Betla National Park, Palamau, Jharkhand India

Betla National Park is a national park located in the Chota Nagpur Plateau of the Palamu district of the Indian state of Jharkhand, in India. The park boasts a wide variety of wild life.

Previously known as the Palamu Sanctuary, the Betla National Park is one of the most widely known national parks in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent. The national park sprawls over an area of around 979 sq km, out of which 232 sq km forms the core area. The sanctuary acquired the status of a national park in the year 1989. The Betla National Park has the eminence of being one of the 9 tiger reserves that were first established in the country. The western part of the Chhotanagpur Plateau constitutes the terrain of the park.