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List of National Parks in India
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Name of the Park Location Remarks
1. Kaziranga NationalPark
Assam (Golaghatand Nagaondistrict)
Home to more than 2200Indian one-horned rhinoceros,approximately 2/3rd of theirtotal world population
UNESCO World Heritage Site.2. Jim Corbett
National ParkNainital & PauriGarhwal districtof Uttarakhand
Established in 1936 as HaileyNational Park
known for its Bengal tigers
3. Gir Forest NationalPark and WildlifeSanctuary
Gujarat Home to the Asiatic lions
4. Dudhwa NationalPark
Uttar Pradesh The park is famous foruntiring efforts of 'Billy' ArjanSingh, the conservationistwho played an instrumentalrole in creation of Dudhwa assanctuary for Swamp Deer.
5. SundarbansNational Park
Dayapur,Gosaba, WestBengal
It is a National Park, TigerReserve, and a BiosphereReserve covered by mangroveforests and is one of thelargest reserves for theBengal tiger and is a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site.
Sundarban delta is spreadover India and Bangladeshwith an area of approximately10,000 square kilometres andis enjoying the status of beinglargest halophytic mangroveforest in the world. It is adelta of the two great IndianRiver the Ganga and theBrahamputra which convergeson the Bengal basin. Thewhole area is kingdom of thefamous Royal Bengal Tigers.
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6. Gorumara NationalPark
West Bengal Medium-sized park withgrasslands and forests
known for its population ofIndian rhinoceros
7. EravikulamNational Park
Idukki (Munnar),Kerala
Kerala's first national park. A unique aspect of thisnational park is the bloomingof the purplish blue flowers ofNeelakurinji that blossomsonly once in 12 years
The park is famous for itscollection of tahr. Nilgiri tahris a goat like species that isendangered.
8. Pench NationalPark
Madhya Pradesh It derives its name from thePench River (tributary of theKanhan River) that flowsthrough the park
9. Panna NationalPark
Madhya Pradesh The region, which is famousfor its diamonds, is also hometo some of the best wildlifespecies in India and is one ofthe best Tiger Reserves in thecountry
10. SariskaNational
Park
Alwar district ofRajasthan
Famous for 'Tiger population'and 'Tiger Reserve Project'.
11. Kanha NationalPark
Madhya Pradesh tiger reserve to work forProject Tiger
Tigers, jackals and wild pigscan be spotted in KanhaMeadows
12. RanthamboreNational Park
Sawai Madhopurdistrict ofRajasthan
Known for its Bengal tigers Home to tigers, leopards andmarsh crocodiles.
13. Periyar NationalPark
Western Ghatsof Kerala
Periyar National Park and WildlifeSanctuary is home to tigers and asignificant elephant population, aswell as rare lion-tailed macaques,
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sambar deer, leopards and Indianbison.
14. BandhavgarhNational Park
Umaria district ofMadhya Pradesh
Famous for the richpopulation of white tigers
15. MudumalaiNational Park
Nilgiri District ofTamil Nadu
Bird watching is an interestingactivity here as fine birdspecimens flock this areaquite often.
16. Dachigam NationalPark
Srinagar, JammuandKashmir
The park is best known as thehome of the hangul, orKashmir stag.
17. NagarholeNational Park
Kodagu andMysoredistricts inKarnataka
Also known as Rajiv GandhiNational Park.
18. BannerghattaNational Park
Bangalore,Karnataka
Popular tourist destinationwith a zoo, a pet corner, ananimal rescue centre, abutterfly enclosure, anaquarium, a snake house anda safari park.
19. Bandipur NationalPark
Chamarajanagardistrict ofKarnataka
Part of the Nilgiri BiosphereReserve and largest habitat ofwild elephants in south Asia.
20. Govind PashuVihar NationalPark andSanctuary
Uttarakhand It is named after a prominentIndian freedom fighter andpolitician Govind Ballabh Pant.
21. Gangotri NationalPark
UttarkashiDistrict ofUttarakhand
Habitat consists of coniferousforests, alpine meadows andglaciers
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22. Nanda DeviNational Park
Situated aroundpeak of NandaDevi inUttarakhand
Established in 1982 The National Park wasinscribed a World HeritageSite by UNESCO in 1988. Thelatter was expanded andrenamed to Nanda Devi andValley of Flowers NationalParks in 2005.
23. Gulf of MannarMarine NationalPark
It lies 1 to 10 kmaway from theeast coast ofTamil Nadu,South India for160 km betweenThoothukudi(Tuticorin) andDhanushkodi.
Protected area of Indiaconsisting of 21 small islandsand adjacent coral reefs inthe Gulf of Mannar in theIndian Ocean
The park has a high diversityof plants and animals in itsmarine and shore habitats.Dugong (Sea Cow), avulnerable marine mammal isalso found here.
24. Indira GandhiNational Park
CoimbatoreDistrict, TamilNadu
Anamalai Tiger Reserve
25. Keoladeo NationalPark
Bharatpur,Rajasthan
Formerly known as theBharatpur Bird Sanctuary is aman-made and man-managedwetland
It is conferred with WorldHeritage Site by UNESCO.
Protect over 350 species ofmigratory and resident birds,including herons, cormorantsand eagles
26. Chandoli NationalPark
Satara,Kolhapur, SangliDistricts ofMaharashtra
Natural World Heritage Site.
27. PapikondaNational Park
Andhra Pradesh Important Bird andBiodiversity Area and home tosome endangered species offlora and fauna.
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28. Tadoba NationalPark
Chandrapurdistrict ofMaharashtra
The Reserve contains some ofthe best of forest tracks andendowed with richbiodiversity. It is famous forits natural heritage
29. Sanjay GandhiNational Park
Northern part ofMumbai city
Formerly Borivali NationalPark.
30. Manas NationalPark
Jyoti Gaon,Assam
Also known as Manas WildlifeSanctuary,
UNESCO Natural WorldHeritage site, a Project Tigerreserve, an elephant and abiosphere reserve.
31. Gulf of KutchMarine NationalPark
Southern shoreof the Gulf ofKutch inJamnagar,Gujarat
First national Marine Park andalso first marine wildlifesanctuary of India with 42islands on Jamnagar coast inthe Marine National Park.
32. BhitarkanikaNational Park
Odisha Apart frombirds bhitarkanika is famous for its wide and densemangrove forest and crocodilereserve
33. Van Vihar NationalPark
Bhopal,MadhyaPradesh
Developed and managed as amodern zoological park.
34. Keibul LamjaoNational Park
Manipur It is the only floating park inthe world
An integral part of LoktakLake.
35. Sri VenkateswaraNational Park
Andhra Pradesh One of the biosphere reservesof India.
36. Mahatma GandhiMarine NationalPark
Wandoor,Andaman Islands
Known as Wandoor NationalPark. This National park iscovered with Tropical Forest.
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37. Mount HarrietNational Park
Port Blair,Andaman andNicobar Islands
The picture on the back sideof Rs. 20 note is taken fromMount Harriet National Park.
Mount Harriet, which is partof the park, is the third-highest peak in the Andamanand Nicobar
38. Great HimalayanNational Park
Kullu region inHimachalPradesh
UNESCO list of World HeritageSites.
Committee granted the statusto the park under the criteriaof "outstanding significancefor biodiversity conservation".
39. KhangchendzongaNational Park
Sikkim The park gets its name fromthe mountain Kanchenjungawhich is 8,586 metres tall,the third highest peak in theworld.
40. Nokrek NationalPark
Tura, Meghalaya UNESCO added this Nationalpark to its list of BiosphereReserves.
The area is noted for its wildvarieties of citrus fruits thatprovide a gene-pool forcommercially produced citrus.
41. Silent ValleyNational Park
Kerala The area is named SilentValley because of a perceivedabsence of noisy cicadas.
42. Indravati NationalPark
Chhattisgarh A tiger reserve under theProject Tiger of India. ThePark is famous for its uniqueand diverse wildlife and birdspecies including some of themost endangered speciessuch as Wild Buffalos and HillMynas.
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43. Manas NationalPark(Manas WildlifeSanctuary)
Assam UNESCO Natural WorldHeritage site, a Project Tigerreserve, an elephant reserveand a biosphere reserve
It is contiguous with the RoyalManas National Park inBhutan
44. Kuno NationalPark
Madhya Pradesh Home for relocated Asiaticlions from Gir in Gujarat
45. MrugavaniNational Park
Telangana Home to a 600 different typesof plant life.
Home to around 350 spotteddeers
46. Pin Valley NationalPark
HimachalPradesh
Pin Valley is home to 'thegrey ghost of the Himalayas',the snow leopard, and itsprey, the ibex.