Wildlife Sanctuaries
There are 553 existing wildlife sanctuaries in India covering an area of 119,776 km2, which is 3.64% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, March, 2019). 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
|
Name of State & Union Territory |
State Area (km²) |
No. of WLS |
Area (km²) |
% of State Area |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
160229 |
13 |
5942.23 |
3.71 |
|
Arunachal Pradesh |
83743 |
11 |
7487.75 |
8.94 |
|
Assam |
78438 |
18 |
1840.14 |
2.35 |
|
Bihar |
94163 |
12 |
2901.67 |
3.08 |
|
Chhattisgarh |
135191 |
11 |
3760.29 |
2.78 |
|
Goa |
3702 |
6 |
647.91 |
17.50 |
|
Gujarat |
196022 |
23 |
16618.42 |
8.48 |
|
Haryana |
44212 |
8 |
233.21 |
0.53 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
55673 |
28 |
6116.10 |
10.99 |
|
Jharkhand |
79714 |
11 |
1955.82 |
2.45 |
|
Karnataka |
191791 |
31 |
7517.69 |
3.92 |
|
Kerala |
38863 |
17 |
1928.24 |
4.96 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
308245 |
25 |
7158.42 |
2.32 |
|
Maharashtra |
307713 |
48 |
7592.31 |
2.47 |
|
Manipur |
22327 |
2 |
184.81 |
0.83 |
|
Meghalaya |
22429 |
4 |
94.10 |
0.42 |
|
Mizoram |
21081 |
9 |
1184.75 |
5.62 |
|
Nagaland |
16579 |
3 |
20.34 |
0.12 |
|
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 |
29 |
6157.12 |
4.73 |
|
Telangana |
114840 |
9 |
5675.91 |
4.94 |
|
Tripura |
10486 |
4 |
566.93 |
5.41 |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
240928 |
26 |
5829.20 |
2.42 |
|
Uttarakhand |
53483 |
7 |
2690.12 |
5.03 |
|
West Bengal |
88752 |
16 |
1456.21 |
1.64 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar |
8249 |
96 |
389.39 |
4.72 |
|
Chandigarh |
114 |
2 |
26.01 |
22.82 |
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
491 |
1 |
92.16 |
18.77 |
|
Daman & Diu |
112 |
1 |
2.19 |
1.96 |
|
Delhi |
1483 |
1 |
27.82 |
1.88 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
163090 |
13 |
1243.11 |
0.76 |
|
Ladakh |
59146 |
2 |
9000.00 |
15.22 |
|
Lakshadweep |
32 |
1 |
0.01 |
0.03 |
|
Puducherry |
480 |
1 |
3.90 |
0.81 |
|
TOTAL |
3287263 |
553 |
119757 |
3.64 |
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Last Updated: March 16, 2020
