- Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is located in Karauli and Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan, India.
- In 1955, Ranthambore Tiger Reserve was established as Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary.
- In 1973, Ranthambore was designated as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger.
- In 1980, Ranthambore was declared a national park.
- In 1991, the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve was expanded to include the adjacent Keladevi Sanctuary in the north and Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary in the south, as well as other forests.
- Area: Here is the approximate area breakdown of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve:
- Core/critical tiger habitat: 1113.36 sq.km.
- Buffer/peripheral area: 297.92 sq.km.
- Total: 1411.28 sq. km
- Hills: Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is situated at the junction (great boundary fault) of the Aravali and Vindhya hill ranges.
- River: Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is bounded by rivers on its northern and southern sides.
- Chambal River (southern side)
- Banas River (northern side)
- Lake: Some notable lakes within reserve include:
- Padam Talao Lake
- Malik Talao
- Rajbagh Talao Lake
- Flora: Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests (dhok, khair, and kulu), Dry Deciduous Scrub, Dry Grasslands etc.
- Fauna: Bengal Tiger, Leopard, Caracal, Sambar, Chital, Chinkara, Sloth Bear, Blacknaped Hare, Crested Serpent Eagle, Indian Grey Hornbill, Desert Monitor Lizard, Gangetic Soft Shelled Turtle, Fresh Water Crocodile, North Indian flap-shelled Turtle etc.
- Ranthambore tigers are world famous with their local pet names, including Machali (T-16), Dollar (T-25), Sitara (T-28), Bina One, Bina Two, Sundari, Dollor.