Wildlife Sanctuaries in Bihar and Jharkhand | Important for RRB, SSC, IBPS exams.

National Parks in India

India has so many National Parks in India, wildlife sanctuary, 32 Elephant Reserves in India, 50 Tiger Reserves ( Tiger Sanctuary in India). We are starting our new series about wildlife in india. In This Series We will discus about a list of wildlife sanctuaries in india by state-wise, Today Bihar and Jharkhand.
There are 543 existing wildlife sanctuaries in India covering an area of  118,918 km2, which is 3.62 % of the geographical area of the country.


National Wildlife Database

S. No.
Name of State/ Protected Area
Year of Establishment
Area (km2)
District(s)

Bihar
1
Barela Jheel Salim Ali Bird WLS
1997
1.96
Vaishali
2
Bhimbandh WLS
1976
681.99
Munger
3
Gautam Budha WLS
1976
138.34
Gaya
4
Kaimur WLS
1982
1342.00
Rohtas
5
Kanwarjheel WLS
1989
63.11
Begusarai
6
Kusheshwar Asthan Bird WLS
1994
29.17
Darbhnaga
7
Nagi Dam WLS
1987
1.92
Jamui
8
Nakti Dam WLS
1987
3.33
Jamui
9
Pant (Rajgir) WLS
1978
35.84
Nalanda
10
Udaipur WLS
1978
8.87
Pashchim Champaran
11
Valmiki WLS
1978
545.15
Pashchim Champaran
12
Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin WLS
1990
50.00
Bhagalpur

Jharkhand
1
Dalma WLS
1976
193.22
East Singhbhum & Saraikela
2
Gautam Budha
1976
121.14
Koderma & Hazaribagh
3
Hazaribagh WLS
1976
186.25
Hazaribagh
4
Kodarma WLS
1985
177.35
Koderma
5
Lawalong WLS
1978
211.03
Chatra
6
Mahuadanr Wolf WLS
1976
63.26
Latehar
7
Palamau WLS
1976
752.94
Latehar
8
Palkot WLS
1990
182.83
Gumla & Simdega
9
Parasnath WLS
1984
49.33
Giridih
10
Topchanchi WLS
1978
12.82
Dhanbad
11
Udhwa Lake Bird WLS
1991
5.65
Sahebganj

State-wise detail of Wildlife Sanctuaries, Area and Numbers (As on July, 2017)

Name of Indian State  & Union Territory
State Area km²
No. of Wildlife Sanctuary
Area km²
State Area %
Andhra Pradesh
1,60,205
13
5,942.23
3.71
Arunachal Pradesh
83,743
11
7,487.75
8.94
Assam
78,438
18
1,840.14
2.35
Bihar
94,163
12
2,901.67
3.08
Chhattisgarh
1,35,191
11
3,760.29
2.78
Goa
3,702
6
6,47.91
17.50
Gujarat
1,96,022
23
16,618.42
8.48
Haryana
44,212
8
2,33.21
0.53
Himachal Pradesh
55,673
28
6,116.10
10.99
Jammu & Kashmir
2,22,236
15
10,243.11
4.61
Jharkhand
79,714
11
1,955.82
2.45
Karnataka
1,91,791
30
6,774.81
3.53
Kerala
3,88,63
17
1,928.24
4.96
Madhya Pradesh
3,08,245
25
7,158.42
2.32
Maharashtra
3,07,713
42
7,604.44
2.47
Manipur
22,327
2
184.81
0.83
Meghalaya
22,429
4
94.10
0.42
Mizoram
21,081
8
1,090.75
5.17
Nagaland
16,579
3
20.34
0.12
Odisha
1,55,707
19
7,094.65
4.56
Punjab
50,362
13
3,26.60
0.65
Rajasthan
3,42,239
25
5,592.38
1.63
Sikkim
7,096
7
3,99.10
5.62
Tamil Nadu
1,30,058
29
6,157.12
4.73
Telangana
1,14,840
9
5,675.91
4.94
Tripura
10,486
4
5,66.93
5.41
Uttar Pradesh
2,40,928
25
5,828.36
2.42
Uttarakhand
53,483
7
2,690.12
5.03
West Bengal
88,752
15
1,442.12
1.62
Andaman & Nicobar
8,249
96
389.39
4.72
Chandigarh
114
2
26.01
22.82
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
491
1
92.16
18.77
Daman & Diu
112
1
2.19
1.96
Delhi
1,483
1
27.82
1.88
Lakshadweep
32
1
0.01
0.03
Pondicherry
480
1
3.90
0.81
Total
3287263
543
1,18,918
3.62





















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