Karnataka, Assam, and Tamil Nadu account for 59.29% of the estimated 22,466 elephants in India, a report released by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) has revealed.

Seven north-eastern States and a part of West Bengal support 6,559 elephants, underscoring the region’s critical role as an elephant stronghold, the report titled Status of Elephants in India: DNA-based Synchronous All-India Population Estimation of Elephants, said.