KOCHI: The elephant population in the four reserves - Periyar, Nilambur, Anamala and Wayanad - in the state has shown a marginal increase in the past two years.
An analysis of the data collected in a survey conducted in May indicates that there are around 6,100 elephants in Kerala forests as against 6,026 in the last survey conducted in 2010, forest department officials said.
The survey is being conducted every two years as part of the national-level elephant census.
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