Map 2
Tigers in each Indian state
The All India Tiger Estimation counts tigers by state every four years. In 2022 the highest figure was 785 in Madhya Pradesh. Choose a year to see how the numbers have changed since 2006.
- No figure reported
- 0 tigers
- 1 to 19
- 20 to 99
- 100 to 299
- 300 to 599
- 600 or more
The numbers
| State | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 300 | 257 | 308 | 526 | 785 |
| Karnataka | 290 | 300 | 406 | 524 | 563 |
| Uttarakhand | 178 | 227 | 340 | 442 | 560 |
| Maharashtra | 103 | 169 | 190 | 312 | 444 |
| Tamil Nadu | 76 | 163 | 229 | 264 | 306 |
| Assam | 70 | 143 | 167 | 190 | 229 |
| Kerala | 46 | 71 | 136 | 190 | 213 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 109 | 118 | 117 | 173 | 205 |
| West Bengal* | 10 | 70 | 79 | 88 | 103 |
| Rajasthan | 32 | 36 | 45 | 69 | 88 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 95 | 72 | 68 | 48 | 63 |
| Bihar | 10 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 54 |
| Telangana | – | – | – | 26 | 21 |
| Odisha | 45 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 20 |
| Chhattisgarh | 26 | 26 | 46 | 19 | 17 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 14 | – | 28 | 29 | 9 |
| Goa | – | – | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Jharkhand | – | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Mizoram | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nagaland | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| India (published total) | 1,411 | 1,706 | 2,226 | 2,967 | 3,682 |
* West Bengal combines two rows of the official table: northern West Bengal and the Sundarbans. A dash means no figure was reported for that state and year, which is different from zero. State rows can differ slightly from the published national total (in 2022 they add to 3,686 against 3,682), because the source table's own subtotals differ in small ways. Estimates carry statistical uncertainty: the 2022 national range is 3,167 to 3,925. Source: Press Information Bureau, Annexure I. States left grey are not in the national table, so no figure is shown for them.
About these maps. They are simplified illustrations to show where tigers live, not survey maps. The outline shows India's boundary as claimed by the Government of India, including all of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh; for legal or survey purposes use the Survey of India. Reserve dots are approximate points, not reserve boundaries. The exact locations of individual tigers are deliberately never published, because poachers could use them.