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There are 95 existing national parks in India covering an area of 38,024.10 km2, which is 1.16% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, November 2006). In addition to the above 74 national parks covering an area of 16,630.08 km2 are proposed in the Protected Area Network Report (Rodgers et al. 2002). The network of parks will go up 169 after full implementation of the above report. Maximum number of parks exist in size class less 100-500 km2 and there are 7 parks, having more than 5,000 km2.
State-wise break up of National Parks
| State/UTs |
Area of State (km2) |
No. of |
Area Covered (km2) |
% of State
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Andhra Pradesh |
275068 | 4 | 373.23 | 0.14 |
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Arunachal Pradesh |
83743 | 2 | 2290.82 | 2.74 |
| Assam | 78438 | 5 | 1977.79 | 2.52 |
| Bihar | 94163 | 1 | 335.65 | 0.36 |
| Chhattisgarh | 135194 | 3 | 2929.50 | 2.17 |
| Goa | 3702 | 1 | 107.00 | 2.89 |
| Gujarat | 196024 | 4 | 480.11 | 0.24 |
| Haryana | 44212 | 2 | 48.25 | 0.11 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 55673 | 2 | 1429.40 | 2.57 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 222235 | 4 | 3930.25 | 1.77 |
| Jharkhand | 79714 | 1 | 231.67 | 0.29 |
| Karnataka | 191791 | 5 | 2472.18 | 1.29 |
| Kerala | 38863 | 6 | 558.16 | 1.44 |
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Madhya Pradesh |
308252 | 9 | 3656.36 | 1.19 |
| Maharashtra | 307690 | 6 | 1273.60 | 0.41 |
| Manipur | 22327 | 1 | 40.00 | 0.18 |
| Meghalaya | 22429 | 2 | 267.48 | 1.19 |
| Mizoram | 21081 | 2 | 150.00 | 0.71 |
| Nagaland | 16579 | 1 | 202.02 | 1.22 |
| Orissa | 155707 | 2 | 990.70 | 0.64 |
| Punjab | 50362 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rajasthan | 342239 | 5 | 4122.33 | 1.20 |
| Sikkim | 7096 | 1 | 1784.00 | 25.14 |
| Tamil Nadu | 130058 | 5 | 307.84 | 0.24 |
| Tripura | 10486 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 240926 | 1 | 490.00 | 0.20 |
| Uttaranchal | 53485 | 6 | 4725.00 | 7.62 |
| West Bengal | 88752 | 5 | 1693.25 | 1.91 |
| Union Territories | ||||
| Andaman & Nicobar | 8249 | 9 | 1156.91 | 14.02 |
| Chandigarh | 114 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
491 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Daman & Diu | 112 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Delhi | 1483 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lakshadweep | 32 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pondicherry | 493 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| India | 3287263 | 95 | 38024.10 | 1.16 |
