National Parks
There are 101 existing national parks in India covering an area of 40,564 km2, which is 1.23% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, March, 2020). In addition to the above 75 National Parks covering an area of 16,608 km2 are proposed in the Protected Area Network Report (Rodgers & Panwar, 1988). The network of parks will go up 176 after full implementation of the above report.
State-wise break up of National Parks
|
Name of State & Union Territory |
State Area (km²) |
No. of NPs |
Area (km²) |
% of State Area |
|
1. Andhra Pradesh |
160229 |
3 |
1368.88 |
0.85 |
|
2. Arunachal Pradesh |
83743 |
2 |
2,290.82 |
2.74 |
|
3. Assam |
78438 |
5 |
1,977.79 |
2.52 |
|
4. Bihar |
94163 |
1 |
335.65 |
0.36 |
|
5. Chhattisgarh |
135191 |
3 |
2,899.08 |
2.14 |
|
6. Goa |
3702 |
1 |
107.00 |
2.89 |
|
7. Gujarat |
196022 |
4 |
480.12 |
0.24 |
|
8. Haryana |
44212 |
2 |
48.25 |
0.11 |
|
9. Himachal Pradesh |
55673 |
5 |
2,271.38 |
4.08 |
|
11. Jharkhand |
79714 |
1 |
226.33 |
0.28 |
|
12. Karnataka |
191791 |
5 |
2,795.76 |
1.46 |
|
13. Kerala |
38863 |
6 |
558.16 |
1.44 |
|
14. Madhya Pradesh |
308245 |
10 |
3,657.26 |
1.19 |
|
15. Maharashtra |
307713 |
6 |
1,273.60 |
0.41 |
|
16. Manipur |
22327 |
1 |
40.00 |
0.18 |
|
17. Meghalaya |
22429 |
2 |
267.48 |
1.19 |
|
18. Mizoram |
21081 |
2 |
150.00 |
0.71 |
|
19. Nagaland |
16579 |
1 |
202.02 |
1.22 |
|
20. Odisha |
155707 |
2 |
990.70 |
0.64 |
|
21. Punjab |
50362 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
22. Rajasthan |
342239 |
5 |
3,947.07 |
1.15 |
|
23. Sikkim |
7096 |
1 |
1,784.00 |
25.14 |
|
24. Tamil Nadu |
130058 |
5 |
307.85 |
0.24 |
|
25. Telangana |
114840 |
3 |
19.62 |
0.02 |
|
25. Tripura |
10486 |
2 |
36.71 |
0.35 |
|
26. Uttar Pradesh |
240928 |
1 |
490.00 |
0.20 |
|
27. Uttarakhand |
53483 |
6 |
4,915.02 |
9.19 |
|
28. West Bengal |
88752 |
6 |
1,981.65 |
2.23 |
|
29. Andaman & Nicobar |
8249 |
6 |
1,216.95 |
14.75 |
|
30. Chandigarh |
114 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
31. Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
491 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
32. Daman & Diu |
112 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
33. Delhi |
1483 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
34. Jammu & Kashmir |
163090 |
3 |
575.00 |
0.36 |
|
36. Ladakh |
59146 |
1 |
3350.00 |
5.66 |
|
37. Lakshadweep |
32 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
38. Puducherry |
480 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
TOTAL |
32,87,263 |
101 |
40,564 |
1.23 |
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Last Updated: March 16, 2020
