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There are around 94 national parks in India, covering an area of approximately 33,988 km2 or about 1% of India’s total area.
Wildlife Sanctuaries
There are around 501 sanctuaries in India covering an area of about 1,07,310, km2 or about 3% of total land area.
Important Sanctuaries and Parks
| Name | Location | Reserve for | Area |
| Achanakmar Sanctuary | Bilaspur, Chhatisgarh | Tiger, bear, chital, sambar, bison, hyena, jackal, wild boar, black buck | 557.35 km2 |
| Bandipur Sanctuary | Border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu | Elephant, tigers, panther, sambar, deer, birds | 874.20 km2 |
| CorbettNational Park | Nainital, Uttaranchal | Tiger, leopards, elephants, sambar | 1318.54 km2 |
| Dachigam Sanctuary | Srinagar/Pulwama, Kashmir | Kashmiri stag or Hangul, Himalayan bear, musk deer, exotic Himalayan birds | 141 km2 |
| Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary | Mandsaur and Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh | Chital, sambar, chinkara, barking deer, wild birds | 368.62 km2 |
| Ghana Bird Sanctuary | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | Water birds, black-buck, chital, Sambar | 29 km2 |
| Gir Forest | Junagarh, Gujarat | India’s biggest wildlife sanctuary famous for Gir lions | 1412.13 km2 |
| Kaziranga National Park | Jorhat, Assam | Rhinoceros, wild buffalo, swan, deer, hog, elephant, leopard, langoor, python | 430 km2 |
| Pakhal Sanctuary | Warangal, Telangana | Tiger, panther, sambar, nilgai, chital, spotted deer, wild boar, black buck, mountain gazzle | 860 km2 |
| Periyar Sanctuary | Idukki, Kerala | Elephant, tiger, panther, gaur, nilgai sambar, Nilgiri tahr | 305km2 |
| RanthamboreTiger Project | Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan | Tiger, leopard, sloth bear, crocodile | 400km2 |
| Sariska Sanctuary | Alwar, Rajasthan | Tiger, panther, sambar, nilgai, chital, chinkara | 765km2 |
| Sharaswathy Sanctuary | Shimoga, Karnataka | Elephant, tiger, panther, sambar gaur, chital | 44km2 |
| Shikari DeviSanctuary | Mandi, Himachal Pradesh | Black bear, musk deer, leopard, partridge | 72 km2 |
| Sunderban Tiger Reserve | South 24 Parganas | Tiger, deer, wild boar, leopard | 4264 km2 |
| Sonai-Rupai Sanctuary | Sonitpur, Assam | Elephant, sambar, wild boar one-horned rhinoceros | 175 km2 |
| Tungabhadra Sanctuary | Beilaiy, Karnataka | Panther, chital, sloth bear, four- homed antelope | 492.46km2 |
| Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary | Tamil Nadu | Pelican, spoon bills, species of birds from Canada, herons, egret | 72 acres |
| Wild Ass Sanctuary | Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat | Wild ass, wolf, nilgai, chinkara | 4953 km2 |
IMPORTANT TOWNS AND LOCATIONS
Indian Cities on River Banks
| City | River | State |
| Agra | Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ahmedabad | Sabarmati | Gujarat |
| Allahabad | Confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati | Uttar Pradesh |
| Alwaye | Periyar | Kerala |
| Ayodhya | Sarayu | Uttar Pradesh |
| Badrinath | Gangotri | Uttarakhand |
| Bhagalpur | Ganges | Bihar |
| Buxar | Ganges | Bihar |
| Kolkata | Hooghly | West Bengal |
| Cuttack | Mahanadi | Orissa |
| Delhi | Yamuna | Delhi |
| Dibrugarh | Brahmaputra | Assam |
| Guwahati | Brahmaputra | Assam |
| Haridwar | Ganges | Uttarakhand |
| Howrah | Hooghly | West Bengal |
| Hyderabad | Musa | Andhra Pradesh/Telangana |
| Jamshedpur | Subamarekha | Jharkhand |
| Kanpur | Ganges | Uttar Pradesh |
| Kota | Chambal | Rajasthan |
| Leh | Indus | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Lucknow | Gomti | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ludhiana | Sutlej | Punjab |
| Mathura | Yamuna | Uttar Pradesh |
| Moradabad | Ram Ganga | Uttar Pradesh |
| Monghyr | Ganges | Uttar Pradesh |
| Nashik | Godavari | Maharashtra |
| Patna | Ganges | Bihar |
| Srinagar | Jhelum | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Surat | Tapti | Gujarat |
| Tiruchirappalli | Cauvery | Tamil Nadu |
| Ujjain | Shipra | Madhya Pradesh |
| Vijayawada | Krishna | Andhra Pradesh Telangana |
| Varanasi | Ganges | Uttar Pradesh |
Important Sites and Monuments
| Name | Location | Famous for |
| Ajanta Caves | Aurangabad | Buddhist cave temples |
| Amarnath’s Cave | Kashmir | Naturally formed ice Shivlinga |
| Anand Bhawan | Allahabad | Ancestral house of the Nehru family which has been donated by Late Mrs Indira Gandhi for conversion into a National Museum |
| Bibi-ka-Maqbara | Aurangabad | According to the Archaeological Survey of India, the Bibi-ka-Maqbara is a mausoleum of Rabia-ul-Daurani alias Dilras Banu Begum, the wife of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.This mausoleum is believed to be constructed by Prince Azam Shah in memory of his mother during 1651 to 1661 a d . |
| Buland Darwaza | Fatehpur Sikri | The highest and biggest gateway of India near Agra built by Akbar to commemorate his victorious campaign in Deccan |
| Char Minar | Hyderabad | Built in 1591 CE, it is a monument, mosque and a global icon. It was built to commemorate the second Islamic millennium year. |
| Dilwara Temples | Mount Abu | Jain temples, Vimal Vasahi, Luna Vasahi, Pittdhar, Parsuvanattra, Mahavir Swami, built between 11th and 13 th century a d |
| Elephanta Caves | Mumbai | The Elephanta caves, taluka Uran, district Raigad, is located on island hills, 7 kms from the mainland Mumbai, known for sculptures |
| Ellora Caves | Aurangabad | Has 12 Buddhist caves, 17 Hindu caves and 5 Jain caves |
| Gandhi Sadan | Delhi | Birla house-where Gandhiji was assassinated in 1948 |
| Gateway of India | Mumbai | Erected in 1911 on king George V’s visit to India |
| Gol Gumbaz | Bijapur | Largest dome in India |
| Gomteshwara | Mysore | 2000 year-old statue of a Jain sage out of a single stone |
| Golden Temple | Amritsar | Largest Gurudwara |
| Hawa Mahal | Jaipur | A pink castle of air |
| Jallianwala Bagh | Amritsar | A public garden infamous for massacre of hundreds of of innocent Indians by the British on 13 April, 1919 |
| Jantar Mantar | Delhi | Observatory built in 1724 during the days of Maharaja Jai Singh II of Ajmer |
| Jama Masjid | Delhi | Biggest mosque built by Shah Jahan |
| Kanya Kumari | Tamil Nadu | Temple of virgin Goddess situated at Cape Camorin on the extreme southern tip of India |
| Kranti Maidan | Mumbai | Historical Avenue where Gandhiji gave the call ‘Quit India’ in 1942 |
| Khajuraho | Near Bhopal | Mahadeva Temple, the embodiment of the great artistic activity of 9th to 12th centuries |
| Meenakshi temple | Madurai | Hindu temple |
| Qutab Minar | Delhi | Largest Minaret |
| Rajghat | Delhi | Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on the bank of Yamuna |
| Red Fort | Delhi | A red stone structure built by Shah Jahan on the bank of Yamuna |
| Sabarmati | Ahmedabad | Harijan Ashram founded here by Gandhiji |
| Sarnath | Varanasi | Centre of Buddhist pilgrimage, the place where Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon afterenlightenment |
| Shaktisthal | Delhi | Situated on the bank of the Yamuna where Mrs Indira Gandhi was cremated |
| Shantivan | Delhi | Samadhi of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Shantiniketan | Kolkata | Famous Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore |
| Sanchi | Madhya Pradesh | Ancient Buddhist monuments |
| Tower Of Victory | Chhitorgarh | Famous tower built by Rana Sangha, the king of Mewar, in a d 1450 to commemorate his victory over the Muslim forces of Malwa |
| Victoria Memorial | Kolkata | Famous museum |
| Vijay Ghat | Delhi | Samadhi of Lai Bahadur Shastri |
| Vir Bhumi | Delhi | Samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi |
Indian Tribes and Their Habitat
| Name of Tribe | Found in |
| Abors | Assam, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Angami | Nagaland, Assam |
| Ao | Nagaland, Assam |
| Apatamis | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Badagas | Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri Hill) |
| Baiga | Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
| Bhils | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra |
| Bhotias | Uttarakhand (Garhwal and Kumaun) |
| Birhor | Hazaribagh, Jharkhand |
| Chenchus | Telangana, Orissa |
| Gaddis | Himachal Pradesh, J&K |
| Gallong | North-east Himalayan Tract |
| Garos | Meghalaya |
| Gonds | Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana |
| Khas/Khasis | Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Bhutan |
| Khasis | Assam, Meghalaya |
| Khonds | Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana |
| Kol | Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
| Kolam | Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra |
| Kotas | Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri) |
| Kuki | Manipur |
| Lahora | Nagaland, Assam |
| Lepchas | Sikkim |
| Lushais | Tripura |
| Mina | Rajasthan |
| Mikirs | Assam |
| Monpa | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Mundas | Jharkhand |
| Murias | Madhya Pradesh |
| Oraon/Kurukh | Jharkhand, Orissa |
| Onges | Andaman and Nicobar |
| Santhals | West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar |
| Sema | Nagaland and Assam |
| Sentinelese | Andaman and Nicobar |
| Shomens | Andaman and Nicobar |
| Tangkhul | Nagaland, Assam |
| Todas | Tamil Nadu (Nilgiri Hills) |
| Uralis | Kerala |
| Warlis | Maharashtra |