National Parks
There are 106 existing national parks in India covering an area of 44,402.95 km2, which is 1.35% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database Centre, Nov. 2023). 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).
State-wise break up of National Parks
|
State & UT |
State Area (km²) |
No. of NP |
Area (km²) |
% of State Area |
|
|
1. Andhra Pradesh |
160229 |
3 |
1368.87 |
0.85 |
|
|
2. Arunachal Pradesh |
83743 |
2 |
2,290.82 |
2.74 |
|
|
3. Assam |
78438 |
7 |
2,664.58 |
3.40 |
|
|
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 |
2,256.28 |
4.05 |
|
|
10. Jharkhand |
79714 |
1 |
226.33 |
0.28 |
|
|
11. Karnataka |
191791 |
5 |
2,794.05 |
1.46 |
|
|
12. Kerala |
38863 |
6 |
558.16 |
1.44 |
|
|
13. Madhya Pradesh |
308245 |
11 |
4349.14 |
1.41 |
|
|
14. Maharashtra |
307713 |
6 |
1,273.60 |
0.41 |
|
|
15. Manipur |
22327 |
2 |
140.00 |
0.63 |
|
|
16. Meghalaya |
22429 |
2 |
267.48 |
1.19 |
|
|
17. Mizoram |
21081 |
2 |
150.00 |
0.71 |
|
|
18. Nagaland |
16579 |
1 |
202.02 |
1.22 |
|
|
19. Odisha |
155707 |
2 |
990.70 |
0.64 |
|
|
20. Punjab |
50362 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
|
21. Rajasthan |
342239 |
5 |
3,947.07 |
1.15 |
|
|
22. Sikkim |
7096 |
1 |
1,784.00 |
25.14 |
|
|
23. Tamil Nadu |
130058 |
5 |
827.51 |
0.64 |
|
|
24. 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 |
1,981.48 |
2.23 |
|
|
29. Andaman & Nicobar |
8249 |
6 |
1,216.95 |
14.75 |
|
|
30. Chandigarh |
114 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
|
31. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
603 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
|
32. Delhi |
1483 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
|
33. Jammu & Kashmir |
163090 |
4 |
2432.45 |
1.49 |
|
|
34. Ladakh |
59146 |
1 |
3350.00 |
5.66 |
|
|
35. Lakshadweep |
32 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
|
36. Puducherry |
480 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
|
TOTAL |
32,87,263 |
106 |
44,402.95 |
1.35 |
Last Updated: March 3, 2025
