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Shorea robusta is threatened these days due to sal borer attack, sal mortality, poor regeneration potential, edapho-climatic changes and various biotic interferences. No systematic attempts were made in India, to understand dynamism of its natural regeneration and to suggest management inputs to encourage its regeneration. The present study deals with the natural regeneration with particular reference to crop composition and community structure in Kanha Tiger Reserve in India. The results indicated that the average number of regeneration of sal seedlings per hectare worked out to be 1557 in core zone, 3446 in buffer zone and 7137 in in phen wild life sanctuary which are quite adequate. The distribution pattern of individuals of Shorea robusta trees in different girth classes was also seemed to be uninterrupted in most of the stands studied. This trend of uninterrupted distribution of Shorea robusta in different growth phases with plenty of established regeneration is the healthy sign of establishment and growth of Shorea robusta crop in the past in this area.