LIST OF NATIONAL PARKS IN TAMILNADU
| S.No |
Name of the National Parks |
Year of Established |
Area (in Sq.Km) |
District |
| 1 |
Guindy NP |
1976 |
2.82 |
Chennai |
| 2 |
Gulf of Mannar Marine NP |
1980 |
6.23 |
Ramanathpuram, Tuticorin |
| 3 |
Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) NP |
1989 |
117.10 |
Coimbatore |
| 4 |
Mudumalai NP |
1990 |
103.23 |
Nilgiris |
| 5 |
Mukurthi NP |
1990 |
78.46 |
Nilgiris |
| List of Proposed National Parks in Tamilnadu |
| S.No |
Name of the National Parks |
Province |
Area (in Sq.Km) |
| 6 |
Mundanthurai - Kalakad |
05B |
400.00 |
| 7 |
Kaveri |
06E |
100.00 |
| 8 |
Point Calimere |
08B |
7.00 |
STATE-WISE BREAK UP OF NATIONAL PARKS
There are 99 existing national parks in India covering an area of 38,155 Sq.Km, which is 1.19% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, March 2009). In addition to the above 75 national parks covering an area of 16,608.45 Sq.Km. are proposed in the Protected Area Network Report (Rodgers & Panwar 1988). The network of parks will go up 174 after full implementation of the above report.
STATE/
UNION TERRITORIES |
Area Of State
(Sq.Km) |
No. of
NPS |
Area Covered
(Sq.Km) |
% of State Area
|
| Andhra Pradesh |
275068 |
4 |
373.23 |
0.14 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |
83743 |
2 |
2290.82 |
2.74 |
| Assam |
78438 |
5 |
1977.79 |
2.52 |
| Bihar |
94163 |
1 |
335.65 |
0.36 |
| Chhattisgarh |
135194 |
3 |
2899.08 |
2.14 |
| Goa |
3702 |
1 |
107.00 |
2.89 |
| Gujarat |
196024 |
4 |
480.11 |
0.24 |
| Haryana |
44212 |
2 |
48.25 |
0.11 |
| Himachal Pradesh |
55673 |
2 |
1430.00 |
2.57 |
| Jammu & Kashmir |
222235 |
4 |
3930.25 |
1.77 |
| Jharkhand |
79714 |
1 |
231.67 |
0.29 |
| Karnataka |
191791 |
5 |
2472.18 |
1.29 |
| Kerala |
38863 |
6 |
558.16 |
1.44 |
| Madhya Pradesh |
308252 |
9 |
3656.36 |
1.19 |
| Maharashtra |
307690 |
6 |
1273.60 |
0.41 |
| Manipur |
22327 |
1 |
40.00 |
0.18 |
| Meghalaya |
22429 |
2 |
267.48 |
1.19 |
| Mizoram |
21081 |
2 |
150.00 |
0.71 |
| Nagaland |
16579 |
1 |
202.02 |
1.22 |
| Orissa |
155707 |
2 |
990.70 |
0.64 |
| Punjab |
50362 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Rajasthan |
342239 |
5 |
4122.33 |
1.20 |
| Sikkim |
7096 |
1 |
1784.00 |
25.14 |
| Tamil Nadu |
130058 |
5 |
307.84 |
0.24 |
| Tripura |
10486 |
2 |
199.79 |
1.91 |
| Uttar Pradesh |
240926 |
1 |
490.00 |
0.20 |
| Uttarakhand |
53485 |
6 |
4731.00 |
8.85 |
| West Bengal |
88752 |
5 |
1693.25 |
1.91 |
Union Territories
|
| Andaman & Nicobar |
8249 |
9 |
1156.91 |
14.02 |
| Chandigarh |
114 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
491 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Daman & Diu |
112 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Delhi |
1483 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Lakshadweep |
32 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Pondicherry |
493 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| India |
3287263 |
99 |
39155 |
1.19 |
SOURCE : http://www.wii.gov.in/nwdc/nparks.htm |
