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The following table is a non-exhaustive list of forests found in India.
| Name
|
Image
|
Location
|
Area
|
Comments
|
| Abujmarh forest
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
|
| Annekal Reserved Forest
|
|
Western Ghats
|
|
|
| Baikunthapur Forest
|
|
Dooars
, West Bengal
|
|
This is a
terai
forest
|
| Bandipur National Park
|
|
Karnataka
|
874 km
2
|
|
| Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary
|
|
Shivamogga
, Karnataka
|
892 km
2
|
One of India's premier Tiger Reserves
|
| Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park
|
|
Sanguem taluk
,
Goa
|
650 km
2
|
|
| Bhitarkanika Mangroves
|
|
Odisha
|
650 km
2
|
|
| Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary
|
|
Ponda taluk
,
Goa
|
8 km
2
|
Provides sanctuary to leopards who have been injured in human-wildlife conflict.
|
| Chambal National Sanctuary
|
|
On the
Chambal River
, near the tripoint of
Rajasthan
,
Madhya Pradesh
and
Uttar Pradesh
|
5400 km
2
|
Part of the
Khathiar?Gir dry deciduous forests
region
|
| Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary
|
|
Canacona taluk
,
Goa
|
|
It is known for its dense forest of tall trees, some of which reach 30 metres in height.
|
| Gir National Park
|
|
Talala taluk
,
Gir Somnath district
,
Gujarat
|
1412 km
2
|
|
| Jakanari reserve forest
|
|
Coimbatore
|
|
|
| Jim Corbett National Park
|
|
Nainital district
and
Pauri Garhwal district
,
Uttarakhand
|
520.8 km
2
|
|
| Kanha National Park
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
650 km
2
|
The present-day Kanha area is divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km
2
respectively.
|
| Keibul Lamjao National Park
|
|
Bishnupur district, Manipur
|
40 km
2
|
The national park is characterized by many floating decomposed plant materials locally called
phumdis
.
|
| Kukrail Reserve Forest
|
|
Lucknow
, Uttar Pradesh
|
20 km
2
|
An urban forest in the city of Lucknow, slowly development is happening around this forest but the main forest is preserved by the government, a Night Safari and a modern Zoo has also been proposed here by the government.
|
| Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary
|
|
Sattari taluk
,
Goa
|
208.5 km
2
|
Bengal tigers can be found here.
|
| Molai forest
|
|
Majuli island
on the
Brahmaputra River
|
5.5 km
2
|
|
| Nagarhole National Park
|
|
Kodagu district
and
Mysore district
,
Karnataka
|
642 km
2
|
One of India's premier Tiger Reserves
|
| Nallamala Hills
|
|
Eastern Ghats
,
Andhra Pradesh
(South of River Krishna)
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|
|
|
| Namdapha National Park
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
1985 km
2
|
Fourth largest national park in India.
|
| Nanmangalam forest
|
|
Chennai
, Tamil Nadu
|
24 km
2
|
The reserve forest area is 3.2 km
2
|
| Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary
|
|
Goa
|
211 km
2
|
|
| New Amarambalam Reserved Forest
|
|
Nilambur,
Malappuram district
, Kerala
|
|
|
| Pichavaram Mangrove Forest
|
|
Pichavaram,
Cuddalore district
, Tamil Nadu
|
11 km
2
|
World's second biggest
mangrove
forest
|
| Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
|
|
Chorao (island)
on
Mandovi river
,
Goa
|
1.8 km
2
|
Mangrove habitat
|
| Saranda forest
|
|
West Singhbhum district
, Jharkhand
|
820 km
2
|
|
| Shettihalli
|
|
Karnataka
(
Tunga River
)
|
395.6 km
2
|
|
| Sundarbans
|
|
West Bengal
|
3260 km
2
|
Dense mangrove forest, one of the largest reserves for the
Bengal Tiger
and a UNESCO world heritage site
|
| Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve
|
|
Chandrapur district
, Maharashtra
|
|
|
| Vandalur Reserve Forest
|
|
Vandalur
, Tamil Nadu
|
|
|
| Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
|
|
Wayanad
,
Kerala
|
344 km
2
|
|
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