Thursday 30 August 2012

Protected areas in India


ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2413 REGARDING ‘NATIONAL PARKS AND SANCTUARIES’ BY SHRI GOPAL SINGH SHEKHAWAT DUE FOR REPLY ON 27.8.2012.
State-wise details of National Parks (NPs) and Wildlife Sanctuaries (WLS)

States/UTs 

No of
NPs
Area
(square km)
No. of
WLS
Area
 (square km)
No. of
C.R.*
Area
(square km)
No. of
C.R.**
Area
 (square km)
Total No. of
PAs#
Area
(square km)
Andhra Pradesh
6
1388.39
21
11618.12




27
13006.51
Arunachal Pradesh
2
2290.82
11
7487.75




13
9778.57
Assam
5
1977.79
18
1932.01




23
3909.80
Bihar
1
335.65
12
2851.67




13
3187.32
Chhattisgarh
3
2899.08
11
3583.19




14
6482.27
Goa
1
107.00
6
647.91




7
754.91
Gujarat
4
479.67
23
16619.81
1
227.00


28
17326.48
Haryana
2
48.25
8
233.21
2
48.72


12
330.18
Himachal Pradesh
5
2271.38
32
7745.48




37
10016.86
Jammu & Kashmir
4
3925.00
15
10243.11
34
829.75


53
14997.86
Jharkhand
1
226.33
11
1955.82




12
2182.15
Karnataka
5
2472.18
22
4003.42
2
3.80
1
3.12
30
6482.52
Kerala
6
558.16
16
1822.86


1
1.50
23
2382.52
Madhya Pradesh
9
3656.36
25
7158.41




34
10814.77
Maharashtra
6
1273.60
35
14152.70
1
3.49


42
15429.79
Manipur
1
40.00
1
184.40




2
224.40
Meghalaya
2
267.48
3
34.20




5
301.68
Mizoram
2
150.00
8
1090.75




10
1240.75
Nagaland
1
202.02
3
20.34




4
222.36
Orissa
2
990.70
18
6969.15




20
7959.85
Punjab
0
0.00
12
323.70
1
4.95
2
16.07
15
344.72
Rajasthan
5
3947.07
25
5379.26
3
222.27


33
9548.60
Sikkim
1
1784.00
7
399.10




8
2183.10
Tamil Nadu
5
307.85
21
3521.95
1
0.03


27
3829.83
Tripura
2
36.71
4
566.93




6
603.64
Uttar Pradesh
1
490.00
23
5221.88




24
5711.88
Uttarakhand
6
4915.44
6
2418.61
2
42.27


14
7376.32
West Bengal
5
1693.25
15
1203.28




20
2896.53
Andaman & Nicobar
9
1153.94
96
389.39




105
1543.33
Chandigarh
0
0.00
2
26.01




2
26.01
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
0
0.00
1
92.16




1
92.16
Daman & Diu
0
0.00
1
2.19




1
2.19
Delhi
0
0.00
1
27.82




1
27.82
Lakshadweep
0
0.00
1
0.01




1
0.01
Pondicherry
0
0.00
1
3.90




1
3.90
Total
102
39888.12
515
119930.5
47
1382
4
21
668
161221.59

*Conservation Reserve
** Community Reserve
# Protected Areas (PAs)

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