India protects its wildlife through a layered system — national parks sit at the very top of it. A tiger reserve can overlap a sanctuary, a biosphere reserve can hold several parks inside it, but a national park is the strictest legal category India has: fixed boundaries, no grazing rights, no commercial extraction, and no downgrading once notified.
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Quick SnapshotWhat Exactly Is a National ParkProtected Area Categories ComparedHow Many National Parks Does India HaveState-Wise List of National Parks in IndiaRecords and SuperlativesThematic Groupings Worth RevisingMemory TricksPractice QuestionsFrequently Asked QuestionsThis page gives you every national park in the country, arranged state by state, plus the records, comparisons and one-line facts that examiners actually ask about.Quick SnapshotPointAnswerTotal national parks107 (WII's official database still lists 106 — see the note below)Total protected area under parksAbout 44,403 sq kmShare of India's geographical areaRoughly 1.35%Governing lawWild Life (Protection) Act, 1972IUCN classificationCategory II protected areaFirst national parkHailey National Park, 1936 — today's Jim Corbett NP, UttarakhandLargest by …
