The Ratapani Tiger Reserve, located in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh,[3] in Vindhya Range in central India, is one of the finest teak forests in the state and is less than 50 kilometres (31 mi) away from the capital Bhopal.

[6] In accordance with the directives issued by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav in December 2024, the Ratapani forest has been designated as the eighth tiger reserve in the state.

[7] Alfa Valley is located in the arms of Ratapani with backdrop of 20,000 Acres Vindhyanchal Ranges.

Alfa Valley is owned by Alfavision Overseas India Ltd., BSE Listed company based in Mumbai.

Carnivores in the sanctuary include the tiger, leopard, dhole, hyena, jackal and fox, and the herbivores include chital, sambar, nilgai, four-horned antelope, langur and wild boar, and primates: langur and rhesus macaque.

[7] In February 2019, a tiger found in the area of Lunavada in Mahisagar district of Gujarat State,[8][9] before being spotted dead,[10] was said to have come from this sanctuary.

A few to mention are the common babbler, crimson-breasted barbet, bulbul, bee-eater, baya, cuckoo, kingfisher, kite, lark, Bengal vulture, sunbird, white wagtail, crow pheasant, jungle crow, egrets, myna, jungle fowl, parakeets, partridges, hoopoe, quails, woodpeckers, blue jay, dove, black drongo, flycatcher, flower pecker and rock pigeon.

The Ratapani dam at the periphery of the sanctuary invites thousands of migratory birds in winter.

Ratapani retains some of the finest representative forest cover of the Indo-Malayan Tropical Dry Zone (Biome-11).

Illicit felling, grazing by cattle, poaching and encroachment are the major concerns for the management.