Some of the major wildlife protected areas in India are as follows-
1. Dachigam National Park
* Located 22 kilometres from Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir UT.
* Name of the park literally stands for “ten villages”
2. Kishtwar National Park
* Located in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir
3. Hemis National Park
* Located in eastern Ladakh Union Territory.
* Bounded by the banks of the Indus River and the Zanskar Range.
* Largest National park in India
4. Pin Valley National Park
* Located in Lahaul and Spiti of Himachal Pradesh
* Home to Tibetan Buddhist
5. Great Himalayan National Park
* Located in Kullu of Himachal Pradesh
* Area of 1100 km2
6. Kalesar National Park
* Located in Yamunanagar district of Haryana in Shivalik foothills
* Area of 110 km2
* Popular for leopards, panthers, elephants, etc
7. Valley of Flowers National Park
* Located in North Chamoli of Uttarakhand
* The transition zone between the Zanskar Range and Great Himalaya.
8. Rajaji National Park
* Located across Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri Garhwal of Uttarakhand
* Named after Bharat Ratna C. Rajagopalachari
* Area of 820 km2
* Elephants, leopards, chital and tigers
9. Nanda Devi National Park
* Located in Chamoli of Uttarakhand
* Area of 630 km2
* The fauna found are Himalayan musk deer, tahr, Snow Leopard
10. Jim Corbett National Park
* Located in Nainital and Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand
* Area of 1310 km2
* Oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park.
* First to come under the Project Tiger initiative
* The Ramganga river flows through it.
11. Gangotri National Park
* Located in Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand
* The Holy Gaumukh glacier is located inside the park.
* Area of 2390 km2
12. Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
* Located in Lakhimpur Kheri District of Uttar Pradesh
* Area of 490 km2
* Tiger, swamp deer, leopard, barasingha, elephants
13. Keoladeo National Park
* Located in Bharatpur, Rajasthan
* Famous for avifauna
* Area of 30 km2
* It has a man-made and man-managed wetland.
14. Ranthambore National Park
* Located in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan
* Bounded by Banas River and Chambal River
15. Sariska Tiger Reserve
* Located in Alwar district, Rajasthan
* Area of 860 km2
* Bengal tiger, leopard, jungle cat, golden jackal, chital, sambar deer, nilgai etc are found.
16. Desert National Park
* Located in Jaisalmer and Barmer of Rajasthan
* The ecosystem is of the Thar Desert with Sand dunes
* Area of 3160 km2
17. Bandhavgarh National Park
* Located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh
* Area of 710 km2
18. Panna National Park
* Located in Panna and Chhatarpur districts of Madhya Pradesh
* Ken River runs in the northeast of it.
* Area of 540 km2
19. Kanha Tiger Reserve
* Located in Mandla and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh
* The largest national park of Madhya Pradesh
* Area of 940 km2
20. Valmiki National Park
* Located at the India-Nepal border in the West Champaran district of Bihar
* Area of 900 km2
* Bengal tiger, rhinoceros, black bear, leopard etc
21. Betla National Park
* Located in the Palamu district of Jharkhand
* On the Chota Nagpur Plateau
* Area of 1020 km2
22. Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve
* Located across Koriya, Sidhi of Chhattisgarh and Singrauli districts of Madhya Pradesh
* Area of 1440 km2
23. Indravati National Park
* Located in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh
* Indravati River flows nearby
* Area of 1250 km2
* Project Tiger reserve
24. Sundarbans National Park
* Located at the coast of West Bengal.
* UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Designated Ramsar site
* Area of 1330 km2
25. Jaldapara National Park
* Located in Uttar Madarihat District of West Bengal
* On the foothills of Eastern Himalayas
* Area of 215 km2
* The Chilapata Forests is an elephant corridor between Jaldapara and the Buxa Tiger Reserve
26. Buxa Tiger Reserve
* Located in Alipurduar District of West Bengal
* Along the international border with Bhutan
* Area of 755 km2
27. Khangchendzonga National Park
* Located in North Sikkim
* UNESCO World Heritage Site as a mixed-criteria
* Area of 850 km2
28. Kaziranga National Park
* Located in Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Nagaon districts of Assam
* Crisscrossed by Diphlu, Brahmaputra, Mora Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri rivers
29. Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
* Located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of Assam
* Bounded by the Brahmaputra, Lohit and Dibru rivers
* Area of 340 km2
30. Orang National Park
* Located in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam
* Area of 80 km2
* Indian rhinoceros, pygmy hog, Asian elephant, Bengal tiger etc are found
31. Namdapha National Park
* Located in Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh
* Northernmost lowland evergreen rainforests in the world
* Features tropical evergreen forest, temperate and alpine forests
* Area of 1200 km2
32. Mouling National Park
* Located in Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh
* Area of 450 km2
33. Ntangki National Park
* Located in Peren district of Nagaland
* Area of 150 km2
* Golden langur, python, hornbill, civet, black stork, tiger etc are found
34. Sirohi National Park
* Located in Imphal District of Manipur
* On the Indo-Myanmar border
* Area of 40 km2
35. Keibul Lamjao National Park
* Located in the Bishnupur district of Manipur
* Loktak Lake is located here
* Area of 40 km2
* Famous for Sangai deer
36. Balphakram National Park
* Located in South Garo Hills of Meghalaya
* Area of 210 km2
* Wild water buffalo, red panda, elephant, marbled cat etc are found
37. Nokrek National Park
* Located in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya
* Area of 45 km2
* Famous for red pandas
38. Murlen National Park
* Located in the Champhai district of Mizoram
* Area of 75 km2
* Tiger, leopard, sambar, barking deer, Malayan giant squirrel, Himalayan black etc refound
39. Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park
* Located in the Lawngtlai district of Mizoram
* Area of 50 km2
* Mountain goat, tiger, leopard, leopard, serow, goral, Asiatic black bear, etc are found
40. Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary
* Located in South Tripura District.
* Area of 160 km2
* Deers, Hollock Gibbon, Golden Langur, Capped Langur, Pheasan etc are found
41. Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
* Located in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra
* Area of 600 km2
* Andhari river (Wainganga River) flows in it
* Bengal tiger, leopards, sloth bears, gaur, nilgai etc are
42. Melghat Tiger Reserve
* Located in Amravati District of Maharashtra
* Gugamal National Park is part of it
* Area of 400 km2
* Tapti River and Satpura Range form boundary
43. Sahyadri Tiger Reserve
* Located over Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli Districts of Maharashtra
* Area of 750 km2
* Chandoli National Park and Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary bound it.
44. Sanjay Gandhi National Park
* Located in Mumbai
* Area of 85 km2
45. Gir Forest National Park
* Located in Junagadh, Gir Somnath and Amreli Districts of Gujrat
* Area of 1410 km2
* Famous for Asiatic Lion
46. Simlipal National Park
* Located in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha
* Joranda and Barehipani Falls are famous in it
47. Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary
* Located in Kendrapara district of Odisha
* Has Ramsar site
* Area of 670 km2
48. Papikonda National Park
* Located in Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh
* Godavari River flows
* Area of 1010 km2
* Famous for Birds
49. Sri Venkateswara National Park
* Located in Chittoor and Cuddapah districts of Andhra Pradesh
* Area of 350 km2
* Leopard, hyena, civet etc
50. Bandipur National Park
* Located in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka
* Area of 850 km2
* Tiger, leopard, sambar, chital, elephant etc
51. Nagarhole National Park
* Located in Kodagu, Mysore districts of Karnataka
* Area of 650 km2
* Tigers, gaur, elephants, leopards, Chital, Sambar,
52. Kali Tiger Reserve
* Located in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka
* Area of 1200 km2
* Bengal tigers, black panthers and Indian elephants etc are found
53. Bannerghatta National Park
* Located near Bangalore, Karnataka
* Area of 260 km2
* Connects the Biligiriranga Hills and Sathyamangalam forest
54. Mudumalai National Park
* Located in Nilgiri District, of Tamil Nadu
* Area of 320 km2
* Indian elephant, Bengal tiger, gaur and Indian leopard etc are found
55. Anamalai Tiger Reserve
* Located in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts of Tamil Nadu
* Area of 950 km2
* Tiger is a major attraction
56. Mukurthi National Park
* Located in Nilgiri District, of Tamil Nadu
* Area of 80 km2
* Bengal tiger, elephant, leopard, Nilgiri tahr, lion-tailed macaque etc
57. Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
* Located near Tuticorin of Tamil Nadu
* Consist of 21 small islands
58. Campbell Bay National Park
* Located in the island of Great Nicobar
* Area of 426 km2
59. Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park
* Located in South Andaman
* Spread over 20 islands
* Area of 260 km2
* Fringing reef corals and nesting sea turtles are a major attraction.
60. Rani Jhansi Marine National Park
* Located in the Andaman
* Area of 256 km2
* Lagoons, coral reefs, beaches, lowland evergreen rain forest, semi-evergreen rain forest and mangrove forests ecosystems
61. Mount Harriet National Park
* Located in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
* Area of 42 km2
* Has Andaman wild pigs, saltwater crocodiles, turtles and robber crabs, also a butterfly hotspot
62. Periyar National Park
* Located in Idukki and Pathanamthitta, Kerala
* Area of 300 km2
* Both an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve.
63. Silent Valley National Park
* Located in Nilgiri hills in Kerala
* Kunthipuzha River drains it
* Area of 90 km2
64. Eravikulam National Park
* Located in Idukki district of Kerala
* Periyar river in the west and of the Cauvery River in the east
* Home to largest population Nilgiri tahr