Pench National park, nestling in the lower southern reaches of the Satpura hills is named after Pench river, meandering through the park from north to south. It is located on the southern boundary of Madhya Pradesh, bordering Maharashtra, in the districts of Seoni and Chhindwara.
There are around 50 Tigers and 30 Leopards and can be seen on roads and near water pools of river during summer months. Pench boasts of more than 210 species of birds including several migratory ones.
There had been the loss of best valley forest by the reservoir which submerges 54 sq kms of the park area which was once referred by Sir Rudyard Kipling in his book named "Jungle Book". This large reservoir of Pench with sporadic islands attracts a number of winter birds from north.
