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[[File:National Tiger Conservation Authority logo.png|thumb|Logo of [[National Tiger Conservation Authority]]]]
The [[tiger reserve]]s of [[India]] were set up in 1973 and are governed by [[Project Tiger]], which is administrated by the [[National Tiger Conservation Authority]]. Until 2018, 50 protected areas have been designated tiger reserves.<ref name=Jhala2019>{{cite report |author=Jhala, Y. V. |author2=Qureshi, Q. |author3=Nayak, A. K. |year=2019 |title=Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India 2018. Summary Report. TR No./2019/05 |publisher=National Tiger Conservation Authority & Wildlife Institute of India |location=New Delhi, Dehradun |url=https://projecttiger.nic.in/WriteReadData/PublicationFile/Tiger%20Status%20Report_XPS220719032%20%20new%20layout(1).pdf}}</ref>

India is home to 80 percent of tigers in the world. In 2006, there were 1,411 tigers which increased to 1,706 in 2010, 2,226 in 2014 and 2,967 in 2018.<ref name="Tiger">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49148174|title=India's tiger population sees 33% increase|publisher=BBC|date=29 July 2019}}</ref> The Indian increase played a big role in driving up global populations as well; the number of wild tigers globally rose from 3,159 in 2010 to 3,890 in 2016 according to [[World Wildlife Fund]] and Global Tiger Forum.<ref name="Global">{{Cite web|url=http://tigers.panda.org/news/what-the-new-global-tiger-number-means/ |title= 2967 - WHAT THE NEW GLOBAL TIGER NUMBER MEANS|publisher=WWF|date=2016}}</ref>

==Goals==
{{convert|71027.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of declared reserves are operated by state forestry departments "to ensure maintenance of viable populations of the [[conservation dependent]] [[Bengal tiger]]s in [[India]]". The tigers are maintained for their scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological values and to preserve for all time areas of biological importance as a national heritage for the benefit, educational purposes."<ref name="guidelines">{{cite web|url=http://projecttiger.nic.in/COMPENDIUM%20OF%20GUIDELINES.pdf|title=Project Tiger|publisher=Government of India|location=Delhi|access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref>

==Population assessment==
By the year 2018, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there were estimated only 2,967 tigers in existence in India.<ref name="Jhala">{{cite report|title=Status of the Tigers, Co-predators and Prey in India|editor1=Y.V. Jhala|editor2=R. Gopal|editor3=Q. Qureshi|publisher=National Tiger Conservation Authority, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun|year=2008|id=TR 08/001|url=http://projecttiger.nic.in/whtsnew/status_of_tigers_in_india_2008.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602124630/http://projecttiger.nic.in/whtsnew/status_of_tigers_in_india_2008.pdf|archive-date=2013-06-02}}</ref> The 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of tigers in India at 1,706. As per Ministry of Environment and Forests, the tiger population in India stood at 2,226 in 2014 with an increase of 30.5% since the 2010 estimate. This exhaustive study indicated that better protected tiger source sites, especially tiger reserves, have maintained viable populations. However, the area occupied by tigers outside protected areas has decreased considerably. This demonstrates the need for [[wildlife corridor|corridors]] in order for tigers to move between source sites. The existing tiger reserves represent around one-third of India's high density forest area.<ref name=NTA>{{cite web|url=http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/tiger-brochure.pdf |title=Tiger Estimate in India|work=Public Information Brochure|page=9|publisher= Ministry of Environment and Forests, GOI|place=New Delhi|date=28 March 2011|access-date=21 June 2011}}</ref> More tigers were killed in the first quarter of 2016 than in the entire previous year. This significant revelation comes at a time when the tiger census numbers are disputed by the scientific community.

In 2010-11, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in partnership with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) undertook an independent management effectiveness evaluation (MEE) of the 49 tiger reserves in the country. The reserves were categorized into four major categories. Madhya pradesh has the highest number of tigers(526) in the age group of 1.5 years with more than 408 big cats. Other states with significant populations included Uttarakhand (442), Karnataka (524), Tamil Nadu (229), Maharashtra (190), Assam (167), Kerala (136) and Uttar Pradesh (117).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150120/nation-current-affairs/article/tiger-population-rises-2226-2014-1706-2010 |title=India's tiger population rises|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|date=15 January 2015}}</ref>

==List of tiger reserves==
[[File:State_wise_Bengal_Tiger_Population_India,_2019.jpg|thumb|State wise Bengal tiger population India as of 2018]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Si No.
!Tiger Reserve (Year of Creation)
!State
!Population of tigers, 2018<ref name=Jhala2019/>
|-
|1
|[[Bandipur National Park|Bandipur]] (1973–74)
|Karnataka
|120
|-
|2
|[[Jim Corbett National Park|Corbett]] (1973–74)
|Uttarakhand
|215
|-
|3
|[[Kanha Tiger Reserve|Kanha]] (1973–74)
|Madhya Pradesh
|80
|-
|4
|[[Manas National Park|Manas]] (1973–74)
|Assam
|11
|-
|5
|[[Melghat]] (1973–74)
|Maharashtra
|25
|-
|6
|[[Palamau Tiger Reserve|Palamau]] (1973–74)
|Jharkhand
|3
|-
|7
|[[Ranthambore National Park|Ranthambore]] (1973–74)
|Rajasthan
|37
|-
|8
|[[Simlipal National Park|Similipal]] (1973–74)
|Odisha
|3
|-
|9
|[[Sundarbans National Park|Sunderbans]] (1973–74)
|West Bengal
|68
|-
|10
|[[Periyar National Park|Periyar]] (1978–79)
|Kerala
|20
|-
|11
|[[Sariska Tiger Reserve|Sariska]] (1978–79)
|Rajasthan
|9
|-
|12
|[[Buxa Tiger Reserve|Buxa]] (1982–83)
|West Bengal
|0
|-
|13
|[[Indravati National Park|Indravati]] (1982–83)
|Chhattisgarh
|12
|-
|14
|[[Namdapha National Park|Namdapha]] (1982–83)
|Arunachal Pradesh
|11
|-
|15
|[[Dudhwa National Park|Dudhwa]] (1987–88)
|Uttar Pradesh
|58
|-
|16
|[[Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve|Kalakad-Mundanthurai]] (1988–89)
|Tamil Nadu
|10
|-
|17
|[[Valmiki National Park|Valmiki]] (1989–90)
|Bihar
|40
|-
|18
|[[Pench Tiger Reserve|Pench]] (1992–93)
|Madhya Pradesh
|43 (contiguous with Maharashtra)
|-
|19
|[[Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve|Tadoba-Andhari]] (1993–94)
|Maharashtra
|115
|-
|20
|[[Bandhavgarh National Park|Bandhavgarh]] (1993–94)
|Madhya Pradesh
|63
|-
|21
|[[Panna National Park|Panna]] (1994–95)
|Madhya Pradesh
|17
|-
|22
|[[Dampa Tiger Reserve|Dampa]] (1994–95)
|[[Mizoram]]
|0
|-
|23
|[[Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary|Bhadra]] (1998–99)
|Karnataka
|22
|-
|24
|[[Pench National Park|Pench]] (1998–99)
|Maharashtra
|35 (contiguous with Madhya Pradesh)
|-
|25
|[[Pakke Tiger Reserve|Pakke]] (1999–2000)
|Arunachal Pradesh
|7
|-
|26
|[[Nameri National Park|Nameri]] (1999–2000)
|Assam
|5
|-
|27
|[[Satpura Tiger Reserve|Satpura]] (1999–2000)
|Madhya Pradesh
|26
|-
|28
|[[Anamalai Tiger Reserve|Anamalai]] (2008–09)
|Tamil Nadu
|13
|-
|29
|[[Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary|Sitanadi]] (2008–09)
|Chhattisgarh
|4
|-
|30
|[[Satkosia Tiger Reserve|Satkosia]] (2008–09)
|Odisha
|3
|-
|31
|[[Kaziranga National Park|Kaziranga]] (2008–09)
|Assam
|103
|-
|32
|[[Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary|Achanakmar]] (2008–09)
|Chhattisgarh
|11
|-
|33
|[[Kali Tiger Reserve|Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve(Kali)]] (2008–09)
|Karnataka
|5
|-
|34
|[[Sanjay National Park|Sanjay]] (2008–09)
|Madhya Pradesh
|8
|-
|35
|[[Mudumalai National Park|Mudumalai]] (2007)
|Tamil Nadu
|103
|-
|36
|[[Nagarhole National Park|Nagarhole]] (2008–09)
|Karnataka
|101
|-
|37
|[[Parambikulam Tiger Reserve|Parambikulam]] (2008–09)
|Kerala
|19
|-
|38
|[[Sahyadri Tiger Reserve|Sahyadri]] (2009–10)
|Maharashtra
|7
|-
|39
|Biligiri Ranganatha Temple (2010–11)
|Karnataka
|68
|-
|40
|[[Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary|Kawal]] (2012–13)
|Telangana
| -
|-
|41
|[[Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary|Sathyamangalam]] (2013–14)
|Tamil Nadu
|72
|-
|42
|Mukandra Hills (2013–14)
|Rajasthan
| -
|-
|43
|[[Navegaon National Park|Nawegaon]] (2013–14)
|Maharashtra
|7
|-
|44
|[[Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve|Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam]] (1982–83)
|Andhra Pradesh
|74
|-
|45
|Amrabad (2014)
|Telangana
| -
|-
|46
|[[Pilibhit Tiger Reserve|Pilibhit]] (2014)
|Uttar Pradesh
|65
|-
|47
|[[Bor Wildlife Sanctuary|Bor]] (2014)
|Maharashtra
|5
|-
|48
|[[Rajaji National Park|Rajaji]] (2015)
|Uttarakhand
|-
|-
|49
|[[Orang National Park|Orang]] (2016)
|Assam
| -
|-
|50
|[[Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary|Kamlang]] (2016)
|Arunachal Pradesh
| -
|-
|51
|[[Srivilliputhur - Megamalai (High wavy Mountains) Tiger Reserve|Srivilliputhur - Megamalai]] (2021)
|Tamil Nadu
|14
|-
|52
|Ramgarh Vishdhari (2021)
|Rajasthan
|35
|-
|-
|53
|[[Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tomar Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary]]
(2021)
|Chattisgarh
|}

* Note that [[Amangarh Tiger Reserve]] in Uttar Pradesh is a [[buffer zone]] of [[Jim Corbett National Park]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Tiger Conservation Authority|url=https://ntca.gov.in/tiger-reserves/#tiger-reserves-2|access-date=2021-09-19|website=ntca.gov.in}}</ref> and may not be regarded as a separate tiger reserve. It has a buffer zone of {{cvt|80.6|km2}} but no core area of critical tiger habitat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tiger Reserves|url=https://wii.gov.in/nwdc_tigerreserves|access-date=2021-09-19|website=Wildlife Institute of India}}</ref>

==Future==
In addition to existing reserves, the in-principle approval has been accorded by the [[National Tiger Conservation Authority]] for the creation of two new tiger reserves, namely [[Ratapani Tiger Reserve]] in Madhya Pradesh and [[Sunabeda Tiger Reserve]] in Odisha. Final approval has been accorded to [[Kudremukh National Park]] to be declared as a tiger reserve. The State Governments have been advised to send proposals for declaring the following areas as tiger reserves: [[Suhelva Sanctuary]] in Uttar Pradesh, [[Mhadei]] Sanctuary in Goa, [[Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary]] in Arunachal Pradesh and [[Cauvery]]-[[MM Hills]] in Karnataka.<ref>{{cite news |title=In-principle approval given to 4 new tiger reserves: Government |date=2016 |newspaper=Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/In-principle-approval-given-to-4-new-tiger-reserves-Government/articleshow/51211020.cms}}</ref>

==References==
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