A National Park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of ‘wild nature’ for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on Protected Areas, has defined “National Park” as its Category II type of protected areas.
National Park:
- There are 103 national parks in India.
- First national park in India- Jim Corbett National Park.
- It covered 1.23 percent geographical area of India
- Classified as IUCN category.
Wildlife Sanctuaries:
- Any area notified by state govt to be constituted as a wildlife sanctuary.
- There are 543 wildlife sanctuaries in India.
- It covered 3.62 percent geographical area of India
- Classified as IUCN category .
List of Important National Park in India
| Sr.No | States | National park |
| 1: | Andhra Pradesh | Papikonda National Park |
| Sri Venkateswara National Park | ||
| 2: | Arunachal Pradesh | Mouling National Park |
| Namdapha National Park | ||
| 3: | Assam | Kaziranga National Park |
| Dibru-Saikhowa National Park | ||
| Manas National Park | ||
| Nameri National Park | ||
| Orang National Park | ||
| 4: | Bihar | Valmiki National Park |
| 5: | Chhattisgarh | Indravati National Park |
| Kanger Valley National Park | ||
| Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park | ||
| 6: | Goa | Mollem National Park |
| Gir Forest National Park | ||
| Blackbuck National Park | ||
| Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch | ||
| Vansda National Park | ||
| 7: | Haryana | Kalesar National Park |
| Sultanpur National Park | ||
| 8: | Himachal Pradesh | Pin Valley National Park |
| Great Himalayan National Park | ||
| Inderkilla National Park | ||
| Khirganga National Park | ||
| Simbalbara National Park | ||
| 9: | Jammu & Kashmir | Dachigam National Park |
| Hemis National Park | ||
| Kishtwar National Park | ||
| Salim Ali National Park | ||
| 10: | Jharkhand | Betla National Park |
| 11: | Karnataka | Dandeli National Park |
| Nagarhole National Park (Rajiv Gandhi National Park) | ||
| Bandipur National Park | ||
| Bannerghatta National Park | ||
| Kudremukh National Park | ||
| Anshi national park | ||
| 12: | Kerala | Pampadum Shola National Park |
| Eravikulam National Park | ||
| Mathikettan Shola National Park | ||
| Silent Valley National Park | ||
| Anamudi Shola National Park | ||
| Periyar National Park | ||
| 13: | Madhya Pradesh | Bandhavgarh National Park |
| Pench National Park | ||
| Kanha National Park | ||
| Panna National Park | ||
| Madhav National Park | ||
| Mandla Plant Fossils National Park | ||
| Pench National Park | ||
| Sanjay National Park | ||
| Satpura National Park | ||
| Van Vihar national park | ||
| 14: | Maharashtra | Sanjay Gandhi National Park |
| Chandoli National Park | ||
| Navegaon National Park | ||
| Tadoba National Park | ||
| Gugamal national park | ||
| 15: | Manipur | Keibul Lamjao National Park |
| Sirohi National Park | ||
| 16: | Meghalaya | Balphakram National Park |
| Nokrek National Park | ||
| 17: | Mizoram | Murlen National Park |
| Phawngpui Blue National Park | ||
| 18: | Nagaland | Ntangki National Park |
| 19: | Odisha | Simlipal National Park |
| Bhitarkanika National Park | ||
| 20: | Rajasthan | Keoladeo National Park |
| Sariska National Park | ||
| Ranthambore National Park | ||
| Mukundra Hills (Darrah) National Park | ||
| Desert National Park | ||
| 21: | Sikkim | Khangchendzonga National Park |
| 22: | Tamil Nadu | Mudumalai National Park |
| Mukurthi National Park | ||
| Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park | ||
| Guindy National Park | ||
| Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park | ||
| 23: | Telangana | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park |
| Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park | ||
| Mrugavani National Park | ||
| 24: | Tripura | Bison(Rajbari) National Park |
| Clouded Leopard National Park | ||
| 25: | Uttarakhand | Rajaji National Park |
| Jim Corbett National Park | ||
| Gangotri National Park | ||
| Valley of Flowers National Park | ||
| Govind Pashu Vihar | ||
| Nanda Devi National Park | ||
| 26: | Uttar Pradesh | Dudhwa National Park |
| 27: | West Bengal | Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Jaldapara National Park | ||
| Buxa National Park | ||
| Neora Valley National Park | ||
| Singalila National Park | ||
| Gorumara National Park | ||
| 28: | Andaman and Nicobar | Mahatma Gandhi Marine (Wandoor) National Park |
| Middle Button Island National Park | ||
| Mount Harriet National Park | ||
| North Button Island National Park | ||
| Rani Jhansi Marine National Park | ||
| Saddle Peak National Park | ||
| South Button Island National Park | ||
| Campbell Bay National Park | ||
| Galathea Bay National Park |
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