According to the Environment Ministry in July 2026, how large is India's network of tiger reserves?

58 tiger reserves in 18 StatesCorrect answerYour answer58 tiger reserves in 20 StatesCorrect answerYour answer54 tiger reserves in 18 StatesCorrect answerYour answer51 tiger reserves in 20 StatesCorrect answerYour answer

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Project Tiger now runs a network of 58 tiger reserves across 18 tiger-range States.
Together they cover about 84,500 square kilometres, about 2.56% of India's geographical area.
20 is the number of States the All India Tiger Estimation of 2022 covered. 51 is the number of reserves assessed for management effectiveness by 2022.

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According to the Environment Ministry in July 2026, how large is India's network of tiger reserves?

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