- The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is located in the Pilibhit district and Shahjahanpur district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India.
- The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is forms a part of the Terai Arc Landscape, in the upper Gangetic Plain Biogeographic Province.
- In 1908, The Pilibhit Forest Division was established as a protected forest area.
- In 1984, a portion of the Pilibhit Forest Division was declared as a wildlife sanctuary, known as Pilibhit Wildlife Sanctuary.
- In 2014, Pilibhit Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as a tiger reserve under the Project Tiger initiative. It is the 45th tiger reserves of India.
- In 2020, the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve has bagged the first TX2 Award for doubling the number of tigers in the past four years (2014-18). The number of tigers in the reserve area has gone up to 65 from 25 in the period of just four years (2014-18).
- Area: The tiger reserve covers an area of approximately 730 square kilometers (280 square miles).
- Core: 602.7980 sq.km.
- Buffer: 127.4518 sq.km.
- Total: 730.2498 sq.km.
- River: Gomti river originates from the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. It is also the catchment of several others rivers like Sharda, Ghaghara, Chuka and Mala Khannot.
- Chukha beach is the part of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. It is situated on the bank of Sharda river (Sharda Sagar reservoir).
- Lake: lake located within the reserve:
- Sharda Sagar Dam
- Barasingha Lake
- Tribe: The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is home to various tribal communities, including the Tharu tribe.
- Flora: Sal (76% of the area), Khair, Sissoo, Mahua, Bamboo, Teak etc.
- Fauna: Bengal Tiger, Swamp Deer, Leopard, Fishing Cat, Spotted Deer, Sambar Deer, Sloth Bear, Short-nosed Fruit Bat, Hyena, Hispid Hare, Bengal Florican, Saras, Mugger Crocodile, Gharial etc.