ELEPHANT RESERVES

With the notification of Badalkhol-Tamorpingla in Chhattisgarh in the year 2011, the

total number of Elephant Reserves (ERs) in the country has become 28 where as
permission for two more Elephant Reserves such as Lemru in Chattisgarh and Khasi
Elephant Reserve in Meghalaya have been accorded by the Ministry and not been
notified by the States so far. The area under these would be extending over about
61830 sq km. The list of ERs with date of Notification and area is as below:

ELEPHANT RESERVES IN INDIA

Sl. Elephant Elephant Reserve State Total Area

No Range with date of (Sq. Km)
notification
I Eastern India 1. Mayurjharna W. Bengal 414
ER(24.10.02)
(South West
Bengal- 2. Singhbhum ER Jharkhand 4530
Jharkhand- (26.9.01)
Orissa)
3. Mayurbhanj ER Orissa 3214
(29.9.01)

4. Mahanadi ER Orissa 1038

(20.7.02)

5. Sambalpur ER Orissa 427

(27.3.02)

6. Badalkhol- Chhattisgarh 1048.30

Tamorpingla
(15.9.2011)
Total 10671.30

II North 7. Kameng ER Arunachal 1892

Brahamputra (19.6.02)

(Arunachal – 8. Sonitpur ER Assam 1420

Assam) (6.3.03)

Total 3312

III South 9. Dihing-Patkai Assam 937

Brahamputra ER (17.4.03)
 (Assam- 10. South Arunachal 1957.50
Arunachal) Arunachal ER
( 29-2-08 )

Total 2894.50

IV Kaziranga 11. Kaziranga – Assam 3270

Karbi Anglong
(Assam-
ER (17.4.03)
Nagaland)
12. Dhansiri- Assam 2740
Lungding ER
(19.4.03)

13. Intanki ER Nagaland 202

(28.2.05)

Total 6212

V Eastern Dooars 14. Chirang-Ripu Assam 2600

(Assam- W. ER (7.3.03)
Bengal)
15. Eastern Dooars W. Bengal 978
ER (28.8.02)

Total 3578

VI E. Himalayas 16. Garo Hills ER Meghalaya 3,500

(Meghalaya) (31.10.01)

Total 3500

VII Nilgiri –Eastern 17. Mysore ER Karnataka, 6724

Ghat (25.11.02)

(Karnataka- 18. Wayanad ER Kerala 1200

Kerala- (2.4.02)
Tamilnadu-
Andhra) 19. Nilgiri ER Tamil nadu 4663
(19.9.03)

20. Rayala ER Andhra 766

(9.12.03)

Total 13353
VIII South Nilgiri 21. Nilambur ER Kerala 1419
(2.4.02)
(Kerala-
Tamilnadu) 22. Coimbatore ER Tamilnadu 566
(19.9.03)

Total 1985

IX Western Ghat 23. Anamalai ER Tamilnadu 1457

(19.9.03)
(Tamilnadu-
Kerala) 24. Anamudi ER Kerala 3728
(2.4.02)

Total 5185

X Periyar 25. Periyar (2.4.02) Kerala 3742

(Kerala- 26. Srivilliputtur Tamilnadu 1249

Tamilnadu) ER(19.9.03)

Total 4991

XI Northern India 27. Shivalik ER Uttaranchal 5405

(Uttaranchal- (28.10.02)
U.P.)
28. Uttar Pradesh U.P. 744
ER (
9.9.09)

6149
Total

TOTAL 61830.80

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