List of Indian states by wildlife population

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State wise Bengal Tiger Population India, 2019

The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.[1][2][3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species.[4] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years.[5][6]

India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population[7] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population.[8]

State-wise data[edit]

Tiger, Leopard and Elephant population by state
State Tigers (2022)[11] Elephants (2018)[12] Leopards (2015)[13] Asiatic lion (2020)[14]
Andhra Pradesh 62 74 343 0
Arunachal Pradesh 29 1,614 0 0
Assam 182 5,719 0 0
Bihar 31 25 32 0
Chhattisgarh 19 247 846 0
Goa 2 0 71 0
Gujarat 0 0 1,355 674
Jharkhand 3 679 29 0
Karnataka 524 6,049 1,131 0
Kerala 183 3,054 472 0
Madhya Pradesh 785 7 1,817 0
Maharashtra 444 6 908 0
Meghalaya 0 1,754 0 0
Mizoram 0 7 0 0
Nagaland 0 432 0 0
Odisha 20 1,966 345 0
Rajasthan 88 84 194 0
Tamil Nadu 306 2,791 815 0
Telangana 21 57 268 0
Tripura 0 203 0 0
Uttar Pradesh 205 232 194 0
Uttarakhand 560 1,839 703 0
West Bengal 131 700 90 0
Total 3,010[15] 27,875 9,593 674

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Project Elephant". wildlifeofindia.org. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. "Project Tiger". projecttiger.nic.in. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. "About Project Elephant". Government of India. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. Farrows. "Indian Leopard: Species in World Land Trust reserves". World Land Trust. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  5. "Tiger population grows". CNN IBN. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. "Tiger numbers grow by 30". Times of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. "Tiger no. Up 33% in 4 years, India has 75% of global population | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. Koshy, Jacob (2021-08-12). "Common survey to count India's elephant and tiger populations". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  9. "Elephant census 2017" (PDF).
  10. Kaushik, Himanshu (August 4, 2017). "Gir National Park: Lion population roars to 650 in Gujarat forests". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  11. https://ntca.gov.in/assets/uploads/Reports/AITM/Tiger_Status_Report_2018.pdf
  12. http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Synchronized%20Elephant%20Population%20Estimation%20India%202017.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF
  13. "Finally, India gets a count of its leopard numbers: 12,000-14,000 - Times of India". The Times of India.
  14. "Up 151, Gujarat now has 674 Asiatic lions as two new dists get in the king's camp". 11 June 2020.
  15. https://ntca.gov.in/assets/uploads/Reports/AITM/Tiger_Status_Report_2018.pdf