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Tiger Reserves

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Tiger Reserves:

Project Tiger was launched by the Government of India in the year 1973 to save the endangered species of tiger in the country. 

Tiger Reserves of India

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Tiger Reserves of India (as on January, 2023)

 

Year of
Area of
Notification/ Area  of
Year of the core
Re- the buffer Total
Inclusion / critical
Name of Tiger notification / area Gazette
S. No. State under tiger
Reserve under peripheral (In Notification
Project habitat
Section (In Sq. Sq.Km.)
Tiger (In Sq.
38V, WPA, Km.)
Km.)
1972, India

1.                   Nagarjunsagar
Andhra 1982-
  Srisailam  Tiger 2007 2,595.72 700.59 3,296.31 PDF
Pradesh 1983
Reserve
2.                  
Kamlang Tiger Arunachal 2016-
  2015 671.00 112.00 783.00 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 2017
3.                  
Namdapha Tiger Arunachal 1982-
  1987 1,807.82 245.00 2,052.82 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 1983
4.                  
Pakke Tiger Arunachal 1999-
  2012 683.45 515.00 1,198.45 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 2000

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Year of
Area of
Notification/ Area  of
Year of the core
Re- the buffer Total
Inclusion / critical
Name of Tiger notification / area Gazette
S. No. State under tiger
Reserve under peripheral (In Notification
Project habitat
Section (In Sq. Sq.Km.)
Tiger (In Sq.
38V, WPA, Km.)
Km.)
1972, India
5.                  
Kaziranga Tiger 2008-
  Assam 2007 625.58 548.00 1,173.58 PDF
Reserve 2009
6.                   Manas Tiger 1973-
  Assam 2008 526.22 2,310.88 2,837.10 PDF
Reserve 1974
7.                   Nameri Tiger 1999-
  Assam 2000 320.00 144.00 464.00 PDF
Reserve 2000
8.                   Orang Tiger
  Assam  2016 2016 79.28 413.18 492.46 PDF
Reserve
9.                   Valmiki  Tiger 1989-
  Bihar 2012 598.45 300.93 899.38 PDF
Reserve 1990
10.              
Achanakmar  2008-
  Chhattisgarh 2009 626.195 287.82 914.01 PDF
Tiger Reserve 2009
11.               Indravati Tiger 1982-
  Chhattisgarh 2009 1,258.37 1,540.70 2,799.07 PDF
Reserve 1983
12.               Udanti-Sitanadi 2008-
  Chhattisgarh 2009 851.09 991.45 1,842.54 PDF
Tiger Reserve 2009
13.               Palamau Tiger 1973-
  Jharkhand 2012 414.08 715.85 1,129.93 PDF
Reserve 1974
14.               Bandipur Tiger 1973-
  Karnataka 2007 872.24 584.06 1,456.30 PDF
Reserve 1974
15.               Bhadra Tiger 1994-
  Karnataka 2007 492.46 571.83 1,064.29 PDF
Reserve 1995

Biligiri
16.               Ranganatha 2010-
  Karnataka 2011 359.1 215.72 574.82 PDF
Temple  Tiger 2011
Reserve

17.               Dandeli-Anshi
2008-
  (Kali) Tiger Karnataka 2007 814.884 282.63 1,097.51 PDF
2009
Reserve
18.              
Nagarahole Tiger 2008-
  Karnataka 2007 643.35 562.41 1,205.76 PDF
Reserve 2009
19.               Parambikulam 2008-
  Kerala 2009 390.89 252.77 643.66 PDF
Tiger Reserve 2009
20.               Periyar Tiger 1978-
  Kerala 2007 881.00 44.00 925.00 PDF
Reserve 1979
21.               Bandhavgarh Madhya 1993-
  2007 716.90 820.03 1,536.93 PDF
Tiger Reserve Pradesh 1994
22.               Kanha Tiger Madhya 1973-
  2007 917.43 1,134.36 2,051.79 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 1974

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Year of
Area of
Notification/ Area  of
Year of the core
Re- the buffer Total
Inclusion / critical
Name of Tiger notification / area Gazette
S. No. State under tiger
Reserve under peripheral (In Notification
Project habitat
Section (In Sq. Sq.Km.)
Tiger (In Sq.
38V, WPA, Km.)
Km.)
1972, India
23.              
Panna Tiger Madhya 1993-
  2007 576.13 1,021.97 1,598.10 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 1994
24.               Pench Tiger Madhya 1992-
  2007 411.33 768.30 1,179.63 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 1993
25.               Sanjay-Dubri Madhya 2008-
  2011 812.57 861.93 1,674.50 PDF
Tiger Reserve Pradesh 2009
26.              
Satpura Tiger Madhya 1999-
  2007 1,339.26 794.04 2,133.30 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 2000
27.               Bor Tiger
  Maharashtra 2014 2012 138.12 678.15 816.27 PDF
Reserve
28.               Melghat Tiger 1973-
  Maharashtra 2007 1,500.49 1,268.03 2,768.52 PDF
Reserve 1974

29.               Nawegaon-
2013-
  Nagzira Tiger Maharashtra 2013 653.67 1,241.27 1,894.94 PDF
2014
Reserve
30.               Pench Tiger 1998-
  Maharashtra 2007 257.26 483.96 741.22 PDF
Reserve 1999
31.               Sahyadri  Tiger 2009-
  Maharashtra 2012 600.12 565.45 1,165.57 PDF
Reserve 2010
32.               Tadoba-Andhari 1993-
  Maharashtra 2007 625.82 1,101.77 1,727.59 PDF
Tiger Reserve 1994
33.               Dampa Tiger 1994-
  Mizoram 2007 500.00 488.00 988.00 PDF
Reserve 1995
34.               Satkosia Tiger 2008-
  Odisha 2007 523.61 440.26 963.87 PDF
Reserve 2009
35.               Similipal Tiger 1973-
  Odisha 2007 1,194.75 1,555.25 2750.00 PDF
Reserve 1974
36.               Mukandra Hills  2013-
  Rajasthan 2013 417.17 342.82 759.99 PDF
Tiger Reserve 2014

37.               Ramgarh
  Vishdhari Tiger Rajasthan 2022 2022 481.91 1,019.98 1,501.89 PDF
Reserve
38.               Ranthambore 1973-
  Rajasthan 2007 1,113.36 297.92 1,411.29 PDF
Tiger Reserve 1974
39.               Sariska Tiger 1978-
  Rajasthan 2007 881.11 332.23 1,213.34 PDF
Reserve 1979
40.               Anamalai  Tiger 2008-
  Tamil Nadu   2007 958.59 521.28 1,479.87 PDF
Reserve 2009

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Year of
Area of
Notification/ Area  of
Year of the core
Re- the buffer Total
Inclusion / critical
Name of Tiger notification / area Gazette
S. No. State under tiger
Reserve under peripheral (In Notification
Project habitat
Section (In Sq. Sq.Km.)
Tiger (In Sq.
38V, WPA, Km.)
Km.)
1972, India

41.               Kalakad-
1988-
  Mundanthurai Tamil Nadu 2007 895.00 706.54 1,601.54 PDF
1989
Tiger Reserve
42.               Mudumalai Tiger 2008-
  Tamil Nadu 2007 321.00 367.59 688.59 PDF
Reserve 2009
43.               Sathyamangalam 2013-
  Tamil Nadu 2013 793.49 614.91 1,408.40 PDF
Tiger Reserve 2014

44.               Srivilliputhur
2020-
  Megamalai Tiger Tamil Nadu 2021 641.86 374.70 1,016.57 PDF
2021
Reserve
45.              
Amrabad Tiger 2014-
  Telangana 2015 2,166.37 445.02 2,611.39 PDF
Reserve 2015
46.               Kawal  Tiger 2012-
  Telangana 2012 893.23 1,123.21 2,015.44 PDF
Reserve 2013
47.               Dudhwa  Tiger Uttar 1987-
  2007 1,093.79 1,107.98 2,201.77 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 1988
48.               Pilibhit  Tiger Uttar
  2014 2014 602.798 127.45 730.25 PDF
Reserve Pradesh
49.               Ranipur  Tiger Uttar 2022-
  2022 230.31 299.05 529.36 PDF
Reserve Pradesh 2023

             Amanagarh Uttar 2012-

2012 - 80.60 80.60 PDF
buffer* Pradesh 2013
50.               Corbett Tiger 1973-
  Uttarakhand 2010 821.99 466.32 1288.31 PDF
Reserve 1974
51.               Rajaji Tiger
  Uttarakhand 2015 2015 819.54 255.63 1075.17 PDF
Reserve
52.               Buxa Tiger 1982-
  West Bengal 2009 390.58 367.32 7,57.90 PDF
Reserve 1983
53.               Sunderbans 1973-
  West Bengal 2007 1,699.62 885.27 2,584.89 PDF
Tiger Reserve 1974

 * Amangarh Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh is a buffer zone of Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand and may not be regarded
as a separate tiger reserve. It has a buffer zone of 80.6 sq. km (31.1 sq m.) but no core area of critical tiger habitat.
Source: National Tiger Conservation Authority, New Delhi

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Article on Tiger
 
This includes articles on tiger published in national and international journals, scientific reports, wildlife magazine and other publications.
 

Article: The Tiger in India (Source: Dr. A.J.T.Johnsingh, Nature Conservation Foundation, WWF-India and The Corbett
Foundation. Edited version of this article was published in Saevus, December 2019-February 2020, 52-59)
 
 
 
 

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