Below is list of some Wildlife Sanctuaries in India. Questions related to Wildlife Sanctuaries their state, area and reserved species is asked in various entrance exams like SSC, Civil and Administrative Services, Banking and Insurance exams. Candidates appearing for entrance exams must have good knowledge of Wildlife Sanctuaries in India and basic information about them.
Wildlife sanctuaries are established by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) category IV protected areas. In total India has 543 wildlife sanctuaries out of which 50 are Tiger Reserves which are governed by Tiger Reserve. Some Wildlife Sanctuaries are also named as Bird Sanctuaries specifically.
Let us have a brief look at Top Wild Life Sanctuaries.
Wildlife sanctuaries are established by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) category IV protected areas. In total India has 543 wildlife sanctuaries out of which 50 are Tiger Reserves which are governed by Tiger Reserve. Some Wildlife Sanctuaries are also named as Bird Sanctuaries specifically.
Let us have a brief look at Top Wild Life Sanctuaries.
The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary
- Location: Gujarat, India.
- Area: 1412 SqKm.
- Establishment: 1965
- Governed By: The Forests & Environment Department
- Region: Sole Home of Asiatic Lions
Great Himalayan National Park
Jim Corbett National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Periyar National Park
Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary
Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
Manas National Park
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve
- Location: Kullu (H.P.), India.
- Area: 1171 SqKm.
- Establishment: 1984
- Governed By: Government of India, Government of Himachal Pradesh
- Region: more than 375 fauna species & numerous flora
- Listed under World Heritage Site in 2004 by UNESCO.
- Location: Nainital (Uttarakhand), India.
- Area: 520.8 SqKm.
- Establishment: 1936
- Governed By: Project Tiger, Government of Uttarakhand, Wildlife Warden, Jim Corbett National Park
- Region: It holds 110 tree species, 50 mammal species, 580 bird species and 25 reptile species
- Location: Assam, India.
- Area: 430 SqKm.
- Establishment: 1908
- Governed By: Government of India, Government of Assam
- Region: It comprises of great one-horned rhinoceroses, tigers, elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer and it also comprises of tall elephant grass, marshland, and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests, criss-crossed by four major rivers, including the Brahmaputra.
- Listed under World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1985
- Declared Tiger Reserve in 2006
- Location: Idukki (Kerala), India.
- Area: 305 SqKm.
- Establishment: 1982
- Governed By: Kerala Forests Department
- Region: elephant reserve and tiger reserve
Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary
- Location: Uttrakhand, India.
- Area: 975 SqKm.
- Establishment: 1972
- Governed By: Uttrakhand Government
- Region: Himalayan musk deer
- Location: Bihar, India.
- Area: 1342 SqKm.
- Governed By: The Forests & Environment Department
- Region: Bengal tigers, Indian leopards, Indian boars, sloth bears, sambar deers, chitals, four-horned antelope and nilgais and more than 70 bird species.
- Location: Assam, India.
- Area: 950 SqKm.
- Establishment: 1990
- Governed By:
- Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
- Region:
- Indian rhinoceros, bengal florican, wild Asian buffalo, capped langur, wild pig, sambar, great hornbill, Malayan giant squirrel or black giant squirrel, etc.
- Location: Telangana (Andhra Pradesh), India.
- Area: 3568 SqKm.
- Establishment: 1983
- Governed By: Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Project Tiger
- Region: largest tiger reserve in India
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