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Elephant
Reserves and Corridors
of India
Asian and African Elephants
Asian and African Elephants
Status of Elephants in India

IUCN Red List: Endangered CITES: Appendix I

Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I

60%
India is home to more than

of all
wild Asian elephants

There are 2,454

Total Elephants
captive elephants in
India, according to

29,964
Approx.

the census
conducted by Project
Elephant in 2018.

58%
per cent of all captive
elephants is concentrated
905 - Assam
in two states

518 - Kerala

According to the affidavit, there are 2,454

elephants in captivity, of which 560 are in
possession with forest departments and 1,687
with private individuals. However, 664 of the
total captive elephants in the country are
without ownership certificate while there are
85 in zoos, 26 in circuses and 96 in temples.
Threats to Elephants

Poaching due to demand

for ivory

Loss of habitat due to

developmental activities

Human-elephant conflict

Mistreatment in captivity

Abuse due to
elephant tourism

Rampant mining and

corridor destruction
 MIKE Sites in India
The Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) programme is an international
collaboration that measures the levels, trends and causes of elephant mortality,
thereby providing an information base to support international decision-making
related to conservation of elephants in Asia and Africa.

Established by CITES by Resolution 10.10 adopted at the 10th Conference of the

Parties in 1997. The MIKE Programme is entirely dependent on donor support.

Shivalik Elephant Reserve

(Uttarakhand)

Deomali Elephant Reserve

(Arunachal Pradesh)

Dihing Patkai Elephant Reserve

(Assam)

Chirang-Ripu Elephant Reserve

(Assam)

Eastern Dooars
Elephant Reserve
(West Bengal)

Garo Hills Elephant Reserve

(Meghalaya)

Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve (Odisha)

Mysore Elephant
Reserve (Karnataka)

Mysore Elephant
Reserve (Karnataka)

Wayanad Elephant Reserve ( Kerala)

Project Elephant
It was launched by the GoI in 1992 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with
following objectives:

▪ To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors

▪ To address issues of man-animal conflict
▪ Welfare of captive elephants

The Project is being mainly implemented in 16 States / UTs , viz. Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala,
Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides the financial
and technical support to major elephant range states in the country through
Project Elephant.
 Elephant Reserves
in India
Kaziranga – Karbi Anglong
ER (Assam)

Kameng ER
Shivalik ER (Arunachal Pradesh)
(Uttarakhand)

Singphan ER (Nagaland)
Sonitpur ER
(Assam)

Terai ER
(UttaR Pradesh)

Uttar Pradesh ER
(Uttar Pradesh)

Garo Hills ER
(Meghalaya)

(Arunachal Pradesh)
South Arunachal
Eastern Dooars ER
(West Bengal)
Chirang-Ripu ER
(Assam)

Intanki ER
(Nagaland)
Dhansiri-Lungding
ER (Assam)

Mayurjharna ER (West Bengal)

Mayurbhanj ER (Odisha)
Singhbhum ER (Jharkhand)
Mahanadi ER (Odisha)
Sambalpur ER (Odisha)
Badalkhol-Tamorpingla (Chhattisgarh)
Dandeli Lemru ER (Chhattisgarh)
(Karnataka)
Rayala ER
Mysore ER (Andhra Pradesh)
(Karnataka)

Nilgiri ER
(Tamil Nadu)
Wayanad ER
(Kerala)

Nilambur ER Coimbatore ER
(Kerala) (Tamil Nadu)

Anamudi ER Anamalai ER
(Kerala) (Tamil Nadu)

Periyar ER
(Kerala) Srivilliputtur ER
(Tamil Nadu)

Agsthyamalai ER
(Tamil Nadu)
 Elephant Corridors
in India

Kaziranga
Karbi Anglong, Panbari
(Assam)

Kaziranga
Karbi Anglong, Panbari
(Assam)

Kaziranga
Karbi Anglong, Deosur
(Assam)

Kaziranga
Chilla – Motichur Karbi Anglong, Kanchanjuri
(Uttarakhand) (Assam)

Siju – Rewak
(Meghalaya)

Rewak – Emangre
(Meghalaya)

Kalapahar
Daigrung, Karbi Anglong
(Assam)

Edayarhalli – Doddasampige
Chamrajnagar – Talamalai, (Karnataka)
Mudahalli
(Karnataka)

Kaniyanpura – Moyar corridor

Thirunelli – Kudrakote (Karnataka)
(Kerala)

Secured corridors

Corridors in the process of being secured

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