List of Indian states by wildlife population

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State wise Bengal Tiger Population India, 2019

Bengal Tiger and 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[]

  • 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, Telangana, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Kashmir Jammu missing.
Tiger, Leopard and Elephant population by state
State Tigers (2018)[11] Elephants (2017)[12] Leopards (2015)[13] Asiatic lion (2020)[14]
Andhra Pradesh 48 65 343 0
Arunachal Pradesh 29 1,614 0 0
Assam 190 5,719 0 0
Bihar 31 25 32 0
Chhattisgarh 19 247 846 0
Goa 3 0 71 0
Gujarat 0 0 1,355 674
Jharkhand 5 679 29 0
Karnataka 524 6,049 1,131 0
Kerala 190 3,054 472 0
Madhya Pradesh 526 7 1,817 0
Maharashtra 317 6 908 0
Meghalaya 0 1,754 0 0
Mizoram 0 7 0 0
Nagaland 0 432 0 0
Odisha 28 1,966 345 0
Rajasthan 91 84 194 0
Tamil Nadu 264 2,791 815 0
Tripura 0 203 0 0
Uttar Pradesh 173 232 194 0
Uttarakhand 442 1,839 703 0
West Bengal 88 194 0 0
Total 2,967 27,312 9,265 674

See also[]

References[]

  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 (in en-IN). ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-09-18.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  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://projecttiger.nic.in/content/39_1_Reports.aspx
  12. ^ http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Synchronized%20Elephant%20Population%20Estimation%20India%202017.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.
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