Wildlife Sanctuaries
There are 573 existing wildlife sanctuaries in India covering an area of 123,762.56 km2, which is 3.76% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database Centre, Nov. 2023). Another 218 sanctuaries are proposed in the Protected Area Network Report covering an area of 16,829 km2.
State-wise break up of Wildlife Sanctuaries
State & UT |
State Area (km²) |
No. of WLS |
Area (km²) |
% of State Area |
Andhra Pradesh |
160229 |
13 |
6771.40 |
4.23 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
83743 |
13 |
7614.56 |
9.09 |
Assam |
78438 |
17 |
1728.95 |
2.20 |
Bihar |
94163 |
12 |
2851.67 |
3.03 |
Chhattisgarh |
135191 |
11 |
3760.28 |
2.78 |
Goa |
3702 |
6 |
647.91 |
17.50 |
Gujarat |
196022 |
23 |
16618.42 |
8.48 |
Haryana |
44212 |
7 |
118.21 |
0.27 |
Himachal Pradesh |
55673 |
28 |
6115.97 |
10.99 |
Jharkhand |
79714 |
11 |
1955.82 |
2.45 |
Karnataka |
191791 |
38 |
8216.69 |
4.28 |
Kerala |
38863 |
18 |
2156.21 |
5.55 |
Madhya Pradesh |
308245 |
24 |
7046.19 |
2.29 |
Maharashtra |
307713 |
49 |
7861.70 |
2.55 |
Manipur |
22327 |
7 |
708.14 |
3.17 |
Meghalaya |
22429 |
4 |
94.11 |
0.42 |
Mizoram |
21081 |
9 |
1359.75 |
6.45 |
Nagaland |
16579 |
4 |
43.91 |
0.26 |
Odisha |
155707 |
19 |
7094.65 |
4.56 |
Punjab |
50362 |
13 |
326.60 |
0.65 |
Rajasthan |
342239 |
25 |
5592.38 |
1.63 |
Sikkim |
7096 |
7 |
399.10 |
5.62 |
Tamil Nadu |
130058 |
33 |
7096.54 |
5.46 |
Telangana |
114840 |
9 |
5672.70 |
4.94 |
Tripura |
10486 |
4 |
603.64 |
5.76 |
Uttar Pradesh |
240928 |
26 |
5822.20 |
2.42 |
Uttarakhand |
53483 |
7 |
2690.12 |
5.03 |
West Bengal |
88752 |
16 |
1440.18 |
1.62 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
8249 |
97 |
395.60 |
4.80 |
Chandigarh |
114 |
2 |
26.01 |
22.82 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
491 |
1 |
92.17 |
18.77 |
Daman & Diu |
112 |
1 |
2.19 |
1.96 |
Delhi |
1483 |
1 |
19.61 |
1.32 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
163090 |
14 |
1815.04 |
1.11 |
Ladakh |
59146 |
2 |
9000.00 |
15.22 |
Lakshadweep |
32 |
1 |
0.01 |
0.03 |
Puducherry |
480 |
1 |
3.90 |
0.81 |
TOTAL |
3287263 |
573 |
123762.56 |
3.76 |
Last Updated: November 2, 2023