Wildlife Sanctuaries


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There are 573 existing wildlife sanctuaries in India covering an area of 123,762.56 km2, which is 3.76% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database Centre, Nov. 2023).  Another 218 sanctuaries are proposed in the Protected Area Network Report covering an area of 16,829 km2

State-wise break up of Wildlife Sanctuaries 

State & UT

State Area (km²)

No. of WLS

Area (km²)

% of State Area

Andhra Pradesh

160229

13

6771.40

4.23

Arunachal Pradesh

83743

13

7614.56

9.09

Assam

78438

17

1728.95

2.20

Bihar

94163

12

2851.67

3.03

Chhattisgarh

135191

11

3760.28

2.78

Goa

3702

6

647.91

17.50

Gujarat

196022

23

16618.42

8.48

Haryana

44212

7

118.21

0.27

Himachal Pradesh

55673

28

6115.97

10.99

Jharkhand

79714

11

1955.82

2.45

Karnataka

191791

38

8216.69

4.28

Kerala

38863

18

2156.21

5.55

Madhya Pradesh

308245

24

7046.19

2.29

Maharashtra

307713

49

7861.70

2.55

Manipur

22327

7

708.14

3.17

Meghalaya

22429

4

94.11

0.42

Mizoram

21081

9

1359.75

6.45

Nagaland

16579

4

43.91

0.26

Odisha

155707

19

7094.65

4.56

Punjab

50362

13

326.60

0.65

Rajasthan

342239

25

5592.38

1.63

Sikkim

7096

7

399.10

5.62

Tamil Nadu

130058

33

7096.54

5.46

Telangana

114840

9

5672.70

4.94

Tripura

10486

4

603.64

5.76

Uttar Pradesh

240928

26

5822.20

2.42

Uttarakhand

53483

7

2690.12

5.03

West Bengal

88752

16

1440.18

1.62

Andaman & Nicobar

8249

97

395.60

4.80

Chandigarh

114

2

26.01

22.82

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

491

1

92.17

18.77

Daman & Diu

112

1

2.19

1.96

Delhi

1483

1

19.61

1.32

Jammu & Kashmir

163090

14

1815.04

1.11

Ladakh

59146

2

9000.00

15.22

Lakshadweep

32

1

0.01

0.03

Puducherry

480

1

3.90

0.81

TOTAL

3287263

573

123762.56

3.76