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National Parks

 

State

Name

Notable Features

Fauna

Rivers and lakes inside the national park

Kerala

Anamudi Shola National Park[1]

The park is administered by Munnar Wildlife Division, together with the nearby Mathikettan Shola National Park, Eravikulam National Park, Pampadum Shola National Park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and the Kurinjimala Sanctuary, with Anamudi Shola providing connectivity between all these protected areas.

Elephant, Tiger, Nilgiri tahr, Gaur, Spotted Deer, Sambar, Grizzled Giant Squirrel, Hanuman Langur, Sloth Bear, Flying Squirrels

Pambar River

Karnataka

Anshi National Park

Part of Kali Tiger Reserve

Great hornbill, tiger, leopard, black panther, bear, elephant.

Kali River (Karnataka)

Meghalaya

Balphakram National Park

Balphakram means 'land of the eternal wind' according to the myth of the Garos.

Wild water buffalo, red panda, elephant and eight cat species, including the tiger and marbled cat

 

Madhya Pradesh

Bandhavgarh National Park

Very high tiger density, so the saying

Gaurs reintroduced from Kanha National Park

Bengal tiger, striped hyena, caracal, gaur, sambar deer, nilgai, barking deer, chital,

 

Madhya Pradesh

Omkareshwar National Park

 

 

 

Karnataka

Bandipur National Park

Dry deciduous forest is dominant. Also include moist deciduous forests and shrublands.

It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Invasive Alien Species - Lantana bush, Parthenium

Chital, Bengal tiger, gray langurs, Indian giant squirrel, gaur, leopard, sambar deer, Indian elephants, honey buzzard, red-headed vulture

Kabini River, Moyar River

Karnataka

Bannerghatta National Park

The park is part of a wildlife corridor for elephants which connects the BR Hills and the Sathyamangalam forest.

Moist deciduous forest valleys and scrubland on higher areas

Tiger, sloth bear, peacock, elephant, sambar deer, mouse deer

 

Jharkhand

Betla National Park

 

Tiger, Indian bison, elephant, hyenas, monkey, leopard

North Koyal River

Odisha

Bhitarkanika National Park

A ramsar site

Mangroves, saltwater crocodile, white crocodile, Indian python, black ibis, wild pigs, rhesus monkeys, olive ridley sea turtle, chital

Brahmani River, Baitarani River, Dhamra River, Pathsala

Tripura

Bison (Rajbari) National Park

 

 

 

Gujarat

Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar

Used to be a cheetah hunting ground

Has largest population of lesser florican

A grassland ecosystem

Successful conservation programs for the blackbuck, wolf and lesser florican (a bustard) are ongoing

Blackbucks, the endangered Indian grey wolf, the nocturnal striped hyena, Indian fox, golden jackal, jungle cat and many small mammals like hare, gerbil, field mice, mongoose and hedgehog.

 

West Bengal

Buxa Tiger Reserve

Northern boundary along international border with Bhutan and eastern boundary touches Assam

The fragile "Terai Eco-System" constitutes a part of this reserve

 

Buxa, serves as an international corridor for Asian elephant migration between India and Bhutan

Rajabhatkhawa Vulture Breeding Centre was established by Bombay Natural History Society to emulate the success of Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore

Indian leopard, Bengal tiger, clouded leopard, giant squirrel, gaur, chital and wild boar

Eurasian griffon, Amur falcon

Endangered species include leopard cat, Bengal florican, regal python, Chinese pangolin, hispid hare, hog deer lesser adjutant, white-rumped vulture, slender-billed vulture, chestnut-breasted partridge, rufous necked hornbill, ferruginous pochard and great hornbill

 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Campbell Bay National Park

 

 

 

Maharashtra

Chandoli National Park

 

 

 

Tripura

Clouded Leopard National Park

 

 

 

Jammu and Kashmir

Dachigam National Park

Only area where Kashmir stag is found[3]

 

 

Great Indian bustard

 

 

 

 

Assam

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

 

Feral horse, Ganges River Dolphin

Brahmaputra, Lohit River, Dibru

Assam

Dehing Patkai National Park

 

White Winged Wood Duck, Slow Loris

Dihing river

Assam

Raimona National Park

 

Golden Langur

 

Uttar Pradesh

Dudhwa National Park

 

Tiger, Sambar deer, hog deer

 

Kerala

Eravikulam National Park[4]

The land of “Neelakurinji”, the flower that blooms once in twelve years

Anamudi, the highest peak of western ghats, is located here

Vegetation - Rolling grasslands, with shola forests in upper parts

Nilgiri tahr, Neelakurinji

lion-tailed macaques, gaur, Indian muntjac and sambar deer

Pambar River (Kerala)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Galathea National Park

 

 

 

Uttarakhand

Gangotri National Park

 

Gaumukh Glacier

Ganga

Gujarat

Gir Forest National Park

 

Asiatic lion

Hiran, Shetrunji River, Datardi, Shingoda, Machhundri, Godavari and Raval

West Bengal

Gorumara National Park

 

The park is rich in large herbivores including Indian rhinoceros, gaur, Asian elephant, sloth bear, chital, and sambar deer

Jaldhaka, Naora

Uttarakhand

Govind Pashu Vihar National Park

 

 

 

Himachal Pradesh

Great Himalayan National Park

 

UNESCO World Heritage Site

 

Maharashtra

Gugamal National Park

 

 

 

Tamil Nadu

Guindy National Park

 

Has more than 2000 chitals, 493 blackbucks and 84 jackals.

 

Tamil Nadu

Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park

 

has 8 species of whales and 21 small coral islands

 

Chhattisgarh

Guru Ghasidas National Park

Largest national park of chhattisgarh

 

 

Ladakh

Hemis National Park

Largest National park in India

 

 

Himachal Pradesh

Inderkilla National Park

 

 

 

Tamil Nadu

Indira Gandhi Sanctuary and National Park

 

Tigers, leopards, elephants, wildboars, deers, dhole.

 

Chhattisgarh

Indravati National Park

 

Wild Asian buffalo, tiger reserve, hill mynas

 

West Bengal

Jaldapara National Park

 

Indian rhinoceros

 

Uttarakhand

Jim Corbett National Park

First national park in India (established in 1936 as Hailey National Park).

Report titled ‘Status of Tigers Co-predators and Prey in India’, released by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for 2018-19 revealed that national park has 14 tigers per 100 square kilometers which is highest in India.

 

Ramganga

Haryana

Kalesar National Park

 

 

Yamuna

Madhya Pradesh

Kanha National Park

 

Barasingha or swamp deer

 

Chhattisgarh

Kanger Ghati National Park

 

 

 

Telangana

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park

 

 

 

Assam

Kaziranga National Park

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Indian rhinoceros ,

Royal Bengal Tiger, Asiatic Water Buffalo, Asian Elephant, Eastern Swamp Deer

 

Manipur

Keibul Lamjao National Park

Only floating park in the world

 

Loktak Lake

Rajasthan

Keoladeo National Park

UNESCO World Heritage Site

 

 

Sikkim

Khangchendzonga National Park

UNESCO World Heritage Site. Houses the third highest peak on the planet, Mt. Kangchenjunga. The Zemu glacier, one of the largest in Asia, is located within the park.

musk deer, snow leopard, Himalayan tahr, dhole, sloth bear, viverrids, Himalayan black bear, red panda, Tibetan wild ass, Himalayan blue sheep, serow, goral and takin

Teesta (to the east)

Himachal Pradesh

Khirganga National Park

 

 

 

Jammu and Kashmir

Kishtwar National Park

 

 

 

Karnataka

Kudremukh National Park

 

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

Kuno National Park

 

Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project, India's first cheetah sanctuary

 

Madhya Pradesh

Madhav National Park

 

 

 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park

 

 

 

Telangana

Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park

 

 

 

Assam

Manas National Park

UNESCO World Heritage Site, contiguous with Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan. 2 types of biomes - grasslands biome and forest biome. Rhinos were reintroduced in 2008 under Indian Rhino Vision from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary and Kaziranga National Park

Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog

Manas

Madhya Pradesh

Mandla Plant Fossils National Park

 

 

 

Gujarat

Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch

Threat - Coral bleaching

Corals, sponges, jellyfish, endangered sea turtles such as green sea turtles, olive ridleys and leatherbacks, dugongs, Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, blue whales

 

Kerala

Mathikettan Shola National Park

The park is located between other reserve forests like Eravikulam National Park and Pampadam Shola National Park

Elephants

 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Middle Button Island National Park

moist deciduous forest surrounded by sandy beaches and shallow seas with clear water

Corals, dugongs, dolphins, sea turtles, blue whales, spotted deer, water lizards and monitor lizards

 

Goa

Mollem National Park

contains several important temples dating to the Kadambas of Goa, and home to waterfalls, such as Dudhsagar Falls and Tambdi Falls.

 

 

Arunachal Pradesh

Mouling National Park

Forms the western part of Dihang-Dibang biosphere reserve

takin, goral, Indian leopard, Bengal tiger, barking deer, serow and red panda

Siyom (to the west)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Mount Harriet National Park

 

Important bird area as attributed by BirdLife International

Andaman wild pigs (an endangered species), saltwater crocodiles, turtles and robber crabs. The park is also a butterfly hotspot.

 

Telangana

Mrugavani National Park

 

 

 

Tamil Nadu

Mudumalai National Park

Part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Second oldest National Park in India. Largest National Park in Tamil Nadu.

Bengal tiger, indian leopard, dhole, golden jackal, sloth bear, Indian elephants, gray langur, Lion tailed macaque, bonnet macaque, gaur, sambar deer, chital deer, Indian muntjac, Indian spotted chevrotain, wild boar

Rodents include the Indian giant squirrel and the red giant flying squirrel

Moyar River

Rajasthan

Mukundra Hills National Park

National Chambal Sanctuary is part of the national park

 

 

Tamil Nadu

Mukurthi National Park

Part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and is also UNESCO World Heritage Site.The park was created to protect its keystone species, the Nilgiri tahr

characterized by montane grasslands and shrublands interspersed with sholas

Nilgiri tahr

 

Mizoram

Murlen National Park

 

 

 

Karnataka

Nagarhole National Park

Kabini reservoir separates Nagarhole from Bandipur National Park

Carnivores - Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, dhole, sloth bear and the striped hyena.

Herbivores - chital, sambar deer, barking deer, four-horned antelope , gaur, wild boar, and Indian elephant.

Other mammals - gray langur, bonnet macaque, jungle cat, leopard cat, slender loris, small Indian civet and Asian palm civet , Indian brown mongoose and stripe-necked mongoose, European otter, Indian giant flying squirrel, Indian giant squirrel, porcupine, golden jackal, chevrotain, hare and Indian pangolin

 

Arunachal Pradesh

Namdapha National Park

The national park harbours the northernmost lowland evergreen rainforests in the world at 27°N latitude.

The park is located between the Dapha bum range of the Mishmi Hills and the Patkai range

Easternmost National Park of India

The area falls under both the Palearctic and Indo Malayan biogeographic areas

Vegetation zones from evergreen, moist deciduous to temperate broadleaved and coniferous forest types to alpine vegetation

Namdapha flying squirrel, red panda, dhole, Malayan sun bear, Indian wolf, Asiatic black bear, gaur, stump-tailed macaque, Assamese macaque and rhesus macaque.

Noa Dihing River

Assam

Nameri National Park

 

 

 

Uttarakhand

Nanda Devi National Park

 

UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

 

Maharashtra

Navegaon National Park

 

 

 

West Bengal

Neora Valley National Park

 

 

 

Meghalaya

Nokrek National Park

 

UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

North Button Island National Park

 

 

 

Nagaland

Ntangki National Park

 

 

 

Assam

Orang National Park

 

Named Rajiv Gandhi National Park in 1992, but rolled back because of public opposition

 

Kerala

Pambadum Shola National Park

Forms part of Munnar Wildlife Division, together with the nearby Mathikettan Shola National Park, Eravikulam National Park, Anamudi Shola National Park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary and the Kurinjimala Sanctuary

It is a part of Palani hills

Keystone species - Nilgiri Marten

Nilgiri marten, Nilgiri wood pigeon, Nilgiri langur, Nilgiri flycatcher, Blue rock-thrush

 

Madhya Pradesh

Panna National Park

 

 

 

Andhra Pradesh

Papikonda National Park

 

Royal Bengal Tiger, Leopards, rusty-spotted cat, King Cobr

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Godavari river

Madhya Pradesh

Pench National Park[6]

 

Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Book' was set in this NP.

 

Kerala

Periyar National Park

An elephant reserve and a tiger reserve

Located high in the Cardamom Hills and Pandalam Hills of the south Western Ghats

The sanctuary surrounds Periyar Lake, a reservoir that formed when the Mullaperiyar Dam was erected in 1895.

The park is made up of tropical evergreen and moist deciduous forests, grasslands and stands of eucalyptus

Malabar parakeet, Malabar grey hornbill, Nilgiri laughing thrush, Nilgiri blue robin, great hornbill, Malabar pied hornbill, lion-tailed macaque, hairy-winged bat

Periyar river, Pamba river

Mizoram

Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park

 

 

Chhimtuipui River

Himachal Pradesh

Pin Valley National Park

 

 

 

Jammu and Kashmir

Qazinag National Park

 

 

 

Uttarakhand

Rajaji National Park

 

Mainly known for elephants, tigers, leopards and several species of birds, reptiles and mammals.

Ganga river

Andhra Pradesh

Rajiv Gandhi National Park (Rameswaram)

 

 

 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Rani Jhansi Marine National Park

 

 

 

Rajasthan

Ranthambore National Park

 

Tiger Reserve.

 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Saddle Peak National Park

 

 

 

Jammu and Kashmir

Salim Ali National Park

Turned into the Royal Springs Golf Course

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

Sanjay National Park[7]

 

 

 

Maharashtra

Sanjay Gandhi National Park

 

, Indian Leopard, Rhesus Macaque, Bonnet Macaque, Spotted Deer, Hanuman Langur, Indian Flying Fox, Indian Hare, Barking Deer, Porcupine, Palm Civet, Mouse Deer

 

Rajasthan

Sariska Tiger Reserve

 

 

 

Madhya Pradesh

Satpura National Park

 

 

 

Kerala

Silent Valley National Park[8]

Located in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

 

Home to the largest population of lion-tailed macaques

Famous for "Save Silent Valley" movement

 

Indian bison, Travancore flying squirrel, Salim Ali's fruit bat, Stripe-necked mongoose, Blue-winged parakeet, Crimson-backed sunbird

Kunthipuzha River

Himachal Pradesh

Simbalbara National Park

 

 

 

Manipur

Sirohi National Park

 

 

 

Odisha

Simlipal National Park

 

Tiger, leopard, Asian elephant, sambar, barking deer, gaur, jungle cat, wild boar

 

West Bengal

Singalila National Park

 

 

 

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

South Button Island National Park

 

Dugong, dolphin, water monitor lizard, blue whale and smallest National park in India

 

Andhra Pradesh

Sri Venkateswara National Park

 

 

 

Haryana

Sultanpur National Park

 

 

 

West Bengal

Sundarbans National Park

 

UNESCO World Heritage Site

 

Maharashtra

Tadoba National Park

 

Tiger

 

Uttarakhand

Valley of Flowers National Park

 

UNESCO World Heritage Site, Most beautiful national park in the world

 

Bihar

Valmiki National Park

 

Tiger Reserve

 

Gujarat

Vansda National Park

 

Leopard, Dhole, Rhesus Macaque, Common Palm Civet, Hanuman Langur, Small Indian Civet, Four-Horned Antelope, Wild Boar, Indian Porcupine, Barking Deer, Striped Hyena, Jungle Cat, Flying Squirrel, Pangolin and Indian Giant Squirrel.

 

Madhya Pradesh

Van Vihar National Park

 

 

 

 

 

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