Madhav (Shivpuri) National Park 156 sq km in area, the park is open throughout the year. Biogeographical Provinces 4.8.4 (Indus-Ganges Monsoon Forest). The park enforces the conservation which the area enjoyed when it was the private shooting reserve of the Maharaja of Gwalior. It was established as the
Shivpuri National Park in 1958 simultaneously with the creation of the State of
Madhya Pradesh.
Fast facts:
State: Madhya Pradesh
Area: 156 sq km
Languages: Hindi, English
Best Time to visit: June to March
Madhav National Park, Madhya Pradesh
Madhav (Shivpuri) National Park 156 sq km in area, the park is open throughout the year. Biogeographical Provinces 4.8.4 (Indus-Ganges Monsoon Forest). The park enforces the conservation which the area enjoyed when it was the private shooting reserve of the Maharaja of Gwalior. It was established as the Shivpuri National Park in 1958 simultaneously with the creation of the State of Madhya Pradesh.
It now enjoys further protection under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. Consists of level, undulating and hilly country in the Vindhyan range. Also lake. Altitude ranges from 360-480m. With a varied terrain of wooded hills, the forest being dry, mixed and deciduous with flat grasslands around the lake, it offers abundant opportunities of sighting a variety of wildlife. The vegetation in the park mixed dry deciduous forest of somewhat poor quality.
Wildlife in Shivpuri Wildlife National Park:
The Madhav Shivpuri National Park has an abundance of wildlife. Tigers are bred in captivity in a protected zone in the Madhav National Park in Shivpuri. These tigers are then relesed and are free to roam within the boundaries of the park. The tigers can be seen by visitors sitting in jungle hides and shooting boxes. The tigers can only be shot by cameras now. The chances of seeing a tiger are very high during a trip to Madhav National Park Shivpuri, and visitors usually get a chance to see this majestic animal in the wild.Some of the other animals you can see at Shivpuri Madhav National Park are leopards, jackals, wild boar, sloth bears, striped hyenas, crocodiles, jungle cats, and many species of deer including nilgais, chitals, gazelles, four-horned antelopes, and sambhar. Monkeys such as langurs and macaques can be seen in the park. Large bird species such as demoiselle cranes, white ibises, geese, cormorants, spoonbills and painted storks can be seen. Smaller birds such as paradise flycatchers, golden orioles and purple sunbirds are a delight to the eye.
Attraction (Madhav National Park) :
The predominant species that inhabits the park is the deer, of which the most easily sighted are the graceful little Chinkara, the Indian gazelle, and the Chital. Other species that have their habitat in the park are Nilgai, Sambar, Chausingha or four-horned Antelope, Blackbuck, Sloth Bear, Leopard and the ubiquitous common Langur. Tiger Panthera tigris (occasional), leopard Panthera pardus, striped Hyaena, jackal Canis aureus, jungle cat Felis chaus) chital Axis axis, sambar Cervus unicolor, nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus, four-horned antelope (chowsingha) Tetracerus quadricornis, wild boar Sus scrofa, chinkara (mountain gazelle) Gazella, crocodile and others.
The Madhav National park is equally rich in the artificial lake, Chandpata, is winter home of geese, pochard, pintail, teal, mallard and gadwall. A good site for bird watching is where the forest track crosses the wide rocky stream that flows from the Waste Weir. Species that frequently this spot are Red Wattled Lapwing, Large Pied Wagtail, Pond Heron and White - Breasted Kingfisher. The avifauna also includes Cormorant, Painted Stork, White Ibis, Laggar Falcon, Purple Sunbird, Paradise Flycatcher and Golden Oriole.
