There are 41,644 people living in and around the reserve in 59 villages but none is settled inside the core zone.

There are 41,820 cattle kept in the reserve but none in the core zone.

The biosphere reserve has several core zones or total reserves.

The total population of the core zone and the buffer zone is around 24.000.

The core zone of the park is not accessible to the tourists.

The core zone is strictly managed with no grazing and has measures to protect endangered species.

The smaller the reserve, the more likely that the edge effects will affect the core zone.

The remaining area has been divided into core zone (74.33 km2.)

A total of 543 plants species have been recorded from the core zone.

The core zone can only be explored in a company of rangers.