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In 1973, nine protected areas were initially designated as tiger reserves. By the late 1980s, the initial nine reserves covering an area of {{cvt|9115|km2}} had been increased to 15 reserves covering an area of {{cvt|24700|km2}}. More than 1100 tigers were estimated to inhabit the reserves by 1984.<ref>{{cite book |author=Panwar, H. S. |year=1987 |chapter=Project Tiger: The reserves, the tigers, and their future |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdC-wfyZwZEC&pg=PA110 |pages=110–117 |title=Tigers of the world: the biology, biopolitics, management, and conservation of an endangered species |editor1-last=Tilson, R. L. |editor2-last=Sel, U. S. |publisher=Minnesota Zoological Garden, IUCN/SSC Captive Breeding Group, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |location=Park Ridge, N.J. |isbn=978-0-815-51133-5}}</ref> By 1997, 23 tiger reserves encompassed an area of {{cvt|33000|km2}}.<ref>{{cite book |editor1=Seidensticker, J. |editor2=Christie, S. |editor3=Jackson, P. |year=1999 |title=Riding the Tiger. Tiger Conservation in human-dominated landscapes |publisher=Cambridge University Press |place=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-64057-1 |author=Thapar, V. |chapter=The tragedy of the Indian tiger: starting from scratch |pages=296–306}}</ref> As of March 2024, there are 55 [[protected area]]s that have been designated as tiger reserves.<ref name="Reserve"/>
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==List of tiger reserves==
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|+List of tiger reserves<ref name="Reserve"/><ref>{{cite report|title=MEE summary report |url=https://ntca.gov.in/assets/uploads/Reports/MEE/MEE_summary_report_2023.pdf|access-date=1 April 2024 |publisher=National Tiger Conservation Authority}}</ref>
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! rowspan="2" | Tiger Reserve<ref>https://ntca.gov.in/about-us/#tiger-reserves-2</ref>
! Name
! class="unsortable" rowspan="2" | EstablishedYear of creation
! rowspan="2" | State
! rowspan="2" | Population of tigers, 2018
! Tiger population (2023)<ref name="Report"/>
! rowspan="2" | Population of tigers, 2023
! Core area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Buffercolspan="3" area| Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|- class="static-row-header"
! Core !! buffer !! Total
|-
| [[Bandipur National Park| Bandipur]]
|1973–74
| [[Karnataka]]
| 120
| 150
| 868.63
| 584.06
| 1,456.3
|-
| [[Jim Corbett National Park| Jim Corbett]]
|1973–74
| [[Uttarakhand]]
| 216
| 260
| 1,318.54
| 466.32
| 1,288.31
|-
| [[Kanha Tiger Reserve| Kanha]]
|1973–74
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 80
| 105
| 917.43
| 1,134.36
| 2,051.79
|-
| [[Manas National Park| Manas]]
|1973–74
| [[Assam]]
| 11
| 58
| 526.22
| 2,310.88
| 2,837.10
|-
| [[Melghat]]
| 1973–74
| [[Maharashtra]]
| 25
| 57
| 1,500.49
| 1,268.03
| 2,768.52
|-
| [[Palamau Tiger Reserve| Palamau]]
|1973–74
| [[Jharkhand]]
| 3
| 1
| 414.08
| 715.85
| 1,129.93
|-
| [[Ranthambore National Park| Ranthambore]]
| 1973–74
| [[Rajasthan]]
| 37
| 57
| 1,333.36
| 297.92
| 1,411.29
|-
| [[Simlipal National Park| Similipal]]
| 1973–74
| [[Odisha]]
| 9
| 16
| 1,194.75
| 1,555.25
| 2,750.00
|-
| [[Sundarbans National Park| Sunderbans]]
| 1973–74
| [[West Bengal]]
| 96
| 100
| 1,699.62
| 885.27
| 2,584.89
|-
| [[Periyar National Park| Periyar]]
| 1978–79
| [[Kerala]]
| 20
| 30
| 881.00
| 44.00
| 925.00
|-
| [[Sariska Tiger Reserve| Sariska]]
| 1978–79
| [[Rajasthan]]
| 9
| 19
| 881.11
| 332.23
| 1,213.34
|-
| [[Buxa Tiger Reserve| Buxa]]
| 1982–83
| [[West Bengal]]
| 2
| 1
| 390.58
| 367.32
| 757.90
|-
| [[Indravati National Park| Indravati]]
| 1982–83
| [[Chhattisgarh]]
| 12
| 1
| 1,258.37
| 1,540.70
| 2,799.07
|-
| [[Namdapha National Park| Namdapha]]
| 1982–83
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| 11
| 1
| 18071,807.82
| 245.00
| 2,052.82
|-
| [[Dudhwa National Park| Dudhwa]]
| 1987–88
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| 58
| 135
| 1,093.79
| 1,107.98
| 2,201.77
|-
| [[Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve| Kalakad-Mundanthurai]]
| 1988–89
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| 10
| 5
| 895.00
| 706.54
| 1,601.54
|-
| [[Valmiki National Park| Valmiki]]
| 1989–90
| [[Bihar]]
| 40
| 54
| 598.45
| 300.93
| 899.38
|-
| [[Pench Tiger Reserve| Pench-MP]]
| 1992–93
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 43
| 77
| 411.33
| 768.30
| 1,179.63
|-
| [[Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve| Tadoba-Andhari]]
| 1993–94
| [[Maharashtra]]
| 115
| 97
| 625.82
| 1,101.77
| 1,727.59
|-
| [[Bandhavgarh National Park| Bandhavgarh]]
| 1993–94
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 63
| 135
| 716.9
| 820.03
| 1,536.93
|-
| [[Panna National Park| Panna]]
| 1994–95
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 17
| 55
| 576.13
| 1,021.97
| 1,598.10
|-
| [[Dampa Tiger Reserve| Dampa]]
| 1994–95
| [[Mizoram]]
| data not available
| 0
| data not available
| 500.00
| 488.00
| 988.00
|-
| [[Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary| Bhadra]]
| 1998–99
| [[Karnataka]]
| 22
| 28
| 492.46
| 571.83
| 1,064.29
|-
| [[Pench National Park| Pench-MH]]
| 1998–99
| [[Maharashtra]]
| 35
| 48
| 257.26
| 483.96
| 741.22
|-
| [[Pakke Tiger Reserve| Pakke]]
| 1999–2000
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| 7
| 6
| 683.45
| 515.00
| 1,198.45
|-
| [[Nameri National Park| Nameri]]
| 1999–2000
| [[Assam]]
| 5
| 3
| 320.00
| 144.00
| 464.00
|-
| [[Satpura Tiger Reserve| Satpura]]
| 1999–2000
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 26
| 50
| 1,339.26
| 794.04
| 2,133.31
|-
| [[Anamalai Tiger Reserve| Anamalai]]
| 2008–09
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| 13
| 16
| 958.59
| 521.28
| 1,479.87
|-
| [[Sitanadi Wildlife Sanctuary| Udanti Sitanadi]]
| 2008–09
| [[Chhattisgarh]]
| 4
| 1
| 851.09
| 991.45
| 1,842.54
|-
| [[Satkosia Tiger Reserve| Satkosia]]
| 2008–09
| [[Odisha]]
| 01
| 3
| 523.61
| 440.26
| 963.87
|-
| [[Kaziranga National Park| Kaziranga]]
| 2008–09
| [[Assam]]
| 103
| 104
| 625.58
| 548.00
| 1,173.58
|-
| [[Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary| Achanakmar]]
| 2008–09
| [[Chhattisgarh]]
| 11
| 5
| 626.19
| 287.82
| 914.02
|-
| [[Kali Tiger Reserve| KaliDandeli-Anshi]]
| 2008–09
| [[Karnataka]]
| 5
| 17
| 814.88
| 282.63
| 1,097.51
|-
| [[Sanjay National Park| Sanjay Dhubri]]
| 2008–09
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| 8
| 16
| 812.57
| 861.93
| 1,674.50
|-
| [[Mudumalai National Park| Mudumalai]]
| 2007
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| 103
| 114
| 321.00
| 367.59
| 688.59
|-
| [[Nagarhole National Park| Nagarhole]]
| 2008–09
| [[Karnataka]]
| 101
| 141
| 643.35
| 562.41
| 1,205.76
|-
| [[Parambikulam Tiger Reserve| Parambikulam]]
| 2008–09
| [[Kerala]]
| 19
| 31
| 390.89
| 252.77
| 643.66
|-
| [[Sahyadri Tiger Reserve| Sahyadri]]
| 2009–10
| [[Maharashtra]]
| 03
| 7
| 612.00
| 565.45
| 1,165.57
|-
| [[Biligiriranga Hills|Biligiri Ranganatha Temple]]
| 2010–11
| [[Karnataka]]
| 68
| 37
| 359.10
| 215.72
| 574.82
|-
| [[Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary| Kawal]]
| 2012–13
| [[Telangana]]
| 01
| 1
| 892.23
| 1,123.21
| 2,015.44
|-
| [[Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary| Sathyamangalam]]
| 2013–14
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| 72
| 85
| 793.49
| 614.91
| 1,408.40
|-
| [[Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve| Mukandra Hills]]
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| [[Rajasthan]]
| 1
| 3
| 717.17
| 342.82
| 759.99
|-
| [[Navegaon National Park| Nawegaon Nagzira]]
| 2013–14
| [[Maharashtra]]
| 7
| 11
| 653.67
| 1,241.27
| 1,894.94
|-
| [[Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve| Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam]]
| 1982–83
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| 74
| 58
| 2,595.72
| 700.59
| 3,296.31
|-
| [[Amrabad]]
| 2014
| [[Telangana]]
| 7
| 12
| 2,611.4
| 445.02
| 2,611.39
|-
| [[Pilibhit Tiger Reserve| Pilibhit]]
| 2014
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| 65
| 63
| 602.79
| 127.45
| 730.25
|-
| [[Bor Wildlife Sanctuary| Bor]]
| 2014
| [[Maharashtra]]
| 5
| 9
| 138.12
| 678.15
| 816.27
|-
| [[Rajaji National Park| Rajaji]]
| 2015
| [[Uttarakhand]]
| 38
| 54
| 819.54
| 255.63
| 1075.17
|-
| [[Orang National Park| Orang]]
| 2016
| [[Assam]]
| 16
| 21
| 79.28
| 413.18
| 492.46
|-
| [[Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary| Kamlang]]
| 2016
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| 04
| 6
| 771.00
| 112.00
| 783.00
|-
| [[Srivilliputhur - Megamalai (High wavy Mountains) Tiger Reserve| Srivilliputhur–MegamalaiSrivilliputhur – Megamalai]]
| 2021
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| 14
| 12
| 641.86
| 374.70
| 1,016.57
|-
| [[Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary| Ramgarh Vishdhari]]
| 2022
| [[Rajasthan]]
| 35
| 1
| 481.90
| 1,019.98
| 1,501.89
|-
| [[Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary| Ranipur]]
| 2022
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| Reserve didn't exist
| NA
| 3
| 230.31
| 299.05
| 529.36
|-
| [[Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary| Veerangana Durgavati]]
| 2023
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| Reserve didn't exist
| NA
| 12
| 1,414.00
| 925.12
| 2,339.12
|-
| [[Karauli| Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve]]
| 2023
| [[Rajasthan]]
| Reserve didn't exist
| NA
| 53
| 599.64
| 0475.36
| 1,075.00
|-
|}
 
*[[Amangarh Tiger Reserve]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] is a [[buffer zone]] of [[Jim Corbett National Park]] and may not be regarded as a separate tiger reserve. It has a buffer zone of {{cvt| 80.6| km2}} but no core area of critical tiger habitat.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Tiger Reserves| url=https://wii.gov.in/nwdc_tigerreserves| access-date=9 January 2021| publisher=Wildlife Institute of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Tiger Reserves| url=https://ntca.gov.in/tiger-reserves/#tiger-reserves-2| access-date=19 January 2021| publisher=National Tiger Conservation Authority}}</ref>
* '''Note''' that [[Amangarh Tiger Reserve]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] is a [[buffer zone]] of [[Jim Corbett National Park]],<ref>{{Cite web| title=National Tiger Conservation Authority| url=https://ntca.gov.in/tiger-reserves/#tiger-reserves-2| access-date=2021-09-19| website=ntca.gov.in}}</ref> and may not be regarded as a separate tiger reserve. It has a buffer zone of {{cvt| 80.6| km2}} but no core area of critical tiger habitat.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Tiger Reserves| url=https://wii.gov.in/nwdc_tigerreserves| access-date=2021-09-19| website=Wildlife Institute of India}}</ref>
* '''Note''' that designation of Guru Ghasidas - Tamor Pingla National Park as a Tiger Reserve was paused by [[Chhattisgarh]] State Government in July 2023.<ref>{{Cite web | date=2023-08-23 | title=54 Tiger Reserves in India - Map & List - gkinsights.com | url=https://gkinsights.com/53-tiger-reserves-in-india/#note1 | access-date=2023-08-29 | language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==References==