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InsidetheJimCorbettNationalPark

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NationalparksinIndiaareIUCNcategoryIIprotectedareas.India'sfirstnationalparkwasestablishedin1936asHaileyNationalPark,nowknownasJimCorbettNationalPark,Uttarakhand.By1970,Indiaonlyhadfivenationalparks.In1972,IndiaenactedtheWildlifeProtectionActandProjectTigertosafeguardthehabitatsofconservationreliantspecies.Furtherfederallegislationstrengtheningprotectionsforwildlifewasintroducedinthe1980s.AsofApril2012,therewere112nationalparks.Allnationalparklandsthenencompassedatotal39,919km2(15,413sqmi),comprising1.21%ofIndia'stotalsurfacearea.

Atotalof166nationalparkshavebeenauthorized.Plansareunderwaytoestablishtheremainingscheduledparks.AllofIndia'snationalparksarelistedbelowalongsidetheirhomestateorterritory,areaandthedatethattheywereestablished.SeeProtectedareasofIndiaforanoverviewofallIndianprotected

Contents

1Listofnationalpark2Footnotes3Seealso4References5Externallinks

Listofnationalpark

ThisisasortablelistofnationalparksofIndia.

Name State Established

.Area(in

km)

Notability

BalphakramNationalPark Meghalaya 2013 220

wildwaterbuffalo,redpanda,elephantandeightcatspecies,includingthetigerandmarbledcat

BandhavgarhNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1968 446

highestknownTigerpopulationinIndia,WhiteTiger,1336speciesofendemicplants

BandipurNationalPark

Karnataka 1974 874.20chital,graylangurs,Indiangiantsquirrel,Gaur,leopard,Sambardeer,indianelephants,honeybuzzard,redheadedvultureandotheranimals.

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BannerghattaNationalPark(BannerghattaBiologicalPark)

Karnataka 1974 106.27 WhiteTiger,RoyalBengalTiger,Bear,otheranimals

BetlaNationalPark Jharkhand 1986 231.67

Tiger,SlothBear,Peacock,Elephant,Sambardeer,mousedeerandotheranimals.

BhitarkanikaNationalPark Odisha 1988 145

Mangroves,Saltwatercrocodile,whitecrocodile,Indianpython,blackibis,wildpigs,rhesusmonkeys,chitalandotheranimals

BlackbuckNationalPark,Velavadar

Gujarat 1976 34.08

huntingcheetahsBlackbuckLodge,theendangeredIndianGreyWolf,thenocturnalStripedHyena,IndianFox,GoldenJackal,JungleCatandmanysmallmammalslikehare,gerbil,fieldmice,mongooseandhedgehog

BuxaTigerReserve

WestBengal 1992 760

CampbellBayNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

1992 426.23

ChandoliNationalPark Maharashtra 2004 317.67

DachigamNationalPark

JammuandKashmir 1981 141 OnlyareawhereKashmirstagisfound

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DarrahNationalPark Rajasthan 2004 250

DesertNationalPark Rajasthan 1980 3162

DibruSaikhowaNationalPark Assam 1999 340

DudhwaNationalPark

UttarPradesh 1977 490.29

EravikulamNationalPark Kerala 1978 97

GalatheaNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

1992 110

GangotriNationalPark Uttarakhand 1989 1552.73

GirForest

NationalPark Gujarat 1965 258.71 Asiaticlion

Gorumara West

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GorumaraNationalPark

WestBengal 1994 79.45

GovindPashuViharWildlifeSanctuary

Uttarakhand 1990 472.08

GreatHimalayanNationalPark

HimachalPradesh, 1984 754.40 UNESCOWorldHeritageSite

GugamalNationalPark Maharashtra 1987 361.28

GuindyNationalPark TamilNadu 1976 2.82

GulfofMannarMarineNationalPark

TamilNadu 1980 6.23

HemisNationalPark

JammuandKashmir 1981 4400

HarikeWetland Punjab 1987 86HazaribaghNationalPark Jharkhand 1954 183.89

IndiraGandhiWildlifeSanctuaryandNationalPark

TamilNadu 1989 117.10

IndravatiNationalPark Chhattisgarh 1981 1258.37 WildAsianBuffalo,TigerReserve,HillMynas

JaldaparaNationalPark

WestBengal 2012 216 indianonehornedrhinoceros

JimCorbettNationalPark Uttarakhand 1936 1318.5

KalesarNationalPark Haryana 2003 100.88

KanhaNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1955 940

KangerGhatiNationalPark Chhattisgarh 1982 200

KasuBrahmanandaReddyNationalPark

Telangana 1994 1.42

KazirangaNationalPark Assam 1905 471.71

Indianrhinoceros,UNESCOWorldHeritageSite

KeibulLamjaoNationalPark

Manipur 1977 40 onlyfloatingparkintheworld

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KeoladeoNationalPark Rajasthan 1981 28.73 UNESCOWorldHeritageSite

KhangchendzongaNationalPark Sikkim 1977 1784

KishtwarNationalPark

JammuandKashmir 1981 400

KudremukhNationalPark Karnataka 1987 600.32

MadhavNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1959 375.22

MahatmaGandhiMarineNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

1983 281.50

MahavirHarinaVanasthaliNationalPark

Telangana 1994 14.59

ManasNationalPark Assam 1990 500 UNESCOWorldHeritageSite

MandlaPlantFossilsNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1983 0.27

MarineNationalPark,GulfofKutch

Gujarat 1980 162.89

MathikettanSholaNationalPark Kerala 2003 12.82

MiddleButtonIslandNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

1987 0.64

MollemNationalPark Goa 1978 107

MoulingNationalPark

ArunachalPradesh 1986 483

MountAbuWildlifeSanctuary

Rajasthan 1960 288.84

MountHarrietNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

46.62importantbirdareaasattributedbyBirdLifeInternational,newspeciesfrognamedRanaCharlesDarwini

MrugavaniNationalPark Telangana 9.1

MudumalaiNationalPark

TamilNadu 1940 321.55

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MukurthiNationalPark TamilNadu 2001 78.46 NilgiriTahr

MurlenNationalPark Mizoram 200

NamdaphaNationalPark

ArunachalPradesh 1974 1985.24

NameriNationalPark Assam 1978 137.07

NandaDeviNationalPark Uttarakhand 1982 630.33 UNESCOWorldHeritageSite

NandankananZoologicalPark Odisha 1960 4.006

NavegaonNationalPark Maharashtra 133.88

NeoraValleyNationalPark

WestBengal 1986 88

NokrekNationalPark Meghalaya 47.48 UNESCOWorldBiosphereReserve

NorthButtonIslandNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

1979 144

NtangkiNationalPark Nagaland 1993 202.02

OrangNationalPark Assam 1999 78.81

PalaniHillsNationalPark TamilNadu 736.87

PannaNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1981 542.67

PapikondaNationalPark

AndhraPradesh 2008 1012.85

PenchNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1977 758

PeriyarNationalPark Kerala 1982 305

PhawngpuiBlueMountainNationalPark

Mizoram 1992 50

PinValleyNationalPark

HimachalPradesh 1987 807.36

RajajiNationalPark

Uttarakhand 1983 820

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NagarholeNationalPark Karnataka 1988 643.39

RaniJhansiMarineNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

1996 256.14

RanthamboreNationalPark Rajasthan 1981 392

SaddlePeakNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

1979 32.55

SalimAliNationalPark

JammuandKashmir 9.07

SanjayNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1981 466.7

SanjayGandhiNationalPark Maharashtra 1969 104

SariskaTigerReserve Rajasthan 1955 866

SatpuraNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1981 524

SilentValleyNationalPark Kerala 1980 237

SirohiNationalPark Manipur 1982 41.30

SimlipalNationalPark Odisha 1980 845.70

Tiger,Leopard,Asianelephant,Sambar,Barkingdeer,Gaur,Junglecat,Wildboar,andotheranimals.

SingalilaNationalPark

WestBengal 1986 78.60

SouthButtonIslandNationalPark

AndamanandNicobarIslands

5 Dugong,Dolphin,WaterMonitorLizard,BlueWhale

SriVenkateswaraNationalPark

AndhraPradesh 1989 353

SultanpurNationalPark Haryana 1989 1.43

SundarbansNationalPark

WestBengal 1984 1330.12 UNESCOWorldHeritageSite

TadobaNationalPark Maharashtra 1955 625

ValleyofFlowersNationalPark

Uttarakhand 1982 87.50

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ValmikiNationalPark Bihar 1976 898.45

VansdaNationalPark Gujarat 1979 23.99

VanViharNationalPark

MadhyaPradesh 1983 4.45

Footnotes1TheMaharashtraandMadhyaPradeshpartsofthePenchNationalParkareadministeredseparately.

2TheChhattisgarhandMadhyaPradeshpartsoftheSanjayNationalParkareadministeredseparately.

Seealso

IndianCouncilofForestryResearchandEducation

References1. KashmirStag(Hangul)(http://relivearth.com/endangeredspecies/kashmirstaghangul/)

DirectoryofWildlifeProtectedAreasinIndia(http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm)ENVISCentre,WII,Dehradun(http://wiienvis.nic.in/envis_pa_network/index.htm)ListofProposedNationalParks(http://www.ecoinfoindia.org/list_proposed_NP.pdf)

ExternallinksNationalParksinIndia(http://www.indiawildliferesorts.com/nationalparks/index.html)

BandhavgarhNationalPark(http://www.bandhavgarhnationalpark.com/index.html)

AboutRanthamboreNationalPark

(http://www.ranthambhorenationalpark.in/AboutRanthambhore.aspx)

UsefulblogonNationalParksinIndia(http://nationalparksinindia.blogspot.in/)

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