Tiger Number doubles to 3,167 in 2022 compared to 2,967 in 2018: 5th Tiger Census Data
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi released the 2022 India’s Tiger Census report on April 09, 2023.
As per the latest census report, the numbers of tigers in India showed an increase in 2022, and stands at 3,167.
There were 2,967 tigers in India, as per the 2018 Tiger Census, released in July 2019.
The 2022 Tiger Census shows that tiger’s population has increased by 200 in the past four years. This is 6.7 percent higher than the number of tigers during the 2018 census.
It must be noted that the Tiger Census is conducted every four years in India, since 2006 by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
The 2022 Tiger Census is the 5th cycle of the tiger evaluation in the country.
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The estimate is based only on camera-caught snapshots of tigers and does not consider camera-free tiger areas, which may have otherwise further increased the tiger’s number.
The report recorded a substantial increase in the tiger population in the Shivalik Hills and Gangetic plains where camera traps captured 804 unique tigers compared with 646 tigers in 2018.
Similarly, in the Sunderbans, 100 unique tigers were photographed in the 2022 census, compared to 88 tigers in 2018.
Estimates of Tiger in Different Cycles of Tiger Evaluation
