Wildlife Population in India

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Md Shoaib Yusuf: BAJMC IVth Semester

India is a land to preserving its wild life population whether they are related to birds or predators like Asiatic Lions, Tigers etc. India is the only country where both lions and tigers are found together. India’s has the highest jungle area and stands second after the China in the world.

There are many wildlife preservation centers to maintain our wildlife population for endangered animals so that the centres can help in increasing their population and protect them from extinction. Thus, India has many species in every category of wildlife so it is important to protect them and maintain the beautiful flora and fauna of our mother nature.

Leopard Populations in India

The Indian Leopard has larger population than the other species, with a large number of territories, including rainforest territories. Like other leopard species, the pattern of species is unique to each individual territory. Male leopard population is in large number than female leopard. Indian Leopards are dangerous for humans as compared to other animals. They are the real blood suckers, specially during night and they basically lives in trees to hunt during the day times. They’re also known to prey on Deer, Nil Gai, Cattle etc. Indian Leopard are good rovers and they hide themselves within colorful forest territories, including rainforest, dry evanescent timber, temperate timber and northern coniferous timber.

It’s estimated that 12,000- 14,000 leopards are in India, and the population is the most genetically different from out of all the other species in Asia. Still, the population has been oppressively affected by hunting for skins and body corridor for the illegal wildlife trade; there were more than 3,000 leopards found in India between 1994 and 2010.

Source: Leopard populations in India. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.worldlandtrust.org/species/mammals/indian-leopard/

Tigers Population in India

The population of tigers in wildlife residency and populations all over the India are different in many regions of different states. This detailed report compares information attained from 2006 to 2022 with data attained from the below map to check the estimate population in the country and at the geographical scales with the information which are the main reasons for changes in population under the large area of 100 km. This report of the area shows the connecting area of the wildlife conservations for each geographical area. This report provides information about major carnivorous animals and their distribution and relative to tiger population. The report compares information gathered from the surveys of the year 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 with data compare to the 2018-19 survey to recent tiger population in the country on landscape scales, left out colonization and extinction rates along with information on given factors being major reasons for the changes in tiger population under the area of 100 km. The report calculates the status of the available habitat area connecting major tiger population area and highlights different areas that need conservation for each area of tigers’ population.

Source: Tiger population in India. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://ntca.gov.in/

Elephant Population in India

Elephants preferred to live near where water areas are available and food consuming area are more. During the beginning months of the year from January to April, they are gathered together in a crowd at high consistence of over to five individualities as per square km. With the onset of rains in May, they dispersed over a wider area at lower consistence, at major parts into the altitude lawns of jungles and timbers, to feed on the fresh meadows, which also had a high protein value. During the alternate rain seasons from September to December, when the altitudinous meadows came stringy, they start moving into the lower part of the short jungles and to open timbers. The normal movement pattern could be set during times of alternate environmental conditions of that geographical area.

Source: Elephant population in India. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/common-survey-to-count-indias-elephant-and-tiger-populations/article35885595.ece

Population of Asiatic Lions

Gujarat is now home to 674 Asiatic Lions. The counting this time also covered two new sections of Surendra Nagar and Morbi, indicating reclaiming of new home.

The below graph says that there were 284 Asiatic Lions in 1990 and the population increased in 2015 by 523 Asiatic Lions estimated in Gir-National Park and other areas of Maharashtra in 2015, as suggested by Shyamal Tikadar, principal protector of wildlife of Gujarat in a recent data study.

Whereas this rise was seen in 2020 also, 674 Asiatic Lions were found, counted during the exercise in 2020, 260 were female lions, 161 males, 93 sub-adults and 137 cubs.

Source: Asiatic Lions population in India. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://indianexpress.com/article/india/up-151-gujarat-now-has-674-asiatic-lions-as-two-new-dists-get-in-the-kings-camp-6453204/

Poultry Population in India

In India poultry sector contributes to a total of 536.76 million populations and this shows the increasing rate of 4.8% over poultry census of 2012. The total poultry population in urban and rural area is 514.11 million and sharing percentage of 95.78% for rural and 4.22% for urban area. Population including every species under poultry like cows, buffalo etc are around 303.76 million in the year 2019 which went higher from the last counted census with the increasing rate of 1.3%.

India has the largest population of cattle animals like goat, cows etc with 193.46 million in the year 2019 with the same increasing rate of 1.3%.