Bhubaneswar, Nov 28: A total of 2,103 elephants were counted in Odisha forests during the recent census with highest 291 in Dhenkanal.
A total of 2,103 elephants were counted in the state during the three-day winter census exercise from November 14 to 16, a senior forest official said.
The census report released by the Odisha forest department on Thursday revealed that elephants were spotted in 38 of the 48 forest divisions.
The report further revealed that 334 adult tuskers, 12 adult makhnas, 678 adult females, 186 sub-adult tuskers, 4 sub-adult makhnas, 305 sub-adult females, 181 juveniles and 403 calves were counted in Odisha forests.
The highest number of wild elephants were found in Dhenkanal (291) followed by Keonjhar (160), Athgarh (124), Deogarh (123) and Angul (117), the report said.
The winter census also observed large-scale inter-state movement of elephants from Jharkhand and West Bengal to Odisha.
As many as 2098 elephants were counted during the census carried out in May.
