The Sanjay-Dubri tiger reserve is spread over an area of 1674.502 Sq. km. and consists of Sanjay National Park and Dubri Sanctuary, along with buffer areas taken from Sidhi and Shahdol districts. It lies in the northeastern part of the state of Madhya Pradesh and is bordered by the Guru Ghasidas National Park on the south, of which it was a part before the formation of Chhattisgarh in the year 2000. The reserve is part of the Bandhavgarh-Sanjay-Guru Ghasidas-Palamau landscape and has been identified as one of four potential tiger meta-state populations landscapes which require conservation inputs.