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Elephant Census 2025
October 19 , 2025
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- India’s wild elephant population is now estimated at 22,446 according to the first DNA-based national count conducted in 2025.
- This marks an 18 percent decline from the 2017 estimate of 27,312 elephants.
- The survey was conducted by the Environment Ministry, Project Elephant, and the Wildlife Institute of India.
- Scientists collected 21,056 dung samples and used DNA fingerprinting to identify 4,065 unique elephants.
- The survey used the mark-recapture model to estimate the total population between 18,255 and 26,645 elephants.
- Karnataka has the highest number of elephants at 6,013, followed by Assam with 4,159 and Tamil Nadu with 3,136.
- The Western Ghats host 11,934 elephants, the highest among regions, followed by the Northeast with 6,559.
- The survey used a three-phase process: ground surveys using the M-Stripes (Monitoring System for Tigers - Intensive Protection and Ecological Status) app, satellite mapping, and genetic analysis.
- India holds over 60 percent of the global Asian elephant population.
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