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Protected Area Network in Orissa - Vasundhara

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NATIONAL PARKSThere are 92 exist<strong>in</strong>g national parks <strong>in</strong> India cover<strong>in</strong>g an area of 38,569.66 km2, whichis 1.17% of the geographical area of the country (National Wildlife Database, July2004). In addition to the above 74 national parks cover<strong>in</strong>g an area of 16,630.08 km2are proposed <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Protected</strong> <strong>Area</strong> <strong>Network</strong>. Maximum numbers of parks exist <strong>in</strong>size class less 100-500 km 2 and there are 7 parks, hav<strong>in</strong>g more than 5,000 km 2 .State wise break up of National ParksState/UTs <strong>Area</strong> (km 2 ) NP <strong>Area</strong> (km 2 ) %of <strong>Area</strong>Andhra Pradesh 275068 4 373.23 0.14Arunachal Pradesh 83743 2 2290.82 2.74Assam 78438 5 1968.60 2.51Bihar 94163 1 335.65 0.36Chhattisgarh 135194 3 2929.50 2.17Goa 3702 1 107.00 2.89Gujarat 196024 4 480.11 0.24Haryana 44212 2 117.13 0.26Himachal Pradesh 55673 2 1429.40 2.57Jammu & Kashmir 222235 4 4680.25 2.11Jharkhand 79714 1 231.67 0.29Karnataka 191791 5 2435.14 1.27Kerala 38863 4 549.34 1.41Madhya Pradesh 308252 9 3656.36 1.19Maharashtra 307690 5 955.93 0.31Manipur 22327 1 40.00 0.18Meghalaya 22429 2 267.48 1.19Mizoram 21081 2 250.00 1.1921

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