Almost 60% of India’s elephants are in Karnataka, Assam, Tamil Nadu

Almost 60% of India’s elephants are in Karnataka, Assam, Tamil Nadu

WII report reveals Karnataka, Assam, Tamil Nadu have majority of India's elephants, using DNA-based method for estimation.

Virtually 60% of India’s elephants are in Karnataka, Assam, T.N.

Karnataka, Assam, and Tamil Nadu account for 59.29% of the estimated 22,466 elephants in India, a report launched by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) has revealed. Seven north-eastern States and part of West Bengal help 6,559 elephants, underscoring the area’s crucial function as an elephant stronghold, the report titled Standing of Elephants in India: DNA-based Synchronous All-India Inhabitants Est…