Tiger Reserves of India

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Tiger Reserves of India

All 58 reserves, the first nine of 1973, the newest (Madhav, 2025) and the state traps.

On this map (58)

Bandipur Tiger Reserve · Karnataka. One of the first 9 (1973); Karnataka — in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Corbett Tiger Reserve · Uttarakhand. First national park (Hailey, 1936); Project Tiger was launched here (1973)
Kanha Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. Hard-ground barasingha; mascot “Bhoorsingh”
Manas Tiger Reserve · Assam. One of the first 9; World Heritage Site; on the Bhutan border
Melghat Tiger Reserve · Maharashtra. One of the first 9; Satpura hills, Tapti basin — Maharashtra
Palamau Tiger Reserve · Jharkhand. One of the first 9 — Jharkhand (Betla NP)
Ranthambore Tiger Reserve · Rajasthan. One of the first 9; Aravalli–Vindhya junction — Rajasthan
Similipal Tiger Reserve · Odisha. One of the first 9 — Odisha; pseudo-melanistic (“black”) tigers
Sunderbans Tiger Reserve · West Bengal. One of the first 9; mangrove tigers that swim
Periyar Tiger Reserve · Kerala. Kerala; Periyar lake — elephants
Sariska Tiger Reserve · Rajasthan. Rajasthan — first tiger RELOCATION (2008) after tigers were wiped out
Buxa Tiger Reserve · West Bengal. WEST BENGAL, not Bihar (UPPCS trap); on the Bhutan border
Indravati Tiger Reserve · Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh (Bijapur); wild buffalo; Indravati river
Namdapha Tiger Reserve · Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal — all four big cats: tiger, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve · Andhra Pradesh. LARGEST tiger reserve; largest Critical Tiger Habitat (UPSC 2020)
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve · Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh terai, on the Nepal border; swamp deer, rhinos brought back
Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve · Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu’s first; the Tamiraparani rises here
Valmiki Tiger Reserve · Bihar. The ONLY tiger reserve of Bihar; joins Chitwan (Nepal)
Pench (M.P.) Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. Pench lies in TWO states — MP and Maharashtra (UPPCS)
Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve · Maharashtra. Maharashtra’s oldest and largest national park; Chandrapur
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. Very high tiger density; home of the first white tiger found (Mohan)
Panna Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. Tigers brought back in 2009 after all were lost; Ken river
Dampa Tiger Reserve · Mizoram. MIZORAM’s tiger reserve (UPPCS)
Bhadra Tiger Reserve · Karnataka. Karnataka (Chikkamagaluru); villages resettled out of the core
Pench Tiger Reserve · Maharashtra. The Maharashtra half of the two-state Pench reserve
Pakke Tiger Reserve · Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal (Pakhui) — hornbills; Pakke Hornbill Festival
Nameri Tiger Reserve · Assam. Assam, on the Jia Bhoroli river; white-winged wood duck
Satpura Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. MP — core of the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
Anamalai Tiger Reserve · Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu — Indira Gandhi National Park; lion-tailed macaque
Udanti–Sitanadi Tiger Reserve · Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh; wild buffalo (state animal)
Satkosia Tiger Reserve · Odisha. Odisha — Mahanadi gorge; first tiger relocation between states (2018) failed
Kaziranga Tiger Reserve · Assam. Assam — one of the highest tiger densities; one-horned rhino
Achanakmar Tiger Reserve · Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh — core of the Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve
Kali Tiger Reserve · Karnataka. Karnataka — formerly Dandeli-Anshi; Kali river
Sanjay Dhubri Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh (Sidhi) — Sanjay Dubri
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve · Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu — where Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka meet (Nilgiri BR)
Nagarhole Tiger Reserve · Karnataka. Karnataka — Rajiv Gandhi NP; Kabini river
Parambikulam Tiger Reserve · Kerala. Kerala — teak (Kannimara teak), in the Anamalai hills
Sahyadri Tiger Reserve · Maharashtra. Maharashtra — Koyna and Chandoli; Western Ghats
Biligiri Ranganatha Temple Tiger Reserve · Karnataka. Karnataka — Soliga tribe got forest rights inside a tiger reserve (first)
Kawal Tiger Reserve · Telangana. Telangana — Godavari basin
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve · Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu — the link between the Eastern and Western Ghats (UPSC 2017)
Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve · Rajasthan. Rajasthan (Kota) — Darrah; Chambal
Nawegaon–Nagzira Tiger Reserve · Maharashtra. Maharashtra (Gondia–Bhandara)
Amrabad Tiger Reserve · Telangana. Telangana — Nallamala hills; Chenchu tribe
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve · Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh — won the first TX2 award for doubling its tigers (2014–18)
Bor Tiger Reserve · Maharashtra. Maharashtra (Wardha) — one of the smallest
Rajaji Tiger Reserve · Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand — Haridwar–Dehradun; elephants (UPPCS: recently declared)
Orang Tiger Reserve · Assam. Assam — “mini Kaziranga”, rhinos; north bank of the Brahmaputra
Kamlang Tiger Reserve · Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal (Lohit) — Glaw Lake inside (India’s 101st Ramsar site, 2026)
Srivilliputhur–Megamalai Tiger Reserve · Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu (2021) — grizzled giant squirrel
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve · Rajasthan. Rajasthan (Bundi) — 52nd (2022)
Ranipur Tiger Reserve · Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh (Chitrakoot) — 53rd (2022)
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh (Nauradehi) — 54th (2023)
Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve · Rajasthan. Rajasthan — 55th (2023)
Guru Ghasidas–Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve · Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh — 56th (2024); among the largest
Ratapani Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh (Raisen) — 57th (2024); Bhimbetka rock shelters nearby
Madhav Tiger Reserve · Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh (Shivpuri) — 58th and newest (March 2025); MP’s ninth

Asked in exams

UPSC 2012Tiger reserves among Bandipur, Bhitarkanika, Manas, Sundarbans → all but Bhitarkanika
UPPCSBandipur → Karnataka (match lists)
UPSC 2020Distractor in the Critical Tiger Habitat question
UPPCSProject Tiger started in → 1973
UPSC 2012Manas is a tiger reserve ✓
UPPCSManas → Assam
UPPCSMelghat → Maharashtra
UPPCSSimlipal → Odisha
UPSC 2012Sundarbans is a tiger reserve ✓
UPPCSSariska is in → Rajasthan
UPPCSBuxa – Bihar → the wrong pair
UPPCSBuxa → West Bengal (match list)
UPPCSNamdapha → Arunachal Pradesh
UPSC 2020Largest area under Critical Tiger Habitat → Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam
UPPCSSame question → Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam
UPSC 2019In Agasthyamala BR: Neyyar, Peppara, Shendurney + Kalakad-Mundanthurai
UPPCSWhich tiger reserve lies in two states? → Pench
UPPCSNot in MP: Amangarh, Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Sanjay Dubri → Amangarh
UPPCSTiger reserve in Mizoram → Dampa
UPPCSPakhui → Arunachal Pradesh
UPPCSNameri → Assam (correct pair)
UPSC 2017Good link between the Eastern and Western Ghats → Sathyamangalam
UPPCSRecently declared a tiger reserve → Rajaji

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