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Tadoba Andhari Reserve is the largest national park in Maharashtra.The total area of the reserve is 625.4 square kilometres (241.5 sq mi). This includes Tadoba National Park, with an area of 116.55 square kilometres (45.00 sq mi) and Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary with an area of 508.85 square kilometres (196.47 sq mi).
Tadoba National Park, formed in 1955, is one of the oldest national parks. In 1993 its merge with Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary led to the creation of Tadobo Andhari Tiger Reserve. Tiger Census As of 2022, Maharashtra has the fifth-largest tiger population among all Indian states. The tiger population in the state has shown a consistent rise:
By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of 9,115 km 2 (3,519 sq mi) had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of 24,700 km 2 (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 km 2 (13,000 sq mi). [9]
Tiger at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is located approximately 30 km north of Chandrapur near the Erai dam. This park was included in the project tiger since 1973. The total area of the reserve is 625.40 km 2. In 2014 the tiger population in Tadoba was 66, that number has gone up to 86. Tadoba is now a home to ...
The eastern part of Vidarbha consists of Maharashtra's oldest National Park, the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, one of the Project Tiger Reserves. [48] [49] Shegaon is a place of pilgrimage with temples attributed to the Hindu saint Gajanan Maharaj who lived there. [50] Chikhaldara in Amravati district is a hill station and popular tourist ...
Andhari river is a minor river of the Wainganga basin. It flows through the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra . Meandering through the Tadoba forests, it gives its name to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve .
Dense mangrove forest, one of the largest reserves for the Bengal Tiger and a UNESCO world heritage site Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: Chandrapur district, Maharashtra Valmiki National Park: West Champaran district, Bihar 898.45 km 2: The only national park in Bihar Vandalur Reserve Forest: Vandalur, Tamil Nadu Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary ...
By 2018, it was expanded to fifty tiger reserves with nearly 72,749 km 2. of protected area which formed about 2.21% of India's total geographical area. [17] As of July 2022, India has created 52 tiger reserves. [88] These tiger reserves have played important role in the success of Project Tiger since its inception. [89]