, which is the lifeline of this park.
• Become part of Project Tiger in 1994.

Pench National Park 

1977

Seoni and Chhindwara

• Situated on Madhya Pradesh- Maharashtra border.
• National Highway 44 is located near to it.
• The Mowgli Land Festival has been celebrated here since 2004.  
• Become part of Project Tiger in 1992.

Madhav National Park

1958

Shivpuri

• Established by the Scindia kingdom.
• National Highway 3 and 25 are located near it.

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

1983

Siddhi and Singrouli

• Largest National Park of undivided Madhya Pradesh. 
• Become part of Project Tiger in 2008.

Satpura National Park

1981

Hoshangabad

• Largest number of Black Buck is here.

Van vihar National Park

1979

Bhopal

• Only one snake garden of M.P.

Kuno National Park(New)

2018

Sheopur and Morena

• New National Park.

Nauradehi Sanctuary

1975

Sagar

• Rehabilitation of African tigers.
• Famous for Tiger, Nilgai, Chinkara and Wild buffalo.  

RalaMandal Sanctuary

1989

Indore

• Smallest sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh
• First Fox Conservation Centre of India.

Sardarpur Sanctuary

1983

Dhar

-

Sailana Sanctuary

1983

Ratlam

-

Ghatigaon Sanctuary

1981

Gwalior

• Established by Scindhia and Tomar kingdoms.
• Also known as Shahbulbu and son Chidiya.

Karera Sanctuary

1981

Shivpuri

• Mahuar and Bagheri rivers flow from here.

Chambal Sanctuary

1978

Spread in Morena, Bhind, Dholpur (Rajasthan) and Etawah (Uttar Pradesh)

• Famous for Dolphin conservation.

Son Gharial Sanctuary

1981

Shahdol

-

Ken Sanctuary

1981

Chhatarpur and Panna

-

Khivani Sanctuary

1995

Dewas

• Bal Ganga river originated from here

Narsingh Sanctuary

1974

Rajgarh

• Chidi Kho Lake is situated here

Cow Sanctuary

2021

Agar-Malwa

• First Cow conservation centre of India and Madhya Pradesh.

Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary

1974

Neemuch and Mandsaur

-

Pachmarhi Sanctuary

1977

Hoshangabad

• UNESCO declared it as the first bio-conservative area of Madhya Pradesh in 1999.
• Famous for Black Buck

Ratapani Sanctuary

1976

Sehore and Raisen

• Become part of Project Tiger in 2014.