Wildlife Sanctuaries

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 |
Last Updated: November 2, 2023