A rapidly developing municipal town situated on the Chandrapur-Chennai railway route. It was a royal city in ancient times and signs of its splendor glory are still seen scattered in its environs. Today it is known for its collieries having nearly 2000 million tonnes of coal deposits and large quantities of fine teak and other varieties of timber that are brought from the surrounding forest and sold at Ballarpur.
This is the place where Baba Amte made a home for the patients of leprosy.
A compact 620-sq-km park, perched at an altitude of 200m and is placed 100 km south of Nagpur and 45 km north of the district headquarter and industrial town of Chandrapur. A heaven for wildlife enthusiasts, Tadoba is also referred to as 'The Jewel of Vidarbha. The oldest National Park in the state of Maharashtra, it is also a Project Tiger reserve, since 1993.