Welcome to Pench Jungle

Welcome to Pench Jungle – A platform to explore you the true essence of Pench National Park, Pench Jungle provides you all the information about Pench Zones, Gates, Wildlife, and Safari Booking and also offer you some good combined options for you tour.

The National Park shares its area with two states i.e. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh each state have 7 gates that is separated by 2 zones Core zone and Buffer zone.

Core Zone - This is a legally protected area where human intervention is strictly prohibited. It is an uninterrupted internal system i.e. the inner area of jungle.

Buffer Zone - The area that surrounds or adjoins the core areas where nature is conserved alongside compatible human uses of the land or water.

The Pench Jungle is home to many, there are 70+ Bengal tigers, 39 species of mammal, 13 species of reptile. Commonly seen wildlife is chital, sambar, Nilgai, wild boar, jackal, leopard, sloth bear, Indian wolf, wild dog, porcupine, monkeys, jungle cat, fox, striped hyena, gaur, and barking deer live in the park. The park is rich in bird life as well. According to wildlife authorities, the park is home to more than 210 species.

About Pench Jungle

The Pench Jungle Tiger Reserve landscape consists of rugged, hilly, and flat terrain. There are many rivers, streams and waterfalls. Most of the water sources here are seasonal. Most of the hills are flat from the top, with a magnificent view of the forest. The most famous of these is the Kala Pahar Hills, rising some 2,100 feet [650 m] above sea level. The National Park shares its area with two states i.e. Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

On the Madhya Pradesh side, the Pench Tiger Reserve encompasses a core area of 411.33 Sq. Km. with a buffer area of 768 Sq. Km, making for a total protected area of 1179.63 Sq. Km. On the Maharashtra side, the Pench Tiger Reserve has a core habitat area of 257.3 Sq. Km. along with a buffer area of 483.96 Sq. Km. making for a total core area 741.2 Sq. Km. Spanning over a total protected region of over 1920 Sq. Km. The Totladoh reservoir built on the Pench River is a major water source for wildlife during the summer season.

Wildlife that flourish in the Jungle

Reptiles

13

Mammals

39

Total Species

210+

Tiger
70+

Chital
68,545+

Sambar
7,845+

Nilgai
2,115+

Leopard
54+

Gaur
1,566+

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Pench Jungle

Maharashtra Gates

Gates & Zones of the Maharashtra side of Pench Jungle

The park is divided into 7 gates.
Sillari, Chorbahuli, & Khursapar are Core area
Surewani, Kolitmara, Khubala & Paoni are Buffer area

Sillari (Core)

Sillari Gate, Near Paoni Village, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Maharashtra 441401.

Khursapar (Core)

Khursapar Gate, Near Morphata Dargha, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Maharashtra 441401.

Chorbahuli (Core)

Chorbahuli Gate, Near Chorbahuli Village, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Maharashtra 441401.

Saleghat (Buffer)

Saleghat Gate, Near Khapa Village, NH-47 Nagpur Saoner Road, Maharashtra 441101.

Kolitmara (Buffer)

Kolitmara Gate, Near Kolitmara Village, Nagpur to Parshivni Road, Maharashtra 441401.

Surewani (Buffer)

Surewani Gate, Near sironji Village, NH-47 Nagpur Saoner Road, Maharashtra 441101.

Paoni (Buffer)

Paoni Gate, Near Paoni Village, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Maharashtra 441401.

Madhya Pradesh Gates

Gates & Zones of the Madhya Pradesh side of Pench Jungle

The park is divided into 7 gates.
Turia, Karmajhiri, Jamtara are Core area
Khawasa, Masurnala, Khumbhpani, Rukhad, Teliya are Buffer area

Turia (Core)

Turia gate, Near Khawasa Village, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Madhya Pradesh 480881.

Karmajhiri (Core)

Kamajhiri gate, Near Khawasa Village, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Madhya Pradesh 480881.

Jamtara (Core)

Jamtara gate, Near Jamtara Village, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh 480110.

Khawasa (Buffer)

Khawasa gate, Near Khawasa Village, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Madhya Pradesh 480881.

Khumbhpani (Buffer)

Khumbhpani gate Near Jamtara Village, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh 480110.

Rukhad (Buffer)

Rukhad gate, Near Rukhad Villageis, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Madhya Pradesh 480881.

Teliya (Buffer)

Teliya gate, Near Morphata Dargha, NH-44 Nagpur-Seoni Road, Maharashtra 480881.

Vision Of Our Leaders

"I salute all those working towards wildlife protection. Be it lions, tigers and leopards, India is seeing a steady rise in the population of various animals. We should do everything possible to ensure protection of our forests and safe habitats for animals".
- PM Shri Narendra Modi

"Conservation of forest areas, wildlife and development work in forest areas should be done in such a way that it does not adversely affect human life. There should be a balance between the two".
- CM Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh)

"The Forest Department carries out the work of preservation and conservation of wildlife and forest resources. Balancing environment with development is the need of the hour. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde praised the work of the Forest Department here today, saying that the work of the Forest Department in the era of global warming is divine".
- CM Shri Eknath Shinde (Maharashtra)

Collarwali:
Remembering India’s ‘super mum’ tigress

Pench Tiger Reserve's famous 'collarwali Tigress,' who gave to 29 cubs and earned the title of 'supermom,' died at the age of 16 after prolonged illness on January 15 2022.

Collarwali named because of the radio collar she wore. She became one of India's best-known tigers after starring in the BBC Wildlife documentary, Spy in the Jungle, which tracked the lives of four tiger cubs over two years.

Visitors Experience

A very well-managed gates. The guides and the drivers are eager to really guide the tourists so that they can enjoy their trips. We took 2 safaris from this gate. Although here we missed the tigers the guides made us happy by familiarizing us with different kinds of trees and birds.

Saswati Lahiri

Safari at Pench is a wonderful journey through various types of plantations and amongst different noises of birds, monkeys, deer's etc. The park is not too crowded with jeeps and is quite silent. The sightings of elusive tigers is good in the morning safari from touria gate. Try for route no 2 for best sightings.

The park is very nice & we had a very good tiger & leopard sighting, but that was more down to amazing luck, than anything the park does to assist.

Ankit Kurariya

Pench national park, Turia gate is core zone of the tiger reserve park. Turia zone is best for tiger. Turia gate is home of the famous Collarwali tigress.

Pench Tiger Reserve comprises the Indira Priyadarshini Pench National Park and the Pench Mowgli Sanctuary. It is named after the Pench river that flows through it.

It is also interesting to know that the one best wildlife series on tigers so far.. it is also shelters dense population cheetal, followed by leopard, sambhar, gaur and migratory birds such as Malabar pied hornbill, Indian pitta and osprey.

Hetal Shah