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Bird Sanctuaries of India State wise list of Wildlife Sanctuaries of India Introduction Wildlife Sanctuary A sanctuary is a protected area which is reserved for the conservation of only animal and human activities like harvesting of timber, collecting minor forest products and private ownership rights are allowed as long as they do not interfere with well-being of animals. Boundaries of sanctuaries are not well defined and controlled biotic interference is permitted. Total area S.No. Total number of Wildlife Sanctuaries State/UT (In sq.km.) 1 Andhra Pradesh 13 8008.49 2 Arunachal Pradesh 11 7487.75 3 Assam 18 1840.14 4 Bihar 12 2901.68 5 Chhattisgarh 11 3760.28 6 Goa 6 647.91 7 Gujarat 23 16574.42 8 Haryana 8 233.21 9 Himachal Pradesh 28 6116.10 10 Jammu &Kashmir 15 10243.11 11 Jharkhand 11 1955.81 12 Karnataka 30 6774.81 13 Kerala 17 1928.24 14 Madhya Pradesh 25 7958.40 15 Maharashtra 42 7604.44 16 Manipur 2 184.81 17 Meghalaya 4 94.10 18 Mizoram 8 1090.75 19 Nagaland 3 20.33 20 Odisha 19 6969.15 21 Punjab 13 326.6 22 Rajasthan 25 5379.26 23 Sikkim 7 399.10 24 Tamil Nadu 29 6157.12 25 Tripura 4 566.93 26 Uttar Pradesh 25 5828.36 27 Uttarakhand 7 2690.05 28 West Bengal 15 1442.12 29 Telangana 9 7077.72 30 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 96 389.39 31 Chandigarh 2 26.01 Dadar & Nagar 32 1 92.16 Haweli 33 Lakshadweep 1 2.18 34 Daman & Diu 1 27.82 35 Delhi 1 .01 36 Pondicherry 1 3.90 List of TamilNadu Wildlife Sanctuarie Established S.No. State Area (in km²) Name of Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) Year 1 Cauvery North WLS TamilNadu 2014 504.33 2 Chitrangudi Bird WLS TamilNadu 1989 0.48 3 Gangaikondam Spotted Dear WLS TamilNadu 2013 2.88 4 Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) WLS TamilNadu 1972 841.49 5 Kalakad WLS TamilNadu 1976 223.58 6 Kanjirankulam Bird WLS TamilNadu 1989 1.04 7 Kanyakumari WLS TamilNadu 2002 457.78 8 Karaivetti WLS TamilNadu 1999 4.54 9 Karikili WLS TamilNadu 1989 0.61 10 Kodaikanal WLS TamilNadu 2013 608.95 11 Koonthankulam-Kadankulam WLS TamilNadu 1994 1.29 12 Melaselvanoor-Keelaselvanoor WLS TamilNadu 1998 5.93 13 Mudumalai WLS TamilNadu 1942 217.76 14 Mundanthurai WLS TamilNadu 1977 567.38 15 Nellai WLS TamilNadu 2015 356.73 16 Oussudu Lake Bird Sanctuary TamilNadu 2015 3.32 17 Point Calimere WLS TamilNadu 1967 17.26 18 Pulicat Lake WLS TamilNadu 1980 153.67 19 Satyamangalam WS TamilNadu 2008, 2011 1411.61 20 Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel WLS TamilNadu 1988 485.2 21 Udayamarthandapuram Lake WLS TamilNadu 1991 0.45 22 Vaduvoor WLS TamilNadu 1991 1.28 23 Vedanthangal WLS TamilNadu 1936 0.3 24 Vellanadu (Blackbuck) WLS TamilNadu 1987 16.41 25 Vellode WLS TamilNadu 1997 0.77 26 Vettangudi WLS TamilNadu 1977 0.38 27 Megamalai WLS TamilNadu 2016 269.11 28 Theerthangal WLS TamilNadu 2016 0.29 29 Sakkarakottai WLS TamilNadu 2016 2.30 IMPORTANT Wildlife Sanctuary S.No. Name of Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) State Established Year Andaman and Nicobar 1. Barren Island WLS 1987 Islands Andaman and Nicobar 2. Chanel Island WLS 1987 Islands Andaman and Nicobar 3. Egg Island WLS 1987 Islands Andaman and Nicobar 4. Narcondam Island WLS 1987 Islands Andaman and Nicobar 5. Peacock Island WLS 1987 Islands Andaman and Nicobar 6. Reef Island WLS 1987 Islands 7. Coringa WLS Andhra Pradesh 1978 8. Kolleru WLS Andhra Pradesh 1953 9. Krishna WLS Andhra Pradesh 1989 10. Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam WLS Andhra Pradesh 1978 11. Pulicat Lake WLS Andhra Pradesh 1976 12. Manjeera Crocodile WLS Telangana 1978 13. Nagarjuna Sagar-Srisailam WLS Telangana 1978 14. Udaipur WLS Bihar 1978 15. Valmiki WLS Bihar 1978 16. Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin WLS Bihar 1990 17. City Birds WLS Chandigarh 1998 18. Sukhna Lake WLS Chandigarh 1986 19. Achanakmar WLS Chhattisgarh 1975 20. Udanti Wild Buffalo WLS Chhattisgarh 1985 21. Dadra & Nagar Haveli WLS Dadra Nagar Haveli 2000 22. Fudam WLS Daman and Diu 1191 Chorao Island (Dr.Salim Ali ) WLS 23. Goa 1988 (Bird) 24. Chhilchila WLS Haryana 1986 25. Morni Hills (Khol-Hi-Raitan) WLS Haryana 2004 26. Gir WLS Gujarat 1965 27. Girnar WLS Gujarat 2008 28. Lala Great Indian Bustard WLS Gujarat 1995 29. Kachchh Desert WLS Gujarat 1986 30. Marine (Gulf of Kachchh) WLS Gujarat 1980 31. Nal Sarovar Bird WLS Gujarat 1969 32. Manali WLS Himachal Pradesh 1954 33. Pong Dam Lake WLS Himachal Pradesh 1982 34. Renuka WLS Himachal Pradesh 2013 35. Changthang Cold Desert WLS Jammu and Kashmir 1987 36. Karakoram (Nubra Shyok) WLS Jammu and Kashmir 1987 37. Gautam Buddha WLS Jharkhand 1976 38. Hazaribagh WLS Jharkhand 1976 39. Brahmagiri WLS Karnataka 1974 40. Cauvery WLS Karnataka 1987 41. Talakaveri WLS Karnataka 1987 42. Chinnar WLS Kerala 1984 43. Idukki WLS Kerala 1976 44. Neyyar WLS Kerala 1958 45. Parambikulam WLS Kerala 1973 46. Periyar WLS Kerala 1950 47. Pitti WLS (Bird) Lakshadweep 1995 48. National Chambal WLS Madhya Pradesh 1978 49. Pachmarhi WLS Madhya Pradesh 1977 50. Panna (Gangau) WLS Madhya Pradesh 1979 51. Great Indian Bustard WLS Maharashtra 1979 52. Koyana WLS Maharashtra 1985 53. Lonar WLS Maharashtra 2000 54. Chilika (Nalaban) WLS Orissa 1987 55. Simlipal WLS Orissa 1979 56. Harike Lake WLS Punjab 1982 57. Oussudu WLS Pondicherry 2008 58. Kesarbagh WLS Rajasthan 1955 59. Mount Abu WLS Rajasthan 1960 60. Sariska WLS Rajasthan 1955 61. Van Vihar WLS Rajasthan 1955 62. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Bird WLS Uttar Pradesh 2003 63. Okhala Bird WLS Uttar Pradesh 1990 64. Mussoorie WLS Uttarakhand 1993 65. Buxa WLS West Bengal 1986 66. West Sunderban WLS West Bengal 2013 Asola Bhati (Indira Priyadarshini) 67. Delhi 1992 WLS 68. Dibang WLS Arunachal Pradesh 1991 69. Pakhui/ Pakke WLS Arunachal Pradesh 1977 70. Deepor Beel WLS Assam – 71. East Karbi Anglong WLS Assam 2000 72. Dampa WLS (TR) Mizoram 1985 73. Khongjaingamba Ching WLS Manipur 2016 BarseyRhododendron 74. Sikkim 1998 WLS 75. Rangapahar WLS Nagaland 1986 76. Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS Meghalaya 1984 77. Gumti WLS Tripura 1988 National Parks (According to wildlife protection act 1972) Declaration of National Parks – Whenever it appears to the State Government that an area, whether within a sanctuary or not, is, by reason of its ecological, faunal, floral, Geo-morphological, or zoological association or importance, needed to be constituted as a National Park for the purpose of protection & propagating or developing wildlife therein or its environment, it may, by notification, declare its intention to constitute such area as a National Park. State wise list of Indian National Parks is as follows……. (Detail list given below..) Total area S.No. Total number of National Parks State/UT (In sq.km.) 1 Andhra Pradesh 3 1368.88 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2 2290.82 3 Assam 5 1977.79 4 Bihar 1 335.65 5 Chhattisgarh 3 2899.08 6 Goa 1 107 7 Gujarat 4 480.12 8 Haryana 2 48.25 9 Himachal Pradesh 5 2271.28 10 Jammu &Kashmir 4 3925 11 Jharkhand 1 226.33 12 Karnataka 5 2795.79 13 Kerala 6 558.158 14 Madhya Pradesh 10 3656.36 15 Maharashtra 6 1273.6 16 Manipur 1 40 17 Meghalaya 2 267.48 18 Mizoram 2 150 19 Nagaland 1 202.02 20 Orissa 2 990.70 21 Punjab 0 22 Rajasthan 5 3947.07 23 Sikkim 1 1784 307.84 24 Tamil Nadu 5 25 Tripura 2 36.71 26 Uttar Pradesh 1 490 27 Uttarakhand 6 4915.44 28 West Bengal 6 1981.65 29 Telangana 3 19.62 Andaman and Nicobar 30 9 1153.94 Islands Chandigarh 31 0 Dadar & Nagar 32 Haweli 0 33 Lakshadweep 0 34 Daman & Diu 0 35 Delhi 0 Pondicherry 0 36 Total 104 40,501.03 IMPORTANT Name of National Parks S.No. National Park State Established 1. Rajiv Gandhi National Park Andhra Pradesh 2005 2. Namdapha National Park Arunachal Pradesh 1983 3. Kaziranga National Park Assam 1974 4. Manas National Park Assam 1990 5. Valmiki National Park Bihar 1989 6. Indravati National Park Chhattisgarh 1982 7. Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar Gujarat 1976 8. Gir Forest National Park Gujarat 1975 9. Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch Gujarat 1982 10. Great Himalayan National Park Himachal Pradesh 1984 11. Dachigam National Park Jammu and Kashmir 1981 12. Hemis National Park Jammu and Kashmir 1981 13. Salim Ali National Park Jammu and Kashmir 1992 14. Bandipur National Park Karnataka 1974 15. Bannerghatta National Park Karnataka 1974 16. Eravikulam National Park Kerala 1978 17. Mathikettan Shola National Park Kerala 2003 18. Periyar National Park Kerala 1982 19. Silent Valley National Park Kerala 1984 20. Anamudi Shola National Park Kerala 2003 21. Bandhavgarh National Park Madhya Pradesh 1968 22. Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh 1955 23. Pench (Priyadarshini) National Park Madhya Pradesh 1975 24. Madhya Pradesh 2010 Dinosaur National Park 25. Keibul Lamjao National Park Manipur 1977 26. Nokrek National Park Meghalaya 1986 27. Bhitarkanika National Park Odisha 1988 28. Simlipal National Park Odisha 1980 29. Sariska National Park Rajasthan 1982 30. Ranthambore National Park Rajasthan 1980 31. Desert National Park Rajasthan 1992 32. Keoladeo Ghana National Park Rajasthan 1981 33. Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim 1977 34. Clouded Leopard National Park Tripura 2007 35. Jim Corbett National Park Uttarakhand 1936 36. Nanda Devi National Park Uttarakhand 1982 37. Rajaji National Park Uttarakhand 1983 38. Valley of Flowers National Park Uttarakhand 1982 39. Buxa National Park West Bengal 1992 40. Sundarbans National Park West Bengal 1984 41. Saddle Peak National Park Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1987 List of National Parks in Tamilnadu.
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