India, Asia & Pacific
Number of Protected areas
672
209 with management effectiveness evaluations
Polygons/Points ratio
54% Polygons
46% Points
Number of sources
For International designations | 5 |
For National designations | 16 |
TOTAL | 21 |
Protected areas coverage (Ref 1 ↓ )

Area terrestrial
5.97% coverage
182,647 km2 Land Area Protected
3,061,193 km2 Total Land Area
3.33% with management effectiveness evaluation
101,826.7364 km2 Area Assessed

Area marine
0.17% coverage
3,928 km2 Marine Area Protected
2,301,226 km2 Total Marine Area
0.06% with management effectiveness evaluation
1,415.361164 km2 Area Assessed
Warning: These statistics might differ from those reported officially by countries due to difference in methodologies and datasets used to assess protected area coverage and differences in the base maps used to measure terrestrial and marine area of a country or territory. Download the country's latest national report (pdf)
IUCN Management categories
Management categories | Count | % |
---|---|---|
Ib | 1 | 0.15 |
II | 93 | 13.84 |
IV | 449 | 66.82 |
VI | 3 | 0.45 |
Not Reported | 111 | 16.52 |
Not Applicable | 15 | 2.23 |
Governance types
Name | Governance type | Count | % |
---|---|---|---|
Federal or national ministry or agency | 105 | 15.63 | |
Not Reported | 148 | 22.02 | |
Sub-national ministry or agency | 419 | 62.35 |
National designations
11
Categories | Count |
---|---|
National Park | 116 |
Forest Reserve | 1 |
Marine National Park | 1 |
Game Reserve | 2 |
Sanctuary | 498 |
Biosphere Reserve | 3 |
Not Reported | 1 |
Other Area | 3 |
Bird Reserve | 1 |
Conservation Reserve | 4 |
Closed Area | 1 |
Regional designations
0
Categories | Count |
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