According to BBC and other sources the indian census of early 2011 puts the big cat at 1706 in india. There were 1411 at the last count in 2007. Experts say 97 per cent of tigers have been lost by poaching and shrinking habitats. So good news 20 per cent up on 1997 census.This census includes the whole of India using dna methods instead of old pugmark methods of counting.