Pench Tiger Reserve

Pench Tiger Reserve or Pench National Park is a tiger reserve in India straddling across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. On the Madhya Pradesh side, it encompasses a core area of 411.33 km² (158.82 sq mi), with a buffer of 768.3 km² (296.6 sq mi), making for a total protected area of 1,179.63 km² (455.46 sq mi). On the Maharashtra side, the Pench Tiger Reserve has a core habitat area of 257.3 km² (99.3 sq mi) along with a buffer zone of 483.96 km² (186.86 sq mi) making total protected area of 741.2 km² (286.2 sq mi). Pench Tiger Reserve comprises Pench National Park, Mowgli Pench Sanctuary and a buffer area, which span more than 1,920 km² (740 sq mi).