List of Indian states by wildlife population

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] Asiatic lion is an endangered species only found in Gir National Park of India. ^[5] The Indian wolf is an endangered subspecies of grey wolf. ^[6] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. ^{[7] [8]}

India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population ^[9] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population. ^[10]

State-wise data

• The South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are home to nearly 44% of the elephants, 35% of the tigers and 31% of the leopards in India. ^[11]
• The state of Karnataka alone is home to 22% of the elephants, 18% of the tigers and 14% of the leopards in India.
• The Northeast Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura together with West Bengal account for 30% of the elephants and 5% of the tiger population.
• The state of Gujarat is the only state with 100% of Asiatic lion population in the world. ^[12]
• Information of the states Punjab, Haryana, Manipur, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir are missing.

Tiger, Elephant, Leopard, Asiatic lion and Indian wolf population by state

State	Tigers (2022) [13]	Elephants (2017) [14] [15]	Leopards (2022) [16]	Asiatic lion (2020) [17]	Indian wolf (2022) [18]
Andaman and Nicobar	0	25	0	0
Andhra Pradesh	62	65	569	0	165
Arunachal Pradesh	29	1,614	42	0
Assam	182	5,719	74	0
Bihar	31	25	86	0	33
Chhattisgarh	19	247	722	0	320
Goa	2	0	77	0
Gujarat	0	0	2274	674	494
Haryana	0	7		0
Himachal Pradesh	0	7	1,114 [19]	0
Jharkhand	5	679	51	0	82
Karnataka	524	6,049	1,879	0	72
Kerala	183	5,706	570	0
Madhya Pradesh	785	7	3,907	0	772
Maharashtra	444	6	1,985	0	396
Manipur	0	9	0	0
Meghalaya	0	1,754	0	0
Mizoram	0	7	0	0
Nagaland	0	446	0	0
Odisha	20	1,976	568	0	84
Rajasthan	88	0	721	0	532
Tamil Nadu	306	2,761	1,070	0
Telangana	21	57	297	0	156
Tripura	0	102	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	205	232	371	0	61
Uttarakhand	560	1,839	652	0
West Bengal	131	682	233	0	24
Total	3,682 [13]	29,964	13,874	674	3,191

See also

• India portal

• Wildlife of India

References

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