Fifth cycle of the All-India Tiger Estimation – 2022
April 14 , 2023
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- The tiger census covered forested habitats in 20 states of India.
- The number of tigers in India was 3,167 in 2022.
- It was raised from 2,967 in 2018.
- The growth, however, slowed to 6.7 per cent in these four years from around 33 per cent during 2014-2018.
- The highest number (1,161) of tigers were photographed in the Central Indian Highlands and Eastern Ghats in 2022.
- Tiger occupancy in Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Telangana showed a decline.
- Tiger occupancy in the Western Ghats declined to 824.
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