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- The Indian elephant Elephas maximus occurs in the central and southern Western Ghats, North-east India, eastern India and northern India and in some parts of southern peninsular India. It is included in Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES). It occurs in 16 of the 28 states in the country. Project
- Elephant was launched by the Government of India in the year 1992 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives:
- To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors
- To address issues of man-animal conflict
- Welfare of captive elephants
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change provides the financial and technical support to major elephant range states in the country through Project Elephant.
List of Notified Elephant Reserves in India (As on November 2022)
| S. No. | Elephant Reserve | State | Date of Notification | Total Area (Sq. Km) |
| 1 | Rayala ER | Andhra Pradesh | 09.12.2003 | 766 |
| 2 | Kameng ER | Arunachal Pradesh | 19.06.2002 | 1892 |
| 3 | South Arunachal ER | Arunachal Pradesh | 29.02.2008 | 1957.50 |
| 4 | Sonitpur ER | Assam | 06.03.2003 | 1420 |
| 5 | Dihing-Patkai ER | Assam | 17.04.2003 | 937 |
| 6 | Kaziranga – Karbi Anglong ER | Assam | 17.04.2003 | 3270 |
| 7 | Dhansiri-Lungding ER | Assam | 19.04.2003 | 2740 |
| 8 | Chirang-Ripu ER | Assam | 07.03.2003 | 2600 |
| 9 | Badalkhol-Tamorpingla | Chhattisgarh | 15.09.2011 | 1048.30 |
| 10 | Lemru ER | Chhattisgarh | 2022 | 450 |
| 11 | Singhbhum ER | Jharkhand | 26.09.2001 | 4530 |
| 12 | Mysore ER | Karnataka | 25.11.2002 | 6724 |
| 13 | Dandeli ER | Karnataka | 26.03.2015 | 2,321 |
| 14 | Wayanad ER | Kerala | 02.04.2002 | 1200 |
| 15 | Nilambur ER | Kerala | 02.04.2002 | 1419 |
| 16 | Anamudi ER | Kerala | 02.04.2002 | 3728 |
| 17 | Periyar | Kerala | 02.04.2002 | 3742 |
| 18 | Garo Hills ER | Meghalaya | 31.10.2001 | 3,500 |
| 19 | Intanki ER | Nagaland | 28.02.2005 | 202 |
| 20 | Singphan ER | Nagaland | 16.08.2018 | 23.57 |
| 21 | Mayurbhanj ER | Odisha | 29.09.2001 | 3214 |
| 22 | Mahanadi ER | Odisha | 20.07.2002 | 1038 |
| 23 | Sambalpur ER | Odisha | 27.03.2002 | 427 |
| 24 | Nilgiri ER | Tamil Nadu | 19.09.2003 | 4663 |
| 25 | Coimbatore ER | Tamil Nadu | 19.09.2003 | 566 |
| 26 | Anamalai ER | Tamil Nadu | 19.09.2003 | 1457 |
| 27 | Srivilliputtur ER | Tamil Nadu | 19.09.2003 | 1249 |
| 28 | Agsthyamalai ER | Tamil Nadu | 12.08.2022 | 1,197.48 |
| 29 | Uttar Pradesh ER | Uttar Pradesh | 09.09.2009 | 744 |
| 30 | Terai ER | Uttar Pradesh | 2022 | 3049 |
| 31 | Shivalik ER | Uttarakhand | 28.10.2002 | 5405 |
| 32 | Mayurjharna ER | West Bengal | 24.10.2002 | 414 |
| 33 | Eastern Dooars ER | West Bengal | 28.8.2002 | 978 |
