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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 ...
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
Tiger reserves consist of areas under national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. There are 53 tiger reserves in India. [ 1 ] As of January 2023, [update] the protected areas of India cover 173,629.52 square kilometres (67,038.73 sq mi), roughly 5.28% of the total geographical area of the country.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority, which had approved the transfer of six tigers from the wild of Madhya Pradesh's Kanha National Park to Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Odisha, has suspended the tiger translocation project pending a detailed review. The decision was taken after the first big cat, a male Royal Bengal tiger that had been ...
The Tiger Reserve is the home of four different tribes of indigenous peoples including the Kadar, Malasar tribe, Muduvar and Mala Malasar settled in six colonies. Parambikulam Tiger Reserve implements the Project Tiger scheme along with various other programs of the Government of India and the Government of Kerala.
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]
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 ...
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: 2006: 103 tigers 2010: 169 tigers 2015: 190 tigers (a 12% increase from 2010) 2018: 312 tigers 2022: 444 tigers The latest census, conducted as part of the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2022 ...