A total of 628 tigers died in India in the past five years due to natural causes and other reasons, including poaching, according to government data.
Meanwhile, 349 people were killed in tiger attacks during this period, with Maharashtra alone recording 200 deaths.
According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), 96 tigers died in 2019, 106 in 2020, 127 in 2021, 121 in 2022, and 178 in 2023.
The number of tiger deaths in 2023 is also the highest since 2012, the data revealed.