There around 94 National Parks in India, covering an area of
approximately 33,988 km2 or about 1% of India’s total area.
Wildlife Sanctuaries:
There around 501 sanctuaries in India covering an area of
1,07,310 km2 or about 3% of total land area.
List of important Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks
Name & Location
|
Reserve for
|
Area
|
|
1
|
Achanakmar Sanctuary - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
|
Tiger, bear, chital, sambar, bison, hyena, jackal, wild
boar, black buck
|
557.35km2
|
2
|
Bandipur Sanctuary –
Border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
|
Elephant, tigers, panther, sambar, deer, birds
|
874.20 km2
|
3
|
Corbett National Park – Nainital, Uttaranchal
|
Tiger, leopards, elephants, sambar
|
1318.54 km2
|
4
|
Dachigam Sanctuary – Srinagar/Pulwama, Kashmir
|
Kashmiri stag or Hangul, Himalayan bear, musk deer, exotic
Himalayan birds
|
141 km2
|
5
|
Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary – Mandsaur and Neemuch, Madhya
Pradesh
|
Chital, sambar, chinkara, barking deer, wild birds
|
368.62 km2
|
6
|
Ghana Bird Sanctuary – Bharatpur, Rajasthan
|
Water birds, black-buck, chital, sambar
|
29 km2
|
7
|
Gir Forest – Junagarh, Gujarat
|
India’s biggest Wildlife Sanctuary famous for Gir lions
|
1412.13 km2
|
8
|
Kaziranga national Park – Jorhat, Assam
|
Rhinoceros, wild buffalo, swan, deer, hog, elephant, leopard,
languor, python
|
430 km2
|
9
|
Pakhal Sanctuary – Warangal, Telangana
|
Tiger, panther, sambar, nilgai, chital, spotted deer, wild
boar, black buck, mountain gazzle
|
860 km2
|
10
|
Periyar Sanctuary – Idukki, Kerala
|
Elephant, tiger, panther, gaur, nilgai, sambar, Nilgiri
tahr
|
305 km2
|
11
|
Ranthambore Tiger project – sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan
|
Tiger, leopard, sloth bear, crocodile
|
400 km2
|
12
|
Sariska Sanctuary – Aiwar, Rajasthan
|
Tiger, panther, sambar, nilgai, chital, chinkara
|
765 km2
|
13
|
Sharaswathy Sanctuary – Shimoga, Karnataka
|
Elephant, tiger, panther, sambar, gaur, chital
|
44 km2
|
14
|
Shikari Devi Sanctuary – Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
|
Black bear, musk deer, leopard, partridge
|
72 km2
|
15
|
Sunderban Tiger Reserve - South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
|
Tiger, deer, wild boar, leopard
|
4264 km2
|
16
|
Sonai-Rupai Sanctuary – Sonitpur, Assam
|
Elephant, sambar, wild boar, one horned rhinoceros
|
175 km2
|
17
|
Thungabhadra Sanctuary – Bellary, Karnataka
|
Panther, chital, sloth bear, four horned antelope
|
492.46 km2
|
18
|
Vedanthanagal Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu
|
Pelican, spoon bills, specias of birds from Canada,
herons, egret
|
72 acres
|
19
|
Wild Ass Sanctuary – Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
|
Wild ass, wolf, nilgai, chinkara
|
4953 km2
|
20
|
Namdapha Sanctuary – Arunachal Pradesh
|
Elephant, sambar, panther, tiger, chital, king gobra
|
|
21
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Gautama Buddha Sanctuary - Bihar
|
Tiger, leopard, sambar, chital, barking deer
|
|
22
|
Kanchenzunga National Park – Sikkim
|
Snow leopard, musk deer, Himalayan boar
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