The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.[1][2][3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species.[4] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years.[5][6]
India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population[7] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population.[8]
State | Tigers (2022)[11] | Elephants (2018)[12] | Leopards (2015)[13] | Asiatic lion (2020)[14] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andhra Pradesh | 62 | 74 | 343 | 0 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 29 | 1,614 | 0 | 0 |
Assam | 182 | 5,719 | 0 | 0 |
Bihar | 31 | 25 | 32 | 0 |
Chhattisgarh | 19 | 247 | 846 | 0 |
Goa | 2 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
Gujarat | 0 | 0 | 1,355 | 674 |
Jharkhand | 3 | 679 | 29 | 0 |
Karnataka | 524 | 6,049 | 1,131 | 0 |
Kerala | 183 | 3,054 | 472 | 0 |
Madhya Pradesh | 785 | 7 | 1,817 | 0 |
Maharashtra | 444 | 6 | 908 | 0 |
Meghalaya | 0 | 1,754 | 0 | 0 |
Mizoram | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Nagaland | 0 | 432 | 0 | 0 |
Odisha | 20 | 1,966 | 345 | 0 |
Rajasthan | 88 | 84 | 194 | 0 |
Tamil Nadu | 306 | 2,791 | 815 | 0 |
Telangana | 21 | 57 | 268 | 0 |
Tripura | 0 | 203 | 0 | 0 |
Uttar Pradesh | 205 | 232 | 194 | 0 |
Uttarakhand | 560 | 1,839 | 703 | 0 |
West Bengal | 131 | 700 | 90 | 0 |
Total | 3,682[15] | 27,875 | 9,593 | 674 |