Ranthambhore | Mon.09.02.2015

New Delhi | As per tiger census report 2014, the population of wild tigers in India has increased from 1,706 to 2,226 in 2014. The new tiger census report was released by Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar. According to the latest census, India is estimated to be home to around 70% of the world’s tigers.

The state of Karnataka has the most number of tigers at 406. Uttarakhand sate has 340 tigers, Tamil Nadu has 229, Madhya Pradesh has 208, Maharashtra has 190, Rajasthan has 45 and the Sundarbans in Bengal has 76 tigers.

All India Tiger Population Estimation-2014

State-wise and landscape-wise

State Year Shivalik-Gangetic- Landscape Uattarakhand 178 227 340 Uattar Pradesh 109 118 117 Bihar 10 8 28 Total 297 353 485 Central Indian Landscape and Eastern Ghats Landscape Andhra Pradesh (Including Telengana) 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 Total 601 602 688 Western Ghats Landscape Karnataka 290 300 406 Kerala 46 71 136 Tamil Nadu 76 163 229 Goa -- -- 5 Total 412 534 776 North Eastern Hills and Brahmaputra Flood Assam 70 143 167 Arunachal Pradesh 14 -- 28 Mizoram 6 5 3 Northern West- Bengal 10 -- 3 Total 100 148 201 Sunderbans -- 70 76 Grand Total 1410 1706 2226

Source : STATUS OF TIGERS IN INDIA, 2014