List of Elephant Reserves of India

Shakeel Anwar

Aug 10, 2017 13:13 IST

The Government of India had launched the project Elephant in the year 1992 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with objectives to protect elephants, their habitat & corridors; to address issues of man-animal conflict; and welfare of captive elephants. Here, we are giving the list of Elephant Reserves of India which is very useful in the preparation of competitive examinations like UPSC-prelims, SSC, State Services, NDA, CDS, and Railways etc.

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Main activities of the Project Elephant

1. Ecological restoration of existing natural habitats and migratory routes of elephants;

2. Development of scientific and planned management for conservation of elephant habitats and viable population of Wild Asiatic elephants in India;

3. Promotion of measures for mitigation of man elephant conflict in crucial habitats and moderating pressures of human and domestic stock activities in crucial elephant habitats

5. Strengthening of measures for protection of Wild elephants form poachers and unnatural causes of death;

6. Research on Elephant management related issues;

7. Public education and awareness programmes;

8. Eco-development

9. Veterinary care

List of Elephant Reserves of India

Elephant Range	Elephant Reserve	Location
East-Central landscape (South-West Bengal-Jharkhand-Orissa	Mayurjharna ER	West Bengal
	Singhbhum ER	Jharkhand
	Mahanadi ER Sambalpur ER Baitami ER South Orissa ER	Orissa
	Lemru ER Badalkhol-Tamorpingla ER	Chhattisgarh
Kameng-Sonitpur Landscape (Arunachal- Assam) Total	Kameng ER	Arunachal Pradesh
Kameng-Sonitpur Landscape (Arunachal- Assam) Total	Sonitpur ER	Assam
Eastern-South Bank Landscape (Assam- Arunachal Pradesh)	Dihing-Patkai ER	Assam
Eastern-South Bank Landscape (Assam- Arunachal Pradesh)	South Arunachal Pradesh ER	Arunachal Pradesh
Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong-Intanki Landscape (Assam- Nagaland)	Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong ER Dhansiri-Lungding ER	Assam
Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong-Intanki Landscape (Assam- Nagaland)	Intanki ER	Nagaland
North Bengal-Greater Manas Landscape (Assam-West Bengal)	Chirang-Ripu ER	Assam
North Bengal-Greater Manas Landscape (Assam-West Bengal)	Eastern Doars ER	West Bengal
Meghalaya Landscape	Garo Hills ER Khasi Hills ER	Meghalaya
Brahmagiri-Nilgiri-Eastern Ghat Landscape (Karnataka- Kerala-Tamilnadu-Andhra)	Mysore ER	Karnataka
	Wayanad ER	Kerala
	Nilgiri ER	Tamil Nadu
	Rayala ER	Andhra Pradesh
	Nilambur	Kerala
	Coimbatore ER	Tamil Nadu
Anamalai-Nellianpathy-High Range Landscape (Tamil Nadu-Kerala)	Anamalai ER	Tamil Nadu
	Anamudi ER	Kerala
Periyar-Agasthymalai Landscape (Kerala-Tamilnadu)	Periyar ER	Kerala
Periyar-Agasthymalai Landscape (Kerala-Tamilnadu)	Srivilliputhur ER	Tamil Nadu
North-Western Landscape (Uttarakhand-Uttar Pradesh)	Shivalik ER	Uttarakhand
North-Western Landscape (Uttarakhand-Uttar Pradesh)	Uttar Pradesh ER	Uttar Pradesh