Tiger Reserves in India 2023: The Guru Ghasidas National Park and the Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary are the newest Tiger Reserve of India in 2023. This is the 54th Tiger Reserve in India and is located in Chhattisgarh. Bandipur Tiger Reserve is the first Tiger Reserve in India. Tiger is the National Animal of India and also has a significant position in Indian culture.
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Project Tiger is run by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, and it is in charge of 54 Tiger Reserves in India. The below table is a brief List of Tiger Reserves in India.
Tiger Reserve in India | States | Total Area (sq km) |
Bandipur | Karnataka | 914.02 |
Corbett | Uttarakhand | 1288.31 |
Amanagarh Buffer | Uttar Pradesh | 80.60 |
Kanha | Madhya Pradesh | 2,051.79 |
Manas | Assam | 2,837.10 |
Melghat | Maharashtra | 2,768.52 |
Palamu | Jharkhand | 1,129.93 |
Ranthambore | Rajasthan | 1,411.29 |
Simlipal | Orissa | 2,750.000 |
Sunderban | West Bengal | 2,585.89 |
Periyer | Kerala | 925.00 |
Sariska | Rajasthan | 1,213.3.4 |
Buxa | West Bengal | 757.90 |
Indravati | Chhattisgarh | 2,799.90 |
Namdapha | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,052.82 |
Nagarjunsagar | Andhra Pradesh | 3,296.31 |
Dudhwa | Uttar Pradesh | 2,201.77 |
Kalakad Mundanthurai | Tamil Nadu | 1,601.54 |
Valmiki | Bihar | 899.38 |
Pench | Madhya Pradesh | 1,179.63 |
Tadobha Andhari | Maharashtra | 1,727.59 |
Bandhavgarh | Madhya Pradesh | 988.00 |
Panna | Madhya Pradesh | 1,064.29 |
Dampa | Mizoram | 741.22 |
Bhadra | Karnataka | 1,198.45 |
Pench-MH | Maharashtra | 464.00 |
Pakke | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,133.31 |
Nameri | Assam | 1,173.58 |
Satpura | Madhya Pradesh | 914.02 |
Anamalai | Tamil Nadu | 1,479.87 |
Udanti Sitanadi | Chhattisgarh | 1,842.54 |
Satkoshia | Odisha | 963.87 |
Kaziranga | Assam | 1,173.58 |
Achanakmar | Chhattisgarh | 914.02 |
Kali | Karnataka | 1,097.51 |
Sanjay Dhubri | Madhya Pradesh | 1,674.50 |
Mudumalai | Tamil Nadu | 688.59 |
Nagarhole | Karnataka | 1,205.76 |
Parambikulam | Kerala | 643.66 |
Sahyadri | Maharashtra | 1,165.57 |
Biligiri Ranganatha Temple | Karnataka | 574.82 |
Kawal | Telangana | 2,015.44 |
Sathyamangalam | Tamil Nadu | 1,408.40 |
Mukundara | Rajasthan | 759.99 |
Nawegaon Nagzira | Maharashtra | 1,894.94 |
Amrabad | Telangana | 2,611.39 |
Pilibhit | Uttar Pradesh | 730.25 |
Bor | Maharashtra | 816.27 |
Rajaji | Uttarakhand | 1075.17 |
Orang | Assam | 492.46 |
Kamlang | Arunachal Pradesh | 783.00 |
Srivilliputhur Megamalai | Tamil Nadu | 1016.57 |
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve | Rajasthan | 1501.89 |
Guru Ghasidas Tiger Reserve | Chhattisgarh | 2024 |
India is home to over 70% of the world’s tigers and Tiger signifies strength and power in Indian culture. The government of India has initiated various programs related to the conservation of the Tiger population. The project tiger was launched in India in 1973 by the government under the power of Indira Gandhi from the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand.
Project Tiger was established to support the preservation of tigers in India on 1st April 1973. It is a fully federally funded program that gives money to the ‘tiger range states’ to support in-situ tiger conservation in the selected tiger reserves. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) oversees Project Tiger.
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The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), with assistance from several state forest agencies and conservation NGOs, have been leading the government of India’s four-year-old Tiger Census since 2006.
In 2010, a software-based monitoring system called Monitoring System for Tigers-Intensive Protection and Ecological Status was introduced throughout Indian Tiger Reserves. Its goal is to increase patrolling and oversight of the critically endangered Bengal Tiger.
In 2010, during the Petersburg Tiger Summit, the leader of 13c nations that are home to tigers, including India, committed to taking all necessary steps to protect tigers worldwide and to double the population of tigers in the wide. TX2 was chosen as the initiative’s motto.
List of Tiger Reserves in India 2023. Project Tiger is run by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, and it is in charge of 54 Tiger Reserves in India. The below table is a brief List of Tiger Reserves in India.
The Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary have been united to form India's newest tiger reserve. Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Chhattisgarh. It is the fourth tiger reserve in Chhattisgarh and the 53rd tiger reserve in all of India.
Bor Tiger Reserve, located near Hingani in Wardha District in Maharashtra, is India's smallest tiger reserve.
Jammu and Kashmir has the lowest population of tigers in India.
The Govt. of India had launched “Project Tiger” on 1st April 1973 to promote conservation of the tiger. Project Tiger has been the largest species conservation initiative of its kind in the world.
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