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Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve notified 56th Tiger Reserve
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Updated: 19 Nov 2024
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The Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve of Chhattisgarh as the 56th Tiger Reserve of India. The Ministry issued the notification on 18 November 2024. The apex Tiger conservation body, the National Tiger Conservation Authority, had given its approval in 2021, and the Ministry has issued the notification now.
The Guru Ghasidas -Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve is geographically spread mainly over the Chota Nagpur plateau and partially over the Baghelkhand plateau.
Seven hundred fifty-three species, including 365 invertebrates and 388 vertebrates, are found in the reserve.
Two hundred thirty species of birds and 55 species of Vertebrate mammals are found in the reserve.
The Guru Ghasidas Tiger Reserve is the fourth Tiger reserve in the state. Other are
The central government set up the National Tiger Conservation Authority in December 2005 as the apex body for strengthening tiger conservation in India.
It is a statutory body set up under the provision of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
It is an administrative body under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change is the chairperson of the NTCA.
The central government has designated specified areas as the Tiger Reserves to protect the endangered species in India. Following is the list of the Tiger Reserves in India.
Following is the list of the Tiger Reserves, their areas, the year of notification and the State where they lie.
S. No. |
State |
Name of Tiger Reserve |
Year of Notification |
Total area (In Sq.Kms) |
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
Nagarjunsagar Srisailam |
2007 |
3296.31 |
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Namdapha |
1987 |
2052.82 |
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Pakke |
2012 |
1198.45 |
4 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Kamlang |
2017 |
783.00 |
5 |
Assam |
Manas |
2008 |
2837.10 |
6 |
Assam |
Nameri |
2000 |
464.00 |
7 |
Assam |
Kaziranga |
2007 |
1173.58 |
8 |
Assam |
Orang |
2016 |
492.46 |
9 |
Bihar |
Valmiki |
2012 |
899.38 |
10 |
Chhattisgarh |
Udanti-Sitanadi |
2009 |
1842.54 |
11 |
Chhattisgarh |
Achanakmar |
2005 |
914.02 |
12 |
Chhattisgarh |
Indravati |
2009 |
2799.07 |
13 |
Chhattisgarh |
Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla |
2024 |
2,829 |
14 |
Jharkhand |
Palamau |
2012 |
1129.93 |
15 |
Karnataka |
Bandipur |
2007 |
1456.30 |
16 |
Karnataka |
Bhadra |
2007 |
1064.29 |
17 |
Karnataka |
Kali (Dandeli-Anshi) |
2007 |
1097.51 |
18 |
Karnataka |
Nagarahole |
2007 |
1205.76 |
19 |
Karnataka |
Biligiri Ranganatha Temple |
2007 |
574.82 |
20 |
Kerala |
Periyar |
2007 |
925.00 |
21 |
Kerala |
Parambikulam |
2009 |
643.66 |
22 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Kanha |
2007 |
2051.79 |
23 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Pench |
2007 |
1179.63 |
24 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bandhavgarh |
2007 |
1536.94 |
25 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Panna |
2007 |
1598.10 |
26 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Satpura |
2007 |
2133.31 |
27 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve |
2023 |
2339.12 |
28 |
Madhya Pradesh |
Sanjay-Dubri |
2011 |
1674.50 |
29 |
Maharashtra |
Melghat |
2007 |
2768.52 |
30 |
Maharashtra |
Tadoba-Andhari |
2007 |
1727.59 |
31 |
Maharashtra |
Pench (It is spread in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh) |
2007 |
741.22 |
32 |
Maharashtra |
Sahyadri |
2012 |
1165.57 |
33 |
Maharashtra |
Nawegaon-Nagzira |
2103 |
1894.94 |
34 |
Maharashtra |
Bor |
2012 |
816.27 |
35 |
Mizoram |
Dampa |
2007 |
988.00 |
36 |
Odisha |
Similipal |
2007 |
2750.00 |
37 |
Odisha |
Satkosia |
2007 |
963.87 |
38 |
Rajasthan |
Ranthambore |
2007 |
1411.29 |
39 |
Rajasthan |
Sariska |
2007 |
1213.34 |
40 |
Rajasthan |
Ramgarh-Vishdhari |
2022 |
1501.89 |
41 |
Rajasthan |
Dholpur – Karauli Tiger Reserve |
2023 |
599.6406 |
42 |
Rajasthan |
Mukundara Hills |
2013 |
759.99 |
43 |
Tamil Nadu |
Kalakad-Mundanthurai |
2007 |
1601.54 |
44 |
Tamil Nadu |
Mudumalai |
2007 |
688.59 |
45 |
Tamil Nadu |
Sathyamangalam |
2013 |
1408.40 |
46 |
Tamil Nadu |
Anamalai |
2007 |
1479.87 |
47 |
Tamil Nadu |
Srivilliputhur Megamalai |
2021 |
1016.56 |
48 |
Telangana |
Kawal |
2012 |
2015.44 |
49 |
Telangana |
Amrabad |
2015 |
2611.39 |
50 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Dudhwa |
2010 |
2201.77 |
51 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Ranipur |
2022 |
529.36 |
52 |
Uttar Pradesh |
Pilibhit |
2014 |
730.25 |
53 |
Uttarakhand |
Jim Corbett |
2010 |
1288.31 |
54 |
Uttarakhand |
Rajaji |
2015 |
1075.17 |
55 |
West Bengal |
Sunderbans |
2007 |
2584.89 |
56 |
West Bengal |
Buxa |
2009 |
757.90 |
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