New Delhi, July 29 -- A total of 22 people have been killed by tigers in Maharashtra this year, with 11 of those deaths happening in just 17 days of May in the state's Chandrapur district.

Apart from Maharashtra, five people have been killed in tiger attacks in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. The first was reported on May 13.

Meanwhile, nine people lost lives this year in Uttarakhand in attacks by tigers. In Rajasthan's Ranthambore, three people-including a forest range officer and a forest guard-lost their lives in tiger attacks.

In Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, one man was mauled to death in the month of May. A woman in Karnataka was killed by a tiger in the BRT tiger reserve in June.

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