Vikram
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Ramapura camp in India

Biography

♂ Vikram


Alternative name:	Vikrama

Identification

Local id Number	3
Karnataka database	17

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 61 years old
Body weight:	3820.00 kg, 8404.00 lbs
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1965 wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Ramapura camp, in India

Date of arrival

2021-07-03	Ramapura camp from Dubare elephant camp (Aanekaadu)

	Dubare elephant camp (Aanekaadu) from Doddabetta Reserve Forest

Record history
History of updates	2010-10-02: dassera 2012-09-04: age 2016-12-10: DCEMK_nr 2018-11-01: weight 2021-07-03: transferred to Rampura

Latest document update	2021-07-05 08:53:03
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Biography

Vikram is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Ramapura camp, in India.

Vikram arrived in 2021-07-03 to the Ramapura camp, relocated from the Dubare elephant camp (Aanekaadu), in India.

Social

Vikram lives together with 16 other elephants at the Ramapura camp: (detailed list)

1. ♂ Jayaprakash born 1964
2. ⚪ Aishwarya born 2010
3. ♀ Chaitra born 1971
4. ♂ Dharma born 2007-07-07
5. ♂ Gaja born 2013-10-22
6. ♀ Ganga born 1998
7. ♀ Kalpana born 1976
8. ♀ Kamali born 2015-11-02
9. ♀ Kanika born 2019-04-02
10. ♀ Kapila born 1983
11. ♀ Kuja born 2012-03-22
12. ♀ Kunti born 1985
13. ♀ Nisarga born 2003-11-22
14. ♂ Rohit born 2000
15. ♀ unknown born 2020-02-00
16. ♂ unknown (Chaitras calf?) born 2009

Origin

Vikram was born wild 1965.

Comments / pictures

2010-10-03: Vikrama from Dubare camp will be taking part in Dasara for 10th time.

2010-09-04:
A rogue elephant attacked a team of two tamed elephants during a chase in an estate at Maragodu on Sunday, creating tension for sometime.

Harsha and Vikram had been engaged by the forest department to chase a Herd of elephants rampaging coffee estates around Maragodu. A team of about forty forest staff and public set out to chase the Herd in the morning. The Herd was successfully pushed to a high position of a peak from where they had to be be led in the direction of Dubare elephant camp. After treading difficult terrains for kilometers the Herd misled the chasing team, escaped in the thick jungle and came down to the original point where it had been camping since days.

The team decided to return as it was nearing dark and it started raining. However, they were shocked as a rogue elephant from the Herd charged at them. The people ran helter skelter. Then the elephant charged at Harsha and Vikram. Harsha, known as the nation's best fighter, who can handle any kind of wild elephant with ease, along with its companion Vikram pulled the iron chain from its back and began to attack the wild elephant. Crackers and hoax guns were fired and the wild elephant rushed back to its Herd.

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Vikram, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Ramapura camp in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2985. (archived at the Wayback machine)