The nearest spot available for most things is Umaria. Get there well stocked with your necessities and requirements if you're on a budget trip. Food and water are not a problem. Mineral water is available at most of the resorts, who also offer decent catering facilities for their guests. For those with weak stomachs, it is advisable to tell the person serving you to ask the cook to go easy on the chillies. For the slightly more adventurous, who want to eat at places other that their resorts, Tala does offer one or two extremely small roadside eating joints.

At Bandhavgarh, eating facilities (for humans) are good, but not as good as those for it's animals