Tuesday, January 29, 2019

List of National Parks in India

★ In 1936 Hailey National Park was declared as India's first national park. This National Park is now known as Jim Corbett National Park. It is also the first sanctuary to come under Project Tiger in 1973-74.

★ There are 102 national parks.

★ Hemis National Park in Jammu and Kashmir is largest national park of India with 4,400 square km.It is also the National Park located in highest altitude.

★ South Button Island National Park in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the smallest National Park with the total area of 2 square miles.

★ Kaziranga National Park in Assam, Manas National Park in Assam and Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan are the three National Parks in India that declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

★ Madhya Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar Islands have the highest number of National Parks with 9 each.

★ Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch is the first national marine park of India.

★ Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur is the only floating park in the world.


National Park of India
State/UTNational ParkFamous For
Andaman and Nicobar Rani Jhansi
Andaman and Nicobar Campbell Bay
Andaman and Nicobar Galathea
Andaman and Nicobar Mount Harriet IslandSaltwater Crocodiles
Andaman and Nicobar North Button IslandDolphin
Andaman and Nicobar Mahatma Gandhi
Andaman and Nicobar Middle Button Island
Andaman and Nicobar South Button Island
Andaman and Nicobar Saddle Peak
Andhra Pradesh Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Andhra Pradesh Mrugavani
Andhra Pradesh Mahavir Harina Vanasthali
Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateswara
Arunachal Pradesh Mouling
Arunachal Pradesh Namdapha Gaur
Assam KazirangaOne horned rhinos
Assam ManasTiger
Assam Dibru Saikhowa
AssamNameri
Assam Orang
Bihar Kanwar Taal Bird Sanctuary
Bihar Valmiki
Bihar Vikramshila Dolphin Sanctuary
Chhattisgarh Indravati
Chhattisgarh Kanger Ghati
Goa Mollem
Gujarat BlackbuckBlackbuck and Lesser Florican
Gujarat GirAsiatic Lions
Gujarat Marine National Park
Gujarat Vansda
Haryana Sultanpur
Haryana Kalesar
Himachal Pradesh Great Himalayan
Himachal Pradesh Pin Valley Himalayan Snowcock
Jammu & Kashmir Kishtwar
Jammu & Kashmir Dachigam
Jammu & KashmirHemisSnow Leopard
Jammu & Kashmir Salim Ali
Jharkhand Betla
Karnataka BandipurAsian Elephant, Tiger
Karnataka Bannerghatta
Karnataka Anshi
Karnataka Nagarhole
Karnataka Kudremukh National Park
KeralaMathikettan Shola
Kerala Anamudi Shola
Kerala Pampadam Shola
Kerala PeriyarIndian elephants
Kerala EravikulamNilgiri Tahr
Kerala Silent Valley
Madhya Pradesh Gilbert Hill
Madhya Pradesh Karnala
Madhya Pradesh Gugamal
Madhya Pradesh Navegaon
Madhya Pradesh ChandoliIndian Bison, Sloth Bears
Madhya Pradesh Pench
Madhya Pradesh Sanjay Gandhi
Madhya Pradesh Tadoba
Manipur Keibul LamjaoEld's Deer
Manipur Sirohi
Meghalaya Nokrek
MeghalayaBalphakram
MizoramMurlen
Mizoram Phawngpui
Nagaland Intanki
Nagaland Intanki
Odisha Simlipal Royal Bengal Tigers,Elephants
Odisha Bhitarkanika
Rajasthan DesertGreat Indian Bustard
Rajasthan RanthamboreTiger
Rajasthan Darrah
Rajasthan KeoladeoSiberian Cranes
Rajasthan Sariska
Sikkim Khangchendzonga Wild Ass, Himalayan Tahr
Tamil Nadu Guindy
Tamil Nadu Mudumalai
Tamil Nadu Mukurthi
Tamil Nadu Gulf of Mannar
Tamil Nadu Palani Hills
Tamil Nadu Indira GandhiLion Tailed Macaque,Dhole
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa
Uttar Pradesh Nawabganj
Uttarakhand CorbettTiger
Uttarakhand Gangotri
Uttarakhand Nanda Devi
Uttarakhand RajajiAsian Elephant, Bengal Tiger
Uttarakhand Govind
Uttarakhand Valley of Flowers Asiatic black bear
West Bengal Gorumara
West Bengal Neora Valley
West Bengal Buxa
West Bengal Singalila
West Bengal Jaldapara
West Bengal Sundarbans Royal Bengal Tiger