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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

Summary of Protected Area Statistics in India

Name of State
&
Union Territory

State Area
kmē

No. of NPs

Area
kmē

% of State
Area

Andhra Pradesh

275069

6

1388.39

0.50

Arunachal Pradesh

83743

2

2290.82

2.74

Assam

78438

5

1977.79

2.52

Bihar

94163

1

335.65

0.36

Chhattisgarh

135191

3

2899.08

2.14

Goa

3702

1

107.00

2.89

Gujarat

196022

4

479.67

0.24

Haryana

44212

2

48.25

0.11

Himachal Pradesh

55673

5

2271.78

4.08

Jammu & Kashmir

222236

4

3925.00

1.77

Jharkhand

79714

1

226.33

0.28

Karnataka

191791

5

2472.18

1.29

Kerala

38863

6

558.16

1.44

Madhya Pradesh

308245

9

3656.36

1.19

Maharashtra

307713

6

1273.60

0.41

Manipur

22327

1

40.00

0.18

Meghalaya

22429

2

267.48

1.20

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

3947.07

1.15

Sikkim

7096

1

1784.00

25.14

Tamil Nadu

130058

5

307.85

0.24

Tripura

10486

2

36.71

0.35

Uttar Pradesh

240928

1

490.00

0.20

Uttarakhand

53483

6

4915.44

9.19

West Bengal

88752

5

1693.25

1.91

Andaman & Nicobar

8249

9

1153.94

13.99

Chandigarh

114

0

0.00

0.00

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

480

0

0.00

0.00

India

3287263

102

39888

1.21