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There are 514 existing wildlife sanctuaries in India covering an area of 118,150 km2, which is 3.59% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, April. 2010). Another 219 sanctuaries are proposed in the Protected Area Network Report covering an area of 16,669 km2.
State-wise break up of Wildlife Sanctuaries
Name of State
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Union Territory
State Area
kmēNo. of
WLSArea
kmē% of State
AreaAndhra Pradesh 275069 21 11618.12 4.22 Arunachal Pradesh 83743 11 7487.75 8.94 Assam 78438 18 1932.01 2.46 Bihar 94163 12 2851.67 3.03 Chhattisgarh 135191 11 3583.19 2.65 Goa 3702 6 647.91 17.50 Gujarat 196022 23 16619.81 8.48 Haryana 44212 8 233.21 0.53 Himachal Pradesh 55673 33 6171.11 11.08 Jammu & Kashmir 222236 15 10243.11 4.61 Jharkhand 79714 11 1955.82 2.45 Karnataka 191791 21 3871.75 2.02 Kerala 38863 15 1819.33 4.68 Madhya Pradesh 308245 25 7158.41 2.32 Maharashtra 307713 35 14152.70 4.60 Manipur 22327 1 184.40 0.83 Meghalaya 22429 3 34.20 0.15 Mizoram 21081 8 1090.75 5.17 Nagaland 16579 3 20.34 0.12 Orissa 155707 18 6969.15 4.48 Punjab 50362 12 323.79 0.64 Rajasthan 342239 25 5379.26 1.57 Sikkim 7096 7 399.10 5.62 Tamil Nadu 130058 21 3521.95 2.71 Tripura 10486 4 566.93 5.41 Uttar Pradesh 240928 23 5221.88 2.17 Uttarakhand 53483 6 2418.61 4.52 West Bengal 88752 15 1203.28 1.36 Andaman & Nicobar 8249 96 389.39 4.72 Chandigarh 114 2 26.01 22.82 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 491 1 92.16 18.77 Daman & Diu 112 1 2.18 1.95 Delhi 1483 1 8.77 0.59 Lakshadweep 32 1 0.01 0.03 Pondicherry 480 1 3.90 0.81 India 3287263 514 118150 3.59
