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There are 102 existing national parks in India covering an area of 39,888 km2, which is 1.21% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, April 2011). 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). The network of parks will go up 177 after full implementation of the above report.
State-wise break up of National Parks
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Summary of Protected Area Statistics in India |
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Name of State
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State Area |
No. of NPs |
Area |
% of State |
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Andhra Pradesh |
275069 |
6 |
1388.39 |
0.50 |
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Arunachal Pradesh |
83743 |
2 |
2290.82 |
2.74 |
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Assam |
78438 |
5 |
1977.79 |
2.52 |
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Bihar |
94163 |
1 |
335.65 |
0.36 |
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Chhattisgarh |
135191 |
3 |
2899.08 |
2.14 |
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Goa |
3702 |
1 |
107.00 |
2.89 |
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Gujarat |
196022 |
4 |
479.67 |
0.24 |
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Haryana |
44212 |
2 |
48.25 |
0.11 |
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Himachal Pradesh |
55673 |
5 |
2271.78 |
4.08 |
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Jammu & Kashmir |
222236 |
4 |
3925.00 |
1.77 |
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Jharkhand |
79714 |
1 |
226.33 |
0.28 |
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Karnataka |
191791 |
5 |
2472.18 |
1.29 |
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Kerala |
38863 |
6 |
558.16 |
1.44 |
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Madhya Pradesh |
308245 |
9 |
3656.36 |
1.19 |
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Maharashtra |
307713 |
6 |
1273.60 |
0.41 |
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Manipur |
22327 |
1 |
40.00 |
0.18 |
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Meghalaya |
22429 |
2 |
267.48 |
1.20 |
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Mizoram |
21081 |
2 |
150.00 |
0.71 |
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Nagaland |
16579 |
1 |
202.02 |
1.22 |
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Orissa |
155707 |
2 |
990.70 |
0.64 |
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Punjab |
50362 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Rajasthan |
342239 |
5 |
3947.07 |
1.15 |
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Sikkim |
7096 |
1 |
1784.00 |
25.14 |
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Tamil Nadu |
130058 |
5 |
307.85 |
0.24 |
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Tripura |
10486 |
2 |
36.71 |
0.35 |
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Uttar Pradesh |
240928 |
1 |
490.00 |
0.20 |
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Uttarakhand |
53483 |
6 |
4915.44 |
9.19 |
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West Bengal |
88752 |
5 |
1693.25 |
1.91 |
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Andaman & Nicobar |
8249 |
9 |
1153.94 |
13.99 |
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Chandigarh |
114 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
491 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Daman & Diu |
112 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Delhi |
1483 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Lakshadweep |
32 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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Pondicherry |
480 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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India |
3287263 |
102 |
39888 |
1.21 |