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List of Wild Life Sanctuaries and it’s Locations in India

Sanctuary is an area which is of adequate ecological, faunal, floral, geomorphological, natural or zoological significance. The Sanctuary is declared for the purpose of protecting, propagating or developing wildlife or its environment. 

Wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in India are important for upsc exams.

Here is State Wise list of all wildlife Sanctuaries (WLS) in India 

Place / UT - Andaman and Nicobar islands 

Names of sanctuaries - 

1. Barren Island WLS
2. Bluff Island WLS 
3. Cinque Islands WLS 
4. Defence Island WLS
5. Interview Island WLS
6. James Island WLS
7. Landfall Island WLS
8. Lohabarrack (Saltwater Crocodile) WLS
9. Pitman Island WLS
10. Point Island WLS
11. Spike Island-I WLS
12. South Brother Island WLS
13. Temple Island WLS
14. West Island WLS

Place /State - Andhra Pradesh 

Names of Sanctuaries - 

1. Coringa WLS
2. GundlaBrahmeswaram WLS
3. Kolleru WLS
4. Krishna WLS
5. NagarjunaSagar-Srisailam WLS
6. Pulicat Lake WLS
7. Rollapadu WLS
8. Sri Venkateswara WLS *Combined area with Telangana

Place /State - Arunachal Pradesh 

Names of Sanctuaries - 

1. D’Ering Memorial (Lali) WLS
2. Dibang WLS
3. Eagle Nest WLS
4. Itanagar WLS
5. Kamlang WLS
6. Kane WLS
7. Mehao WLS
8. Pakhui/ Pakke WLS
9. Sessa Orchid WLS
10. Tale Valley WLS
11. Yordi-RabeSupse WLS

Place/State  - Assam 

Names of Sanctuaries - 

1. Amchang WLS
2. Barail WLS
3. Barnadi WLS
4. Bherjan-Borajan-Padumoni WLS
5. Burachapori WLS
6. Chakrashila WLS
7. Deepor Beel WLS
8. Dihing Patkai WLS
9. East KarbiAnglong WLS
10. Garampani WLS
11. Hollongapar Gibbon WLS
12. Lawkhowa WLS
13. Marat Longri WLS
14. Nambor WLS
15. Nambor Doigrung WLS
16. Porbitora WLS
17. Pani-Dihing Bird WLS
18. SonaiRupai WLS

Place / State- Bihar 

1. BarelaJheelSalim Ali Bird WLS
2. Bhimbandh WLS
3. GautamBudha WLS
4. Kanwarjheel WLS
5. Kaimur WLS
6. Pant (Rajgir) WLS
7. Udayapur WLS
8. Valmiki WLS
9. VikramshilaGangetic Dolphin WLS

Place - Chandigarh 

1. Sukhna Lake WLS

Place - Chhattisgarh 

1. Achanakmar WLS
2. Badalkhol WLS
3. Barnawapara WLS
4. Bhairamgarh WLS
5. Bhoramdev WLS
6. Sarangarh-Gomardha WLS
7. Pamed Wild Buffalo WLS
8. Semarsot WLS
9. Sitanadi WLS
10. TamorPingla WLS
11. Udanti Wild Buffalo WLS

Place - 

Dadra Nagar Haveli - 

Dadra & Nagar Haveli WLS

Daman and Diu - 

Fudam WLS

Place /UT - Delhi 

Sanctuary - 

1. AsolaBhati (Indira Priyadarshini) WLS

Place - Goa 

Sanctuaries - 

1. Bondla WLS
2. Chorao Island (Dr.Salim Ali ) WLS (Bird)
3. Cotigaon WLS
4. Madei WLS
5. BhagwanMahavir (Mollem) WLS
6. Netravali WLS

Place - Gujarat 

Name of sanctuaries -

1. Gaga Great Indian Bustard WLS
2. Gir WLS
3. Hingolgadh Nature Reserve WLS
4. Kachchh Desert WLS
5. Marine (Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
6. NalSarovar Bird WLS
7. Narayan Sarovar (Chinkara) WLS
8. Porbandar Lake WLS
9. Ratanmahal WLS
10. Shoolpaneswar (Dhumkhal) WLS
11. Wild Ass WLS

Place - Haryana 

Name of Sanctuaries - 

1. Abubshehar WLS
2. Bhindawas WLS
3. BirShikargarh WLS
4. Chhilchila WLS
5. Kalesar WLS
6. Khaparwas WLS
7. Morni Hills (Khol-Hi-Raitan) WLS
8. Nahar WLS

Place - Himachal Pradesh 

Name Of Sanctuaries - 

1. Bandli WLS
2. Daranghati WLS
3. Dhauladhar WLS
4. Nargu WLS
5. Pong Dam Lake WLS
6. Shimla Water Catchment WLS
7. Talra WLS
8. Tirthan WLS

Place/U T - Jammu Kashmir 

Name of sanctuaries - 

1. Gulbarga WLS
2. Karakoram (NubraShyok) WLS
3. Kishtwar
4. Limber WLS
5. Nandni WLS
6. Rajparian (Daksum) WLS
7. RamnagarRakha WLS
8. SurinsarMansar WLS

Place - Jharkhand 

Name of Sanctuaries - 

1. Lawalong WLS
2. Palamau WLS
3. Palkot WLS
4. Parasnath WLS
5. Udhwa Lake WLS

Place - Karnataka 

1. Arabithittu WLS
2. Attiveri WLS
3. Bhadra WLS
4. Bhimgad WLS
5. BiligiriRangaswamy Temple (B.R.T.) WLS
6. Brahmagiri WLS
7. Cauvery WLS
8. Melkote Temple WLS
9. Mookambika WLS
10. Pushpagiri WLS
11. Ranebennur Black Buck WLS
12. Ranganathittu Bird WLS
13. RamadevaraBetta Vulture WLS
14. Sharavathi Valley WLS
15. Shettihalli WLS
16. Someshwara WLS

Place - Kerala 

1. Aralam WLS
2. Chimmony WLS
3. Idukki WLS
4. Kurinjimala WLS
5. Malabar WLS
6. Mangalavanam Bird WLS
7. Neyyar WLS
8. Parambikulam WLS
9. Peechi-Vazhani WLS
10. Periyar WLS
11. Shendurney WLS
12. Thattekad Bird WLS
13. Wayanad WLS

Place - laddakh

Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary

Place - Lakshadweep 

Pitti WLS (Bird)

Place - Madhya Pradesh 

1. Bori WLS
2. Gandhi Sagar WLS
3. Ghatigaon WLS
4. Ken Gharial WLS
5. Narsighgarh WLS
6. National Chambal WLS
7. Noradehi WLS
8. Orcha WLS
9. Kuno WLS
10. Panna (Gangau) WLS
11. Panpatha WLS
12. Pench WLS
13. Sardarpur WLS
14. Singhori WLS
15. Son Gharial WLS
16. VeerangnaDurgawati WLS

Place - Maharashtra 

1. Aner Dam WLS
2. Bhamragarh WLS
3. Bhimashankar WLS
4. Great Indian Bustard WLS
5. Jaikwadi WLS
6. Koyana WLS
7. Nagzira WLS
8. Painganga WLS
9. Radhanagari WLS
10. Sagareshwar WLS
11. Tipeshwar WLS
12. Tungareshwar WLS

Place - Manipur 

- KhongjaingambaChing WLS

Place - Mizoram 

1. Dampa WLS (TR)
2. Khawnglung WLS
3. Lengteng WLS
4. Ngengpui WLS
5. Pualreng WLS
6. Tawi WLS
7. Thorangtlang WLS
8. Tokalo WLS

Place - Orissa 

1. Badrama WLS
2. Baisipalli WLS
3. Chilika (Nalaban) WLS
4. Hadgarh WLS
5. Khalasuni WLS
6. Satkosia Gorge WLS
7. Simlipal WLS

Place - Pondicherry 

- Oussudu WLS

Place - Punjab 

1. Abohar WLS
2. Harike Lake WLS
3. JhajjarBacholi WLS
4. KathlaurKushlian WLS
5. Takhni-Rehampur WLS
6. Nangal WLS

Place - Rajasthan 

1. BandhBaratha WLS
2. Darrah WLS
3. JawaharSagar WLS
4. Kailadevi WLS
5. Kumbhalgarh WLS
6. Mount Abu WLS
7. Nahargarh WLS
8. National Chambal WLS
9. Ramsagar WLS
10. Sariska WLS
11. Sawai Man Singh WLS
12. Shergarh WLS
13. Sitamata WLS

Place - TamilNadu 

1. Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) WLS
2. Kalakad WLS
3. Kanyakumari WLS
4. Karaivetti WLS
5. Karikili WLS
6. Mudumalai WLS
7. Mundanthurai WLS
8. Pulicat Lake WLS
9. Satyamangalam WS
10. Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel WLS
11. Vaduvoor WLS
12. Vedanthangal WLS
13. Vellanadu (Blackbuck) WLS
14. Vettangudi WLS

Place - Telangana 

1. Kinnersani WLS
2. NagarjunaSagar-Srisailam WLS
3. Pakhal WLS
4. Pocharam WLS
5. Pranahita WLS 

(Combined area with Andhra Pradesh)

Place - Uttar Pradesh 

1. Bakhira WLS
2. Chandraprabha WLS
3. Dr. BhimraoAmbedkar Bird WLS
4. Hastinapur WLS
5. Kishanpur WLS
6. Lakh Bahosi Bird WLS
7. Mahavir Swami WLS
8. Ranipur WLS
9. Saman Bird WLS
10. Samaspur WLS
11. Sandi Bird WLS
12. Sohagibarwa WLS
13. Sohelwa WLS
14. Sur Sarovar WLS
15. Jai Prakash Narayan (Surhatal) Bird WLS
16. Turtle WLS
17. VijaiSagar WLS

Place - Uttarakhand 

1. Askot Musk Deer WLS
2. Binsar WLS 
3. GovindPashuVihar WLS
4. Kedarnath WLS
5. Sonanadi WLS

Place - West Bengal 

1. Ballavpur WLS
2. Buxa WLS
3. ChintamaniKar Bird Sanctuary
4. Haliday Island WLS
5. Jorepokhri Salamander WLS
6. Lothian Island WLS
7. Mahananda WLS
8. West Sunderban WLS

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