List of Indian states by wildlife population
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 dataEdit
- The South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are home to nearly 44% of the elephants, 35% of the tigers and 31% of the leopards in India.[9]
- The state of Karnataka alone is home to 22% of the elephants, 18% of the tigers and 14% of the leopards in India.
- The Northeast Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura together with West Bengal account for 30% of the elephants and 5% of the tiger population.
- The state of Gujarat is the only state with 100% of Asiatic lion population in the world.[10]
- Information of the states Punjab, Haryana, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir are missing.
| 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 alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Project Elephant". wildlifeofindia.org. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ "Project Tiger". projecttiger.nic.in. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ "About Project Elephant". Government of India. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ Farrows. "Indian Leopard: Species in World Land Trust reserves". World Land Trust. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ↑ "Tiger population grows". CNN IBN. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ "Tiger numbers grow by 30". Times of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ↑ "Tiger no. Up 33% in 4 years, India has 75% of global population | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ Koshy, Jacob (2021-08-12). "Common survey to count India's elephant and tiger populations". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ↑ "Elephant census 2017" (PDF).
- ↑ Kaushik, Himanshu (August 4, 2017). "Gir National Park: Lion population roars to 650 in Gujarat forests". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ↑ https://ntca.gov.in/assets/uploads/Reports/AITM/Tiger_Status_Report_2018.pdf
- ↑ http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Synchronized%20Elephant%20Population%20Estimation%20India%202017.pdf Template:Bare URL PDF
- ↑ "Finally, India gets a count of its leopard numbers: 12,000-14,000 - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Up 151, Gujarat now has 674 Asiatic lions as two new dists get in the king's camp". 11 June 2020.
- ↑ https://ntca.gov.in/assets/uploads/Reports/AITM/Tiger_Status_Report_2018.pdf