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In 1973, nine protected areas were initially designated as tiger reserves. By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of {{cvt|9115|km2}} had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of {{cvt|24700|km2}}. More than 1100 tigers were estimated to inhabit the reserves by 1984.<ref>{{cite book |author=Panwar, H. S. |year=1987 |chapter=Project Tiger: The reserves, the tigers, and their future |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdC-wfyZwZEC&pg=PA110 |pages=110–117 |title=Tigers of the world: the biology, biopolitics, management, and conservation of an endangered species |editor1-last=Tilson, R. L. |editor2-last=Sel, U. S. |publisher=Minnesota Zoological Garden, IUCN/SSC Captive Breeding Group, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |location=Park Ridge, N.J. |isbn=978-0-815-51133-5}}</ref> By 1997, 23 tiger reserves encompassed an area of {{cvt|33000|km2}}.<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Seidensticker, J. |editor2=Christie, S. |editor3=Jackson, P. |year=1999 |title=Riding the Tiger. Tiger Conservation in human-dominated landscapes |publisher=Cambridge University Press |place=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-64057-1 |author=Thapar, V. |chapter=The tragedy of the Indian tiger: starting from scratch |pages=296–306}}</ref> As of March 2024, there are 55 [[protected area]]s that have been designated as tiger reserves.<ref name="Reserve"/>
In 1973, nine protected areas were initially designated as tiger reserves. By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of {{cvt|9115|km2}} had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of {{cvt|24700|km2}}. More than 1100 tigers were estimated to inhabit the reserves by 1984.<ref>{{cite book |author=Panwar, H. S. |year=1987 |chapter=Project Tiger: The reserves, the tigers, and their future |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdC-wfyZwZEC&pg=PA110 |pages=110–117 |title=Tigers of the world: the biology, biopolitics, management, and conservation of an endangered species |editor1-last=Tilson, R. L. |editor2-last=Sel, U. S. |publisher=Minnesota Zoological Garden, IUCN/SSC Captive Breeding Group, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |location=Park Ridge, N.J. |isbn=978-0-815-51133-5}}</ref> By 1997, 23 tiger reserves encompassed an area of {{cvt|33000|km2}}.<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Seidensticker, J. |editor2=Christie, S. |editor3=Jackson, P. |year=1999 |title=Riding the Tiger. Tiger Conservation in human-dominated landscapes |publisher=Cambridge University Press |place=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-64057-1 |author=Thapar, V. |chapter=The tragedy of the Indian tiger: starting from scratch |pages=296–306}}</ref> As of March 2024, there are 55 [[protected area]]s that have been designated as tiger reserves.<ref name="Reserve"/>
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{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary (2) |lat= 22.5052 |long=81.7787 |link=[[Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Anamalai Tiger Reserve (3) |lat= 10.132 |long=76.493 |link=[[ Anamalai Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Bandhavgarh National Park (4) |lat= 23.27 |long=80.44 |link=[[Bandhavgarh National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary (5) |lat= 13.6949 |long=75.6352 |link=[[Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Biligiri Ranganatha (6) |lat= 11.39 |long=77.51 |link=[[Biligiri Ranganatha Temple]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Bor Wildlife Sanctuary (7) |lat= 20.5839 |long=78.4033 |link=[[Bor Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Buxa Tiger Reserve (8) |lat= 26.3 |long=89.2 |link=[[ Buxa Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Dampa Tiger Reserve (9) |lat= 23.2055 |long=92.1608 |link=[[Dampa Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Dudhwa National Park (10) |lat= 28.226 |long=80.47 |link=[[Dudhwa National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Indravati National Park (11) |lat= 18.51 |long=80.16 |link=[[Indravati National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Jim Corbett National (12) |lat= 29.53 |long=78.7747 |link=[[ Jim Corbett National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger (13) |lat= 8.6883 |long=77.3095 |link=[[Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Kali Tiger Reserve (14) |lat= 14.9981 |long=74.3587 |link=[[Kali Tiger Reacserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary (15) |lat= 27.967 |long=96.06 |link=[[Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Kanha Tiger Reserve (16) |lat= 22.15 |long=80.261 |link=[[Kanha Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Karauli Dholpur (17) |lat= 26.5071 |long=77.2865 |link=[[Dholpur-Karauli]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary (18) |lat= 18.59 |long=79.15 |link=[[Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Kaziranga National Park (19) |lat= 26.5775 |long=93.1711 |link=[[Kaziranga National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Manas National Park (20) |lat= 26.43 |long=90.56 |link=[[Manas National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Melghat (21) |lat= 21.406 |long=77.1485 |link=[[Melghat]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Mudumalai National Park (22) |lat= 11.31549 |long=76.21289 |link=[[Mudumalai National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Mukandra Hills Tiger (23) |lat= 24.38 |long=75.26 |link=[[Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Nagarhole National Park (24) |lat= 11.45 |long=76.05|link=[[Nagarhole National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (25) |lat= 16.0304 |long=78.8904 |link=[[Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Namdapha National Park (26) |lat= 27.4455 |long=96.5358 |link=[[Namdapha National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Nameri National Park (27) |lat= 26.9324 |long=92.8772 |link=[[Nameri National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Navegaon National Park (28) |lat= 20.56 |long=80.1 |link=[[Navegaon National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Orang National Park (29) |lat= 26.5568148 |long=92.3279016 |link=[[Orang National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Pakke Tiger Reserve (30) |lat= 27.0984 |long=93.5772 |link=[[Pakke Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Palamau Tiger Reserve (31) |lat= 23.685 |long=84.2353 |link=[[Palamau Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Panna National Park (32) |lat= 24.17 |long=79.3 |link=[[Panna National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Parambikulam Tiger Reserve (33) |lat= 10.2 |long=76.35 |link=[[Parambikulam Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Pench National Park (34) |lat= 21.0415 |long=79.041 |link=[[Pench National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Pench Tiger Reserve (35) |lat= 21.3855 |long=79.0851 |link=[[Pench Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Periyar National Park (36) |lat= 9.175604 |long=76.561212 |link=[[Periyar National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (37) |lat= 28.67 |long=79.7302 |link=[[Pilibhit Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Rajaji National Park (38) |lat= 30.0329 |long=78.1022 |link=[[Rajaji National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife (39) |lat= 25.59 |long=75.19 |link=[[Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary (40) |lat= 25.4613 |long=80.3617 |link=[[Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Ranthambore National Park (41) |lat= 26.0173 |long=76.5026 |link=[[Ranthambore National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (42) |lat= 16.58 |long=73.33 |link=[[Sahyadri Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Sanjay National Park (43) |lat= 23.4824 |long=81.283 |link=[[Sanjay National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Sariska Tiger Reserve (44) |lat= 27.3855 |long=76.3231 |link=[[Sariska Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary (45) |lat= 11.2915 |long=76.5 |link=[[Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Satkosia Tiger Reserve (46) |lat= 20.2512 |long=84.402 |link=[[Satkosia Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Satpura Tiger Reserve (47) |lat= 22.19 |long=77.53|link=[[Satpura Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Simlipal National Park (48) |lat= 22.34 |long=87.1 |link=[[Simlipal National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary (49) |lat= 19.55 |long=80.3 |link=[[Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Srivilliputhur–Megamalai (50) |lat= 9.5904 |long=77.4321 |link=[[Srivilliputhur - Megamalai (High wavy Mountains) Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Sundarbans National Park (51) |lat= 21.8359 |long=88.8842 |link=[[Sundarbans National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (52) |lat= 23.27 |long=80.44 |link=[[Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Valmiki National Park (53) |lat= 26.7 |long=84.7 |link=[[Valmiki National Park]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary (54) |lat= 23.4223 |long=79.1625 |link=[[Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary]]| marksize=13}}
{{location map~|India|position=none|label=Amrabad Tiger Reserve (55) |lat= 16.5957 |long=78.8335 |link=[[Amrabad]]| marksize=13}}
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Revision as of 03:38, 4 May 2024

The tiger reserves in India were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India. As of March 2024, there are 55 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves. As of 2023, there were 3,682 wild tigers in India, which is almost 75% of the world's wild tiger population.

Goal

As per the section 38 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the state governments are responsible preparing a Tiger Conservation Plan which includes planning and management of notified areas and maintaining the requisite competent staff to ensure the protection of the tiger reserve and providing inputs for maintaining a viable population of tigers, co-predators and prey animals.[1][2]

Tiger population

State wise tiger population (2018)

In 2006, it was estimated that there were 1,411 tigers living in the wild, the lowest ever recorded.[3] The 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of wild tigers in India at 1,706. As per Ministry of Environment and Forests, the wild tiger population in India stood at 2,226 in 2014 with an increase of 30.5% since the 2010 estimate.[4]

In 2018, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there were an estimated 2,967 wild tigers in existence in India. The wild tiger population increased to 3,682 as of 2022.[5] As India is home to majority of the global wild tiger population, the increase in population of tigers in India played a major 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.[6]

Tiger reserves

Tiger reserves were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India. Tiger reserves consist of a core area which includes part(s) of protected areas such as a national park or a wildlife sanctuary and a buffer zone which is a mix of forested and non-forested land. Project tiger is aimed at performing the necessary activities to ensure viability of tiger population in the core area and to promote a balance between the existence of people and animals in the buffer zones.[7]

In 1973, nine protected areas were initially designated as tiger reserves. By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of 9,115 km2 (3,519 sq mi) had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of 24,700 km2 (9,500 sq mi). More than 1100 tigers were estimated to inhabit the reserves by 1984.[8] By 1997, 23 tiger reserves encompassed an area of 33,000 km2 (13,000 sq mi).[9] As of March 2024, there are 55 protected areas that have been designated as tiger reserves.[1]

Tiger reserves of India is located in India
Bandipur National Park (1)
Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary (2)
Anamalai Tiger Reserve (3)
Bandhavgarh National Park (4)
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary (5)
Biligiri Ranganatha (6)
Bor Wildlife Sanctuary (7)
Buxa Tiger Reserve (8)
Dampa Tiger Reserve (9)
Dudhwa National Park (10)
Indravati National Park (11)
Jim Corbett National (12)
Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger (13)
Kali Tiger Reserve (14)
Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary (15)
Kanha Tiger Reserve (16)
Karauli Dholpur (17)
Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary (18)
Kaziranga National Park (19)
Manas National Park (20)
Melghat (21)
Mudumalai National Park (22)
Mukandra Hills Tiger (23)
Nagarhole National Park (24)
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve (25)
Namdapha National Park (26)
Nameri National Park (27)
Navegaon National Park (28)
Orang National Park (29)
Pakke Tiger Reserve (30)
Palamau Tiger Reserve (31)
Panna National Park (32)
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve (33)
Pench National Park (34)
Pench Tiger Reserve (35)
Periyar National Park (36)
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (37)
Rajaji National Park (38)
Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife (39)
Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary (40)
Ranthambore National Park (41)
Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (42)
Sanjay National Park (43)
Sariska Tiger Reserve (44)
Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary (45)
Satkosia Tiger Reserve (46)
Satpura Tiger Reserve (47)
Simlipal National Park (48)
Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary (49)
Srivilliputhur–Megamalai (50)
Sundarbans National Park (51)
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (52)
Valmiki National Park (53)
Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary (54)
Amrabad Tiger Reserve (55)
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Locations of all the Tiger reserves in India


List of tiger reserves[1][10]
Name Established State Tiger population (2023)[5] Core area (km2) Buffer area (km2)
Bandipur 1973–74 Karnataka 150 868.63 584.06
Corbett 1973–74 Uttarakhand 260 1,318.54 466.32
Kanha 1973–74 Madhya Pradesh 105 917.43 1,134.36
Manas 1973–74 Assam 58 526.22 2,310.88
Melghat 1973–74 Maharashtra 57 1,500.49 1,268.03
Palamau 1973–74 Jharkhand 1 414.08 715.85
Ranthambore 1973–74 Rajasthan 57 1,333.36 297.92
Similipal 1973–74 Odisha 16 1,194.75 1,555.25
Sunderbans 1973–74 West Bengal 100 1,699.62 885.27
Periyar 1978–79 Kerala 30 881 44.00
Sariska 1978–79 Rajasthan 19 881.11 332.23
Buxa 1982–83 West Bengal 1 390.58 367.32
Indravati 1982–83 Chhattisgarh 1 1,258.37 1,540.70
Namdapha 1982–83 Arunachal Pradesh 1 1807.82 245.00
Dudhwa 1987–88 Uttar Pradesh 135 1,093.79 1,107.98
Kalakad-Mundanthurai 1988–89 Tamil Nadu 5 895.00 706.54
Valmiki 1989–90 Bihar 54 598.45 300.93
Pench 1992–93 Madhya Pradesh 77 411.33 768.30
Tadoba-Andhari 1993–94 Maharashtra 97 625.82 1,101.77
Bandhavgarh 1993–94 Madhya Pradesh 135 716.9 820.03
Panna 1994–95 Madhya Pradesh 55 576.13 1,021.97
Dampa 1994–95 Mizoram 0 500.00 488.00
Bhadra 1998–99 Karnataka 28 492.46 571.83
Pench-MH 1998–99 Maharashtra 48 257.26 483.96
Pakke 1999–2000 Arunachal Pradesh 6 683.45 515.00
Nameri 1999–2000 Assam 3 320.00 144.00
Satpura 1999–2000 Madhya Pradesh 50 1,339.26 794.04
Anamalai 2008–09 Tamil Nadu 16 958.59 521.28
Sitanadi 2008–09 Chhattisgarh 1 851.09 991.45
Satkosia 2008–09 Odisha 0 523.61 440.26
Kaziranga 2008–09 Assam 104 625.58 548.00
Achanakmar 2008–09 Chhattisgarh 5 626.19 287.82
Kali 2008–09 Karnataka 17 814.88 282.63
Sanjay Dhubri 2008–09 Madhya Pradesh 16 812.57 861.93
Mudumalai 2007 Tamil Nadu 114 321.00 367.59
Nagarhole 2008–09 Karnataka 141 643.35 562.41
Parambikulam 2008–09 Kerala 31 390.89 252.77
Sahyadri 2009–10 Maharashtra 0 612.00 565.45
Biligiri Ranganatha Temple 2010–11 Karnataka 37 359.10 215.72
Kawal 2012–13 Telangana 0 892.23 1,123.21
Sathyamangalam 2013–14 Tamil Nadu 85 793.49 614.91
Mukandra Hills 2013–14 Rajasthan 1 717.17 342.82
Nawegaon 2013–14 Maharashtra 11 653.67 1,241.27
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam 1982–83 Andhra Pradesh 58 2,595.72 700.59
Amrabad 2014 Telangana 12 2,611.4 445.02
Pilibhit 2014 Uttar Pradesh 63 602.79 127.45
Bor 2014 Maharashtra 9 138.12 678.15
Rajaji 2015 Uttarakhand 54 819.54 255.63
Orang 2016 Assam 16 79.28 413.18
Kamlang 2016 Arunachal Pradesh 0 771.00 112.00
Srivilliputhur–Megamalai 2021 Tamil Nadu 12 641.86 374.70
Ramgarh Vishdhari 2022 Rajasthan 1 481.90 1,019.98
Ranipur 2022 Uttar Pradesh NA 230.31 299.05
Veerangana Durgavati 2023 Madhya Pradesh NA 1,414.00 925.12
Dholpur-Karauli 2023 Rajasthan NA 599.64 0

References

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  2. ^ "Project Tiger" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ^ "India's tiger population sees 33% increase". BBC. 2019.
  4. ^ "Tiger Estimate in India" (PDF). Public Information Brochure. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 28 March 2011. p. 9. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. ^ a b Qureshi, Q.; Jhala, Y. V.; Yadav, S. P. & Mallick, A. (2023). Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India 2022 (PDF) (Report). New Delhi, Dehradun: National Tiger Conservation Authority & Wildlife Institute of India.
  6. ^ "2967 – What the new global Tiger number means". WWF. 2016.
  7. ^ "Project Tiger". National Tiger Conservation Authority. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  8. ^ Panwar, H. S. (1987). "Project Tiger: The reserves, the tigers, and their future". In Tilson, R. L.; Sel, U. S. (eds.). Tigers of the world: the biology, biopolitics, management, and conservation of an endangered species. Park Ridge, N.J.: Minnesota Zoological Garden, IUCN/SSC Captive Breeding Group, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. pp. 110–117. ISBN 978-0-815-51133-5.
  9. ^ Thapar, V. (1999). "The tragedy of the Indian tiger: starting from scratch". In Seidensticker, J.; Christie, S.; Jackson, P. (eds.). Riding the Tiger. Tiger Conservation in human-dominated landscapes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 296–306. ISBN 0-521-64057-1.
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  11. ^ "Tiger Reserves". Wildlife Institute of India. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Tiger Reserves". National Tiger Conservation Authority. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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