Sanjay National Park
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| Location | Sidhi District, Chhattisgarh, India |
| Nearest city | Sidhi |
| Coordinates | 23°53′7″N 82°3′19″E / 23.88528°N 82.05528°ECoordinates: 23°53′7″N 82°3′19″E / 23.88528°N 82.05528°E |
| Area | 466.657 square kilometres (180.177 sq mi) |
| Established | 1981 |
The Sanjay National Park is located in the districts of Sidhi and Singrauli in the State of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is a part of the Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve, and the park covers 466.7 km2. It is located in the Narmada Valley dry deciduous forests' ecoregion.
The national park is mostly composed of Sal forests.
The Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, Spotted deer, Sambar deer, wild boar, Nilgai, Chinkara, Civet, Porcupine, Monitor lizard, and 309 species of birds are found here. Among the many birds here are the Golden Hooded Oriole, Racket-tailed Drongo, Indian pitta, Rufous treepie, Lesser adjutant, Red-headed vulture, Cenareous vulture, White-rumped vulture, Egyptian vulture and Nightjar.
All of Sanjay Reserve had been in Madhya Pradesh, before Chhattisgarh was carved out of it in 2000. A large part of the area then went to Chhattisgarh, and this forest area, with an area of 1440 km2 was renamed as "Guru Ghasidas National Park," by the Government of Chhattisgarh.
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