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Sunday, November 16, 2025
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India, today has the largest number of tigers in the world, between 2000 to 3,000 approx in number. The tiger population is widely distributed over the forests of India ranging from the sub-alpine Himalayas to down south and across east-west, but excluding Kashmir valley and the desert and arid portions of Rajasthan and Kutch. But the fact remains that the tiger is in danger of extinction. The Project Tiger was launched in India in 1973-74 as a conservation programme for saving the Indian Tiger Population, which is centrally Sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, and managed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). In its formative years, there were 9 Tiger Reserves which has increased to 48 tiger reserves covering roughly about 2.8 % of the geographical area of the country. The total estimated population of tigers is 2226, as per 2014 countrywide assessment of tiger status.
| Sl. No. | Name of Tiger Reserve | State &Tiger Population | Area of the core / critical tiger habitat (In Sq. Kms.) | Area of the buffer / peripheral (In Sq. Kms.) | Total area (In Sq.Kms.) |
| 1 | Bandipur Tiger Reserve (Mysore & Kodagu Districts) | Karnataka (406 Tigers) | 872.24 | 584.06 | 1456.3 |
| 2 | Corbett Tiger Reserve (Pauri, Nainital and Almora districts) | Uttarakhand (340 Tigers) | 821.99 | 466.32 | 1288.31 |
| Amangarh (buffer of Corbett TR) | Uttar Pradesh (117) | 80.60 | 80.60 | ||
| 3 | Kanha Tiger reserve | Madhya Pradesh (308) | 917.43 | 1134.361 | 2051.791 |
| 4 | Manas Tiger Reserve | Assam (167) | 840.04 | 2310.88 | 3150.92 |
| 5 | Melghat Tiger Reserve | Maharashtra (190) | 1500.49 | 1268.03 | 2768.52 |
| 6 | Palamau Sanctuary | Jharkhand (3) | 414.08 | 715.85 | 1129.93 |
| 7 | Ranthambore Tiger Reserve | Rajasthan (45) | 1113.364 | 297.9265 | 1411.291 |
| 8 | North Simlipal National Park & Tiger Reserve | Odisha (28) | 1194.75 | 1555.25 | 2750.00 |
| 9 | Sundarbans National Park | West Bengal | 1699.62 | 885.27 | 2584.89 |
| 10 | Periyar Tiger Reserve | Kerala (136 Tigers) | 881.00 | 44.00 | 925.00 |
| 11 | Sariska National Park | Rajasthan (45) | 881.1124 | 332.23 | 1213.342 |
| 12 | Buxa National Park & Tiger reserve | West Bengal | 390.5813 | 367.3225 | 757.9038 |
| 13 | Indravati National Park | Chhattisgarh (46) | 1258.37 | 1540.70 | 2799.07 |
| 14 | Namdapha | Arunachal Pradesh (28) | 1807.82 | 245.00 | 2052.82 |
| 15 | Dudhwa National Park | Uttar Pradesh (117) | 1093.79 | 1107.9848 | 2201.7748 |
| 16 | Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve | Tamil Nadu (229) | 895.00 | 706.542 | 1601.542 |
| 17 | Valmiki National Park | Bihar (28 Tigers) | 598.45 | 300.93 | 899.38 |
| 18 | Pench National Park | Madhya Pradesh (308) | 411.33 | 768.30225 | 1179.63225 |
| 19 | Tadoba-Andhari | Maharashtra (190) | 625.82 | 1101.7711 | 1727.5911 |
| 20 | Bandhavgarh National Park | Madhya Pradesh (308) | 716.903 | 820.03509 | 1598.10 |
| 21 | Panna National Park | Madhya Pradesh (308) | 576.13 | 1021.97** | 1578.55 |
| 22 | Dampa | Mizoram (3) | 500.00 | 488.00 | 988.00 |
| 23 | Bhadra Tiger Reserve (Chikkamagalur & Shimoga districts) | Karnataka (406) | 492.46 | 571.83 | 1064.29 |
| 24 | Pench | Maharashtra (190) | 257.26 | 483.96 | 741.22 |
| 25 | Pakke Tiger Reserve | Arunachal Pradesh (28) | 683.45 | 515.00 | 1198.45 |
| 26 | Nameri | ssam (167) | 200.00 | 144.00 | 344.00 |
| 27 | Satpura | Madhya Pradesh (308) | 1339.264 | 794.04397 | 2133.30797 |
| 28 | Anamalai | Tamil Nadu (229) | 958.59 | 521.28 | 1479.87 |
| 29 | Udanti-Sitanadi | Chattisgarh | 851.09 | 991.45 | 1842.54 |
| 30 | Satkosia | Odisha (28) | 523.61 | 440.26 | 963.87 |
| 31 | Kaziranga | Assam (167) | 625.58 | 548.00 | 1173.58 |
| 32 | Achanakmar | Chattisgarh (46) | 626.195 | 287.822 | 914.017 |
| 33 | Dandeli-Anshi (Uttara Kannada District) | Karnataka (406) | 814.884 | 282.63 | 1097.514 |
| 34 | Sanjay-Dubri | Madhya Pradesh (308) | 812.571 | 861.931 | 1674.502 |
| 35 | Mudumalai | Tamil Nadu (229) | 321.00 | 367.59 | 688.59 |
| 36 | Nagarahole (Mysore & Kodagu Districts) | Karnataka (406) | 643.35 | 562.41 | 1205.76 |
| 37 | Parambikulam | Kerala (136) | 390.89 | 252.772 | 643.662 |
| 38 | Sahyadri | Maharashtra (190) | 600.12 | 565.45 | 1165.57 |
| 39 | Biligiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary | Karnataka (406) | 359.10 | 215.72 | 574.82 |
| 40 | Kawal | Telangana | 893.23 | 1125.89 | 2019.12 |
| 41 | Sathyamangalam | Tamil Nadu (229) | 793.49 | 614.91 | 1408.40 |
| 42 | Mukandra Hills | Rajasthan (45) | 417.17 | 342.82 | 759.99 |
| 43 | Nawegaon-Nagzira | Maharashtra (190) | 653.674 | 653.674 | |
| 44 | Nagarjunsagar Srisailam (part)* | Andhra Pradesh (68 including Telangana) | 2595.72* | 700.59* | 3296.31* |
| 45 | Amrabad | Telangana | 2166.37* | 445.02* | 2611.39* |
| 46 | Pilibhit Tiger Reserve | Uttar Pradesh (117) | 602.7980 | 127.4518 | 730.2498 |
| 47 | Bor | Maharashtra (190) | 138.12 | 138.12 | |
| 48 | Rajaji Tiger Reserve | Uttarakhand (340) | 819.54 | 255.63 | 1075.17 |
| TOTAL | 39589.84 | 30161.80 | 69751.64 | ||
| List of Tiger Reserves as on 3/9/2014 | Source : National Tiger Conservation Authority / Project Tiger | ||||
