List of Indian states by wildlife population - wikipedia List of Indian states by wildlife population Bengal Tiger and Indian Elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Indian Leopards are threatened and protected species. The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. The South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are home to nearly 44 % of the elephants, 35 % of the tigers and 31 % of the leopards in India. The Northeast Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura together with West Bengal account for 30 % of the elephants and 5 % of the tiger population. Tiger, Leopard and Elephant population by state State Tigers ( 2014 ) Elephants ( 2017 ) Leopards ( 2015 ) Andhra Pradesh 68 65 343 Arunachal Pradesh 28 1614 0 Assam 167 5719 0 Bihar 28 25 32 Chhattisgarh 45 247 846 Goa 0 71 Gujarat 0 10 1359 Jharkhand 679 29 Karnataka 408 6049 1,129 Kerala 136 3054 472 Madhya Pradesh 308 7 1,817 Maharashtra 190 6 905 Meghalaya 0 1754 0 Mizoram 7 0 Nagaland 0 446 0 Odisha 28 1976 345 Rajasthan 46 0 0 Tamil Nadu 229 2761 815 Tripura 0 102 0 Uttar Pradesh 117 232 194 Uttarakhand 340 1839 703 West Bengal 79 194 0 Total 2,226 27,312 7,701 See also India portal Wildlife of India Leopard population is not zero in Assam. Camera image trap method estimated leopards in 14 tiger states, out of 17 tiger states. In India leopard occurs in 28 states and one Union Territory. References Jump up ^ `` Project Elephant ''. wildlifeofindia.org. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` Project Tiger ''. projecttiger.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` About Project Elephant ''. Government of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` Tiger population grows ''. CNN IBN. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` Tiger numbers grow by 30 ''. Times of India. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` Elephant census 2017 '' ( PDF ). Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Indian_states_by_wildlife_population&oldid=865247732 '' Categories : States and union territories of India - related lists Tigers in India Elephants in India Wildlife of India Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 22 October 2018, at 18 : 14 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: which state in india has the maximum population of tiger
Answer: Karnataka