Wildlife of Eastern Ghats

There are 20 Wildlife sanctuaries, 1 National Park and 2 Biosphere reserves are located in the Eastern Ghats region. Among them 9 Wildlife sanctuaries and 1 Biosphere reserves are from Odisha; 10 Wildlife sanctuaries, 1 National Parks and 1 Biosphere reserves from Andhra Pradesh; 1 Wildlife sanctuary from Tamil Nadu. The details such as name of the Reserve Forest (RF), it’s area, location which includes district and State are given below:

List of Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Parks and Biosphere Reserves in Eastern Ghats

Sl. No. Name of the R. F. Area District State 1. Similipal Biosphere Reserve 2200.00 Mayurbhanj Odisha 2. Kuldia Sanctuary 272.75 Balesore Odisha 3. Hadgarh Sanctuary 191.06 Mayurbhanj & Keonjhar Odisha 4. Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary 796.00 Angul & Cuttack Odisha 5. Bisipalli Sanctuary 168.35 Nayagarh Odisha 6. Chandaka Dampara Sanctuary 193.39 Khurdha and Cuttack Odisha 7. Nadankanan Sanctuary 4.40 Khurdha 8. Lakhari Valley Sanctuary 185.87 Gajpati Odisha 9. Kotgarh Sanctuary 399.05 Phulbani Odisha 10. Karlapat Sanctuary 147.96 Kalahandi Odisha 11. Gundla Brahmeswara 1194.00 Kurnool & Prakasam Andhra Pradesh Sanctuary 12. Kambala Konda 70.70 Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh 13. Kaudinya ( Project Elephant) 357.60 Chittoor Andhra Pradesh 14. Kinnerasani Sanctuary 635.40 Khammam Andhra Pradesh 15. Nagarjuna-Srisailam Tiger 3568.00 Guntur, Prakasham, Andhra Pradesh Reserve Kurnool, Mahaboobnagar, Nalgonda 16. Nellapattu Sanctuary 4.58 Nellore Andhra Pradesh 17. Rollapadu Sanctuary 6.14q Kurnool Andhra Pradesh 18. Sri Lanka Malleshwara 464.42 YSR (Kadapa) Andhra Pradesh sanctuary 19. Sri Peninsula Narasimha 1030.85 Nellore Andhra Pradesh Sanctuary 20. Sri Venkateshwara Sanctuary 172.35 Chittoor & Cuddapah Andhra Pradesh and National Park 21. Papikonda National Park 591.00 East Godavari, West Andhra Pradesh Godavari & Khammam 22. Seshachalam Biosphere 4755.99 Chitoor, Kadapa Andhra Pradesh Reserve 23. Vedanthangal Water Bird 0.30 Chengalpat Tamil Nadu Sanctuary