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There are Fifty tiger reserves in India that are governed by Project Tiger which is managed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). India is home to 70 percent of tigers in the world. According to the recent data released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 29, 2019, India’s tiger population has risen to 2,967 in 2018 within a span of 12 years.

Project Tiger:

In India, tiger reserves are started from the year 1973. There are around 56 tiger reserves in India. In that, 5 tiger reserves are at the top of that list, they are

Kaziranga National Park, Assam – 135 Tigers 

Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand  –  252 Tigers

Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Karnataka –  173 Tigers

Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Karnataka – 164 Tigers 

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamilnadu – 162 Tigers

Fact about Tiger Reserves in India

• The highest tiger population in the world- India
• The total number of tiger reserves are there in India-53
• The state has the highest tiger population in India- Madhya Pradesh state with 526 Tigers
• The state has the maximum number of tiger reserves in India-Madhya Pradesh with 6 Tiger reserve
• Tiger reserve has the highest tiger population- Corbett Tiger Reserve(215)
• The first tiger reserve in India- Bandipur tiger reserve(Karnataka) created in 1973-74
• The area has the highest density of tigers in India- Corbett Tiger Reserve
• The Smallest Tiger reserve in India-Bor tiger reserve in Maharashtra with a size of 138 sq km.
• The Largest Tiger reserve in India-Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) with a size of 3,728 km in the state of Andhra Pradesh

List of Tiger Reserves in India

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The list of tiger reserves in India is given below:

State wise list of Tiger Reserves in India

Sl. No	Tiger Reserve	State	Year	Core area (In Sq. Kms.)	Buffer area (In Sq. Kms.)	Total Area (In Sq. Kms.)
1	Bandipur	Karnataka	1973-74	872.24	584.06	1456.3
2	Corbett	Uttarakhand	1973-74	821.99	466.32	1288.31
3	Kanha	Madhya Pradesh	1973-74	917.43	1134.361	2051.791
4	Manas	Assam	1973-74	526.22	2310.88	2837.1
5	Melghat	Maharashtra	1973-74	1500.49	1268.03	2768.52
6	Palamau	Jharkhand	1973-74	414.08	715.85	1129.93
7	Ranthambore	Rajasthan	1973-74	1113.364	297.9265	1411.291
8	Similipal	Odisha	1973-74	1194.75	1555.25	2750
9	Sunderbans	West Bengal	1973-74	1699.62	885.27	2584.89
10	Periyar	Kerala	1978-79	881	44	925
11	Sariska	Rajasthan	1978-79	881.1124	332.23	1213.342
12	Buxa	West Bengal	1982-83	390.5813	367.3225	757.9038
13	Indravati	Chhattisgarh	1982-83	1258.37	1540.7	2799.07
14	Namdapha	Arunachal Pradesh	1982-83	1807.82	245	2052.82
15	Dudhwa	Uttar Pradesh	1987-88	1093.79	1107.985	2201.775
16	Kalakad-Mundanthurai	Tamil Nadu	1988-89	895	706.542	1601.542
17	Valmiki	Bihar	1989-90	598.45	300.93	899.38
18	Pench	Maharashtra	1992-93	411.33	768.3023	1179.632
19	Tadoba-Andhari	Maharashtra	1993-94	625.82	1101.771	1727.591
20	Bandhavgarh	Madhya Pradesh	1993-94	716.903	820.04	1598.1
21	Panna	Madhya Pradesh	1994-95	576.13	1021.97	1598.1
22	Dampa	Mizoram	1994-95	500	488	988
23	Bhadra	Karnataka	1998-99	492.46	571.83	1064.29
24	Pench	Madhya Pradesh	1998-99	411.33	768.3023	1179.632
25	Pakke or Pakhui	Arunachal Pradesh	1999-2000	683.45	515	1198.45
26	Nameri	Assam	1999-2000	320	144	464
27	Satpura	Madhya Pradesh	1999-2000	1339.264	794.044	2133.308
28	Anamalai	Tamil Nadu	2008-09	958.59	521.28	1479.87
29	Udanti-Sitanadi	Chhattisgarh	2008-09	851.09	991.45	1842.54
30	Satkosia	Odisha	2008-09	523.61	440.26	963.87
31	Kaziranga	Assam	2008-09	625.58	548	1173.58
32	Achanakmar	Chhattisgarh	2008-09	626.195	287.822	914.017
33	Dandeli-Anshi	Karnataka	2008-09	814.884	282.63	1097.514
34	Sanjay-Dubri	Madhya Pradesh	2008-09	812.571	861.931	1674.502
35	Mudumalai	Tamil Nadu	2007	321	367.59	688.59
36	Nagarahole	Karnataka	2008–09	643.35	562.41	1205.76
37	Parambikulam	Kerala	2008–09	390.89	252.772	643.662
38	Sahyadri	Maharashtra	2009–10	600.12	565.45	1165.57
39	Biligiri Ranganatha Temple	Karnataka	2010–11	359.1	215.72	574.82
40	Kawal	Telangana	2012-13	892.23	1123.212	2015.44
41	Sathyamangalam	Tamil Nadu	2013-14	793.49	614.91	1408.4
42	Mukandra Hills	Rajasthan	2013-14	417.17	342.82	759.99
43	Nawegaon-Nagzira	Maharashtra	2013-14	653.674	1241.27	1894.944
44	Nagarjunsagar Srisailam	Andhra Pradesh	1982-83	2595.72	700.59	3296.31
45	Amrabad	Telangana	2014	2166.37	445.02	2611.39
46	Pilibhit	Uttar Pradesh	2014	602.798	127.4518	730.2498
47	Bor	Maharashtra	2014	138.12	678.15	816.27
48	Rajaji	Uttarakhand	2015	819.54	255.63	1075.17
49	Orang	Assam	2016	79.28	413.18	492.46
50	Kamlang	Arunachal Pradesh	2016	671	112	783
51	Srivilliputhur – Megamalai	Tamil Nadu	2021	641	374	1016
52	Ramgarh Vishdhari	Rajasthan	2021	309	740	1052
53	Ghasidas & Tamor Pingla	Chhattisgarh	2021	—	—	2048
54	Ranipur	Uttar Pradesh	2021	230.32	299.05	529.36
55	Dholpur-Karauli	Rajasthan	2023	368	690	1,058
56	Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla	West bengal	2024	West Bengal	780	2,829.38

Tiger population in India

Sl. No.	Name of Tiger Reserve	State	Total area (In Sq.Kms.)	Population
1	Nagarjunsagar Srisailam	Andhra Pradesh	3296.31	74
2	Namdapha	Arunachal Pradesh	2052.82	11
3	Kamlang Tiger Reserve	Arunachal Pradesh	783	–
4	Pakke	Arunachal Pradesh	1198.45	07
5	Manas	Assam	3150.92	11
6	Nameri	Assam	344	05
7	Orang Tiger Reserve	Assam	492.46	–
8	Kaziranga	Assam	1173.58	103
9	Valmiki	Bihar	899.38	40
10	Udanti- Sitanadi	Chattisgarh	1842.54	04
11	Achanakmar	Chattisgarh	914.01	11
12	Indravati	Chhattisgarh	2799.07	12
13	Palamau	Jharkhand	1129.93	03
14	Bandipur	Karnataka	1456.3	120
15	Bhadra	Karnataka	1064.29	22
16	Dandeli- Anshi	Karnataka	1097.51	05
17	Nagarahole	Karnataka	1205.76	101
18	Biligiri Ranganatha Temple	Karnataka	574.82	68
19	Periyar	Kerala	925	20
20	Parambikulam	Kerala	643.66	19
21	Kanha	Madhya Pradesh	2051.79	80
22	Pench	Madhya Pradesh	1179.63	43
23	Bandhavgarh	Madhya Pradesh	1598.1	63
24	Panna	Madhya Pradesh	1578.55	17
25	Satpura	Madhya Pradesh	2133.30	26
26	Sanjay- Dubri	Madhya Pradesh	1674.50	8
27	Melghat	Maharashtra	2768.52	25
28	Tadoba Andhari	Maharashtra	1727.59	115
29	Pench	Maharashtra	741.22	35
30	Sahyadri	Maharashtra	1165.57	07
31	Nawegaon Nagzira	Maharashtra	653.67	07
32	Bor	Maharashtra	138.12	05
33	Dampa	Mizoram	988	–
34	Similipal	Odisha	2750	03
35	Satkosia	Odisha	963.87	03
36	Ranthambore	Rajasthan	1411.29	37
37	Sariska	Rajasthan	1213.34	09
38	Mukandra Hills	Rajasthan	759.99	–
39	Kalakad- Mundanthurai	Tamil Nadu	1601.54	10
40	Anamalai	Tamil Nadu	1479.87	13
41	Mudumalai	Tamil Nadu	688.59	103
42	Sathyamangalam	Tamil Nadu	1408.4	72
43	Kawal	Telangana	2019.12	–
44	Amrabad	Telangana	2611.39	–
45	Dudhwa	Uttar Pradesh	2201.77	58
46	Pilibhit	Uttar Pradesh	730.24	65
47	Amangarh (buffer of Corbett TR)	Uttar Pradesh	80.6	–
	Corbett	Uttarakhand	1288.31	215
48	Rajaji TR	Uttarakhand	1075.17	–
49	Sunderbans	West Bengal	2584.89	68
50	Buxa	West Bengal	757.90	02
51	Srivilliputhur Megamalai	Tamil Nadu	1016.57	14
52.	Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary	Rajasthan	252	35
53	Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary	Chhattisgarh	466.67	–

State wise Tiger in India

State	Tigers (2018)
Andhra Pradesh	48
Arunachal Pradesh	29
Assam	190
Bihar	31
Chhattisgarh	19
Goa	3
Gujarat	0
Jharkhand	5
Karnataka	524
Kerala	190
Madhya Pradesh	526
Maharashtra	312
Meghalaya	0
Mizoram	0
Nagaland	0
Odisha	28
Rajasthan	91
Tamil Nadu	264
Tripura	0
Uttar Pradesh	173
Uttarakhand	442
West Bengal	88
Total	2,967

Top 10 Tiger population State

1.  Madhya Pradesh (526)
2. Karnataka (524)
3.  Uttarakhand (442)
4. Maharashtra (312)
5. Tamil Nadu (264)
6. Assam (190)
7. Kerala (190)
8. Uttar Pradesh (173)
9. West Bengal (88)
10. Rajasthan (69)

List of Tiger Reserves in India PDF

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Tiger Symbol for Power and Energy

Tiger is the National Animal of India and also has a significant position in Indian culture. Tiger usually symbolizes Power and enormous Energy.

Interesting Facts about Tigers and Tiger Reserves in India

• Nagpur is also known as the ‘Tiger Capital’ of India 
• There are 13 tiger reserves in this Vidharbha (including the Nagpur division of eastern) alone.
• The national parks around Nagpur include Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary, Pench National Park, Nagzira-Navegaon Tiger Reserve, Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Melghat Tiger Reserve, and Bor Tiger Reserve.
• The Climatic condition of this forested region is very appropriate for tiger conservation.
• Today, there are five subspecies of tiger: Bengal, South China, Indochinese, Sumatran and Siberian. Sadly, three subspecies of tiger have become extinct – Caspian, Bali and Javan.

• Less than 100 years ago, tigers could be found throughout Asia. Sadly, hunting and habitat loss have put populations at risk, and today their range has been reduced to around 7% of its former size.
• A group of tigers is known as an ‘ambush’ or ‘streak’.
• Kamlang Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh is India’s 50th Tiger Reserve.
• Tigers are the largest wild cats in the world. Adults can weigh up to 363kg.
• The roar of a Bengal tiger can carry for over 2km at night.
• Tigers are carnivores, eating only meat. They mainly feed on large mammals such as deer, wild pigs, antelope and buffalo.
• Project Tiger is an ongoing Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change providing central assistance to the tiger States for tiger conservation in designated tiger reserves.
• The NTCA / Project Tiger also conducts the country level assessment of the status of tiger, co-predators, prey and habitat once in four years, using the refined methodology, as approved by the Tiger Task Force.

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