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The total area of the tiger reserve is 3,728 km 2 (1,439 sq mi). [1] The core area of this reserve is 1,200 km 2 (460 sq mi). The reservoirs and temples of Srisailam are major attraction for many tourists and pilgrims. [2] It is the largest tiger reserve forest in India and is located inside Nallamala forest area.
Tiger reserves were set up as a part of Project Tiger initiated in 1973 and are administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of Government of India. Tiger reserves consist of a core area which includes part(s) of protected areas such as a national park or a wildlife sanctuary and a buffer zone which is a mix of forested and non ...
Kanha Tiger Reserve, also known as Kanha–Kisli National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The present-day Kanha area is divided into two protected areas, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km 2 (97 and 116 sq mi), respectively. Kanha National Park was created on 1 June ...
Breeding populations of tigers are extensively in the core area of tiger reserves. The size of these tiger reserves in India vary between 344 km 2. to 3,150 km 2. with an average area of average 1,321 km 2. [21] 2018 assessment shows Corbett Tiger Reserve with the largest population of about 231 tigers.
With a total area of approximately 2799.08 km 2, Indravati attained the status of a national park in 1981 and a tiger reserve in 1983, becoming one of the most famous tiger reserves in India. As of 2022, the park is reported to be largely under Naxal control. [2]
Sariska Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve in Alwar district, Rajasthan, India. It stretches over an area of 881 km 2 (340 sq mi) comprising scrub-thorn arid forests, dry deciduous forests, grasslands, and rocky hills. This area was preserved for hunting, for the Alwar state and was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1958.
The tiger reserve abounds with chital or the spotted deer (Axis axis) which is the main prey animal of the tiger and the Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca). [3] [4] In 2012, the Gaur were reintroduced from Kanha. [5] Brown fish owl at Bandhavgarh. Bandhavgarh has one of the highest density of tigers known in the world.
The Ratapani Tiger Reserve, located in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, [3] in Vindhya Range in central India, is one of the finest teak forests in the state and is less than 50 kilometres (31 mi) away from the capital Bhopal.