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Table 4.1 Human population, livestock population and type of confl icts reported in and around
different Tiger Reserves of India (Source: http://projecttiger.nic.in)

Human
population
in vicinity

Livestock popula-
tion in vicinity Tiger Reserve Type of confl ict

Valmiki, Bihar Not available 14 000 Predation on livestock

Palamau 39 000 70 000 Crop loss and predation on livestock

resulted in poisoning, use of noose
and fi re arms

Bhadra, Karnataka 36 000 16 249 Crop raiding by elephants

Bandipur, Karnataka 160 000 180 000 Predation on livestock, poaching

elephants for tusks

Nagarjuna, Andhra Pradesh 43 988 Core region: 43 988

Fringe region:
300 000

No confl icts reported

Namdapha, Arunachal
Pradesh

2 000 500 Injury to humans by panther

Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 'Negligible' 250 per village Wild dog preying on mithun

Manas, Assam 28 795 20 231 Humans killed and predation on

livestock by tiger

Nameri, Assam Information not

provided

3 000 Crop raiding by elephants

Pench, Maharashtra 3 700 4 097 Crop raiding, depredation (no infor-

mation on perpetrator)

Tadoba-Andhari, Maharashtra 41 000 41 820 Predation on livestock by tiger

Melghat, Maharashtra 20 000 15 642 Predation on cattle, injuries to

human by tiger and sloth bear

Simlipal, Orissa Core region: 576

Buffer region: 9 000

Core region: 400
Buffer region: 7 000

Crop raiding, poisoning

Periyar, Kerala 200 000 2 000 'Negligible'

Kanha, Madhya Pradesh 100 000 30 000 Predation on cattle by 'carnivores',

damage to crops by 'herbivores'

Panna, Madhya Pradesh 4 000 8 658 Damage to crops, mauling of humans

by sloth bear

Sariska, Rajasthan Core region: 10 000

Buffer region: 35 396

Core region: 243 600
Buffer region:
142 998

Not available

Ranthambore, Rajasthan Core region: 1 210

Buffer region: 3 055

Core region: 3 177
Buffer region:
25 000

Hunting of wildlife

Kalakkad, Tamil Nadu 10 000 100 000 Damage to crops by wild boar and

bonnet macaque, sloth bear attacks
on humans

Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu Unknown Unknown Crop raiding by elephants, Sambar

deer, Indian gaur and bonnet
macaque
Predation on livestock by leopard
and tiger
Injury and death of humans

Dudhwa, Uttar Pradesh Unknown Unknown Poisoning of tiger recorded

Corbett, Uttaranchal 65 982 44 916 Man eating, poisoning of wildlife

Buxa, West Bengal Not available Not available Trampling of human by elephant

Sundarbans, West Bengal Not available Not available Killing of humans, poisoning of

wildlife