Ratapani forest notified as eighth tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: December 05 2024

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The Ratapani forest located in Raisen district near Bhopal was declared a tiger reserve with an area of 1,271.465 sq km. It has a core area of 763.812 sq km and a buffer area of 507.653 sq km.
As per the ‘Status of Tigers: Co-predators & Prey in India-2022’ report released by the NTCA and Wildlife Institute of India, the tiger population in Madhya Pradesh is estimated to be 785, the highest in the country, followed by Karnataka-563 and Uttarakhand-560.