Pegged at 3,167 in April, India’s tiger population now placed at 3,682 | India News – Times of India

DEHRADUN: Hear the roars? There are 3,682 tigers now in India, up from 2,967 in 2018 — a rise of almost 24% in four years. The numbers are also up from the 3,167 tigers announced by PM Narendra Modi in Mysuru on April 9 at a programme to commemorate 50 years of Project Tiger, a conservation effort applauded across the world.

The revised figures follow detailed analyses of census data collected during the fifth cycle of estimation conducted in 2022. With this, India is now home to approximately 75% of the world’s tiger population.
The latest tiger numbers are mentioned in the “Status of Tigers: Co-Predators & Prey in India-2022” report released at Uttarakhand’s Corbett Tiger Reserve by Union minister of state for environment, forest and climate change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on the occasion of International Tiger Day on Saturday.

Among the 53 tiger reserves in India, Corbett is the leader with 260 big cats. Among the states, Madhya Pradesh retained the No. 1 spot. Its tiger population has jumped from 526 to 785 (49%).