Pench National Park is located in Chhindwara and Seoni districts of Madhya Pradesh (India). The name is derived from the Pench River which flows through the National Park. The river flows from north to south that divides the park into two halves-eastern and western, the well woody areas of both districts.

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Pench National Park was declared as a sanctuary in 1977, but in 1983, it evoked with the status of National Park. Later in the year 1992, it was stated as Pench Tiger Reserve, which covers 758 sq. km of area and the Pench National Park form the centre area of the reserve that covers 292.85 sq. km. The Mowgli’s Pench Wildlife Sanctuary covers 118.30 sq. km of areas. A Buffer Zone is created by Reserve Forests, Revenue Land and Protected Forests which occupies 346.73 sq. km of area.

Pench National Park has a remarkable history. The representation of its magnificence and natural wealth occurs in Ain-i-Akbari (Constitution of Akbar), which was a 16th century document created by Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (the Emperor Akbar’s vizier), recording the Akbar’s administration realm. Pench has actually inspired Rudyard Kipling to write the popular novel ‘The Jungle Book’. Above all, third part of special Tiger of BBC ‘Spy in the Jungle’ was also filmed in Pench National Park, which was based upon the growing up of four Tigers in Pench.