| SALIENT
FEATURES |
|
Area
|
|
Core : 292.85 sq. km.
Buffer : 465.00 sq. km.
Total : 757.85 sq. km.
Longitude
: 79007'45" E to 79022'30"
Latitude
: 21037'N to 21050'30"
E
Altitude :
580-675 Mt.
Above MSL
Rainfall :
1397 mm
|
Seasons
Winter
:
November to February
Summer
: March to mid-June
Monsoon
: mid-June
to September
Temperature
|
|
Minimum : 3.1°F
Maximum : 47°F.
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HIGHWAYS
|
No state or national highway passes through the core area. National
Highway No.7 passes along the border of the Pench Sanctuary
in the Buffer. A number of accidents of wild animals takes place
due to vehicles plying during the night. |
|
|
TOURISM
Pench
is ideally situated for tourism, being only 12 km. away from
Khawasa on N.H. 7 between Nagpur and Jabalpur. Khawasa is 81
km. from Nagpur and 193 km from Jabalpur.
|
Year
|
National
|
Foreigner
|
| |
|
1991-92
|
1196
|
--
|
|
1992-93
|
3579
|
--
|
|
1993-94
|
781
|
--
|
|
1994-95
|
841
|
--
|
|
1995-96
|
981
|
--
|
|
1996-97
|
973
|
--
|
|
1997-98
|
988
|
--
|
|
Desgination
and Address
of the Official
|
Telephone
No.
|
Fax
No.
|
E-mail
address
|
Field
Director
Pench Tiger Reserves, District Seoni-480661 Madhya Pradesh
|
07692-223794 (O)+(R)
07692-223794(R) |
223823
224331 |
penchtr@sancharnet.in |
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