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It is located in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. It was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1996 and a tiger reserve in 2023. It cover total area of 2,339.12 square kilometres (903.14 sq mi) with 1,414 square kilometres (546 sq mi) of core and 925.120 square kilometres (357.191 sq mi) of buffer area.
As per Ministry of Environment and Forests, the wild tiger population in India stood at 2,226 in 2014 with an increase of 30.5% since the 2010 estimate. [4] In 2018, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there were an estimated 2,967 wild tigers in existence in India. The wild tiger population increased to 3,682 as of 2022. [5]
Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary [1] [3] merger with Rani durgavati wildlife sanctuary 1984 1197.04 Orchha Wildlife Sanctuary [1] [3] 1994 44.914 Panpatha Wildlife Sanctuary [1] [3] 1983 245.842 Pench Tiger Reserve [1] [3] 1975 118.473 Phen Wildlife Sanctuary [1] [3] 1983 110.704 Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary [1] [3] 1989 2.345 Ratapani Wildlife ...
It is one of four Project Tiger sites in Chhattisgarh, along with Udanti-sitanadi, and is home to one of the last remaining populations of the endangered wild water buffalo. 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 ...
This tiger reserve covers a total area of 2,829.38 square kilometres (1,092.43 sq mi), including a core or critical tiger habitat of 2,049.2 square kilometres (791.2 sq mi), which consists of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and the Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary, along with a buffer zone of 780.15 square kilometres (301.22 sq mi). It is 56th ...
Among these, Project Tiger governs 53 tiger reserves, which are of special significance for the conservation of the Bengal tiger. [3] Additionally, there are 33 Elephant Reserves covering 80,778 km 2 (31,189 sq mi) under the Project Elephant, which may overlap with the wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves. [4] [5] [6]
Over time, the area in the reserve was increased to 797.72 km 2 (308.00 sq mi) were added in 1991 as a buffer zone to the Corbett Tiger Reserve. [10] The 1991 addition included the entire Kalagarh forest division, assimilating the 301.18 km 2 (116.29 sq mi) area of Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary as a part of the Kalagarh division. [ 10 ]
The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is a protected area in Uttar Pradesh that stretches mainly across the Lakhimpur Kheri and Bahraich districts and comprises the Dudhwa National Park, Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary. It covers an area of 1,284.3 km 2 (495.9 sq mi). Three large forested areas are extant within the reserve ...