Dikhyaa Mohanty 
According to the state Forest Department, which cited the results of a recent three-day elephant census conducted in the state, the number of elephants in the Chandaka-Tampara Elephant Sanctuary has somewhat declined in 2024. According to the census, the sanctuary is home to 40 pachyderms. The number of elephants in the sanctuary has somewhat declined, according to census data. According to the last census, which was carried out in May of this year, there were forty-five elephants living there.
Bharatpur in Bhubaneswar had the most elephants (16) in the sanctuary, followed by the Chandaka range (14), the Haladia range, and the Dampada range, each of which had five elephants. There are three calves, eight tuskers, fourteen juveniles, and fifteen female elephants out of the forty total.
In 1983, the Chandaka-Tampara Elephant Sanctuary was home to up to 182 elephants. The state administration declared it an elephant reserve in light of this. However, the region’s elephant population declined as a result of fast urbanization, industrialization in the forest’s edge, the building of national highways through forested areas, and increased human activity inside the forest. Each of the 16 teams that took part in this year’s elephant census had four staff members. Up to 108 employees of the Forest Department took part in the survey.
