Within the national park area are six rural villages enclosed within three large enclosures for sheep and cattle farming.

Between 1995 and 2021, the dry deciduous forests in the National Park shrunk approximately by 44% due to uncontrolled diversion of forest land for agricultural purpose, urbanisation, etc[1] The 65,127.5 acre (260.51 km2[4]) national park is located about 22 km south of Bangalore in the hills of the Anekal range with an elevation of 1245 - 1634m.

[5] The park has a hilly terrain of granite sheets under moist deciduous forest valleys and scrubland on higher areas.

[7] The park is part of a wildlife corridor for elephants which connects the BR Hills and the Sathyamangalam forest.

Tremors from the explosives used in the quarry operations are felt across a radius of at least five km adversely affecting elephants and other wild animals.