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ListofnationalparksofIndiaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia
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
[1]
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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