Assam has recorded 5,620 wild elephants as per 2011 elephant census report. The census was carried out by the state Forest Department. With this, the state witnessed an increase of 374 elephants.In 2009, 5,246 elephants were found in Assam.The report revealed that 3,054 elephants were found in 25 protected areas ,including national parks and wildlife sanctuaries while another 2 thousand 516 elephants recorded in reserved and proposed reserved forest.