Himachal Pradesh is one of the very few states of India that have a rich forest land cover. There are as many as 26 Wildlife Sanctuaries in Himachal Pradesh, three Ramsar Wetlands Sites (about which we will talk in a separate post), and Five National Parks.
The state has a wide variety of flora and fauna. Some of the most popular Wildlife Sanctuaries of Himachal are Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary, Sainj Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, and Gobind Sagar Sanctuary.
As far as the National Parks of Himachal Pradesh are concerned, we have five very popular parks namely The Great Himalayan National Park (Kullu), a recently announced World Heritage Site by UNESCO, Pin Valley National Park (Lahaul-Spiti), Inderkilla(Kullu), Khirganga(Kullu) and Simbalbara (Sirmaur).
The Pin Valley National Park is spread across an area of 675 sq km.
The Great Himalayan National Park is spread across an area of 1171 sq km.
A cow sanctuary will be developed in district Sirmaur.
(Note: This post is updated on 13/05/2020)
In this post, we talk about the list of Wildlife Sanctuaries of Himachal Pradesh spread over an area of more than 5000 square kilometers.
Kindly point out mistakes if any, in the comment section.
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S.No. |
National Park |
Area ( Km² ) |
| 1 | Great Himalayan National Park |
1,171
|
| 2 | Pin Valley National Park | 675 |
| 3 | Khirganga | 705 |
| 4 | Inderkila | 94 |
| 5 | Simbalbara | 27.88 |
There are 3 notified Conservation Reserves in the State of H.P. The details are as under:
|
S.No. |
Conservation Reserve | District | Area ( Km² ) |
|
1 |
Shilli Conservation Reserve | Solan | 1.49 |
|
2 |
Shri Naina Devi Conservation Reserve | Bilaspur | 17.01 |
|
3 |
Darlaghat Conservation Reserve | Solan | 0.67 |
| TOTAL AREA | 19.17 |
|
S.No. |
Sanctuaries | District |
Area ( Km² ) |
|
1 |
Bandli | Mandi | 32.11 |
|
2 |
Chail | Solan | 16 |
|
3 |
Chandra Tal | Lahaul & Spiti | 38.56 +(11.53 for Consideration) |
|
4 |
Churdhar | Sirmour | 55.52 |
|
5 |
Daranghati I & II | Shimla | 171.50 |
|
6 |
Dhauladhar | Kangra | 982.86 |
|
7 |
Gamgul-Siyabehi | Chamba | 108.40 |
|
8 |
Kais | Kullu | 12.61 |
|
9 |
Kalatop-Khajjiar | Chamba | 17.17 |
|
10 |
Kanawar | Kullu | 107.29 |
|
11 |
Khokhan | Kullu | 14.94 |
|
12 |
Kibber | Lahaul & Spiti | 2220.12 |
|
13 |
Kugti | Chamba | 405.49 |
|
14 |
Lipa Asrang | Kinnaur | 31 |
|
15 |
Majathal | Solan | 30.86 |
|
16 |
Manali | Kullu | 29 |
|
17 |
Nargu | Mandi | 132.3731 |
|
18 |
Pong Dam Lake | Kangra | 207.59 |
|
19 |
Rakchham-Chitkul | Kinnaur | 304 |
|
20 |
Renuka ji | Sirmour | 3.87 |
|
21 |
Rupi-Bhaba | Kinnaur | 503 |
|
22 |
Sechu-Tuan Nalla | Chamba | 390.29 |
|
23 |
Shikari Devi | Mandi | 29.94 |
|
24 |
Shimla Water Catchment | Shimla | 10 |
|
25 |
Talra | Shimla | 46.48 |
|
26 |
Tundah | Chamba | 64 |
|
|
Total Area | 5964.9731 |
Source: Department of Forests, Himachal Pradesh
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Sir please provide the imp FLORA AND FAUNA for which a sanctuary is famous. For example Majathal sanctuary has the highest population of CHIR PEASANTS like wise KANWAR sanctuary known for H.TAHR. DO RECTIFY IT
Sir how many nation park in hp pls tell correct and
…….many site and book to tell different different no of nation park and wild life century in hp ……please tell me correct ans sir…
Thanks
5 national park & 32 wild life santuary
Simbalwada is national park of India
Not wildlife sanctuary
So fatal is 31 wildlife sanctuary
Forest department mentions only 26 wildlife sanctuaries….can u cite the reliable source which says 32 WLS
Area of great national park ???
On the forest official website, it is 905.4.
Which one is correct?