Tiger Reserves

TIGER POPULATION ESTIMATES

• As per the Status of Tigers in India, 2014 report, released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on January 20, except for the states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand, most of the tiger-range states have shown a substantial increase in tiger population (see table). The report claims to have photographed 1,540 unique tigers (70 per cent of the estimated population) through camera traps while the remaining are estimated on the basis of statistical and scientific models from areas where camera traps could not be placed.
• Tiger population India has increased by 30 per cent in the past four years. The total number of tigers estimated in 2014 is 2,226 (in the range of 1,945 to 2,491).

Single largest population is in Western Ghats

• In the Western Ghats, both the population and the tiger ranges have increased. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have registered an increase in tiger population while Goa, which did not have tiger presence till seven to eight years ago, have a persistent presence of about five tigers. Tigers in the contiguous forest patches, comprising of Mudumalai, Bandipur, Nagarhole and Wayanad tiger reserves in the Western Ghats, have the worlds single largest tiger population, estimated to be over 570 tigers. The northeasten landscape has also shown a remarkable increase in the tiger population with Kaziranga National Park having the highest numbers.

Tiger Population growth in India
State	2006	2010	2014
Shivalik Gangetic Plain
Uttarakhand	178	227	340
Uttar Pradesh	109	118	117
Bihar	10	8	28
Central Indian Landscape and Eastern Ghats
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana	95	72	68
Chhattisgarh	26	26	46
Madhya Pradesh	300	257	308
Maharashtra	103	169	190
Odisha	45	32	28
Rajasthan	32	36	45
Jharkhand	-	10	3
Western Ghats
Karnataka	290	300	406
Kerala	46	71	136
Tamil Nadu	76	163	229
Goa	-	-	5
The NorthEast
Assam	70	143	167
Arunachal Pradesh	14	-	28
Mizoram	6	5	3
Northern West Bengal	10	-	3
Sunderbans	-	70	76
Total	1,411	1,706	2,226