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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 ...
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. [89] These tiger reserves have played important role in the success of Project Tiger since its inception. [90]
Pench Tiger Reserve or Pench National Park is a tiger reserve in India straddling across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. On the Madhya Pradesh side, the Pench Tiger Reserve encompasses a core area of 411.33 km 2 (158.82 sq mi), with a buffer of 768.3 km 2 (296.6 sq mi), making for a total protected area of 1,179.63 km 2 (455.46 sq mi). [ 1 ]
It was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1982. It was declared a tiger reserve in 2022. The total area of the reserve is 1,501.89 km 2 (579.88 sq mi), including a core of 481.90 km 2 (186.06 sq mi) and buffer of 1,019.98 km 2 (393.82 sq mi). It connects Ranthambore National Park with Mukundara Hills National Park. [3]
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest tiger reserve in India. The reserve spreads over five districts: Nandyal District, Prakasam District, Palnadu District, Nalgonda District and Mahabub Nagar district. 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 Palamau Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve in India and the only one in the state of Jharkhand. It covers a total area of 1,129.93 km 2 (436.27 sq mi) in the Palamu, Latehar and Garhwa districts. It comprises the Betla National Park. It is one of the first nine tiger reserves in India declared in 1974. [1] [2]
Sathyamangalam Forest Division in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The total area originally declared as a sanctuary was 524.3494 km 2 (202.4524 sq mi). The boundaries of the sanctuary were the Thalavadi range of Thalamalai forests and Hasanur, T.N.Palayam ranges of Gobichettipalayam taluk of Guthiyalathur forests, contiguous with Billigiriranga Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary in the north and the ...
Bandhavgarh National Park is a national park of India, located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. It spreads over an area of 105 km 2 (41 sq mi) and was declared a national park in 1968. It became Tiger Reserve in 1993 with a core area of 716 km 2 (276 sq mi).