National parks and tiger reserves: north to south
A one-page list for revision, ordered by latitude (north first).
| # | National park / tiger reserve | State / UT | Lat. | PYQ years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemis NP Ladakh; known for the snow leopard. | Ladakh | 34.0° | – |
| 2 | Great Himalayan NP Himachal Pradesh; World Heritage Site. | Himachal Pradesh | 31.8° | – |
| 3 | Rajaji NP Uttarakhand, Shiwalik foothills; elephants and tigers. | Uttarakhand | 30.1° | – |
| 4 | Jim Corbett NP Uttarakhand; India's first national park (1936) and where Project Tiger was launched in 1973. | Uttarakhand | 29.5° | – |
| 5 | Dudhwa NP Uttar Pradesh terai along the Nepal border. | Uttar Pradesh | 28.5° | – |
| 6 | Namdapha NP Arunachal Pradesh; home to four big cats (tiger, leopard, clouded and snow leopard). | Arunachal Pradesh | 27.6° | – |
| 7 | Sariska TR Rajasthan, Aravallis; tigers were re-introduced in 2008 after local extinction. | Rajasthan | 27.3° | – |
| 8 | Keoladeo NP Rajasthan (Bharatpur); a bird sanctuary, Ramsar site and World Heritage Site. | Rajasthan | 27.2° | – |
| 9 | Valmiki TR Bihar's only tiger reserve, on the Gandak. | Bihar | 27.1° | – |
| 10 | Manas NP Assam, on the Bhutan border; a World Heritage Site. | Assam | 26.7° | – |
| 11 | Kaziranga NP Assam; holds most of the world's one-horned rhinos. World Heritage Site. | Assam | 26.7° | – |
| 12 | Ranthambore NP Rajasthan; dry deciduous forest with an old fort. | Rajasthan | 26.0° | – |
| 13 | Kuno NP Madhya Pradesh; site of the cheetah reintroduction (2022). | Madhya Pradesh | 25.7° | – |
| 14 | Panna TR Madhya Pradesh on the Ken river; tigers were revived after 2009. | Madhya Pradesh | 24.7° | – |
| 15 | Palamau TR Jharkhand; one of the first nine Project Tiger reserves (1973). | Jharkhand | 23.7° | – |
| 16 | Bandhavgarh NP Madhya Pradesh; high tiger density. | Madhya Pradesh | 23.7° | – |
| 17 | Satpura TR Madhya Pradesh, around Pachmarhi. | Madhya Pradesh | 22.5° | – |
| 18 | Kanha TR Madhya Pradesh; known for saving the hard-ground barasingha. | Madhya Pradesh | 22.2° | – |
| 19 | Sundarbans NP West Bengal; the world's largest mangrove forest, home to swimming tigers. World Heritage Site. | West Bengal | 21.8° | – |
| 20 | Similipal NP Odisha; part of a biosphere reserve, known for melanistic tigers. | Odisha | 21.8° | – |
| 21 | Pench TR Madhya Pradesh–Maharashtra; the setting of Kipling's Jungle Book. | Maharashtra | 21.7° | – |
| 22 | Melghat TR Maharashtra, Satpura hills; one of the first nine Project Tiger reserves. | Maharashtra | 21.4° | – |
| 23 | Gir NP Gujarat; the only wild home of the Asiatic lion. | Gujarat | 21.1° | – |
| 24 | Tadoba-Andhari TR Maharashtra's oldest and largest national park area. | Maharashtra | 20.2° | – |
| 25 | Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam TR Andhra Pradesh; the largest tiger reserve in India by area. | Andhra Pradesh | 16.0° | – |
| 26 | Nagarhole NP Karnataka; part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. | Karnataka | 12.1° | – |
| 27 | Bandipur NP Karnataka; part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. | Karnataka | 11.7° | – |
| 28 | Mudumalai TR Tamil Nadu; part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. | Tamil Nadu | 11.6° | – |
| 29 | Silent Valley NP Kerala, Nilgiris; saved from a hydro project after a 1970s–80s campaign. | Kerala | 11.1° | – |
| 30 | Periyar TR Kerala; around the Periyar lake in the Cardamom hills. | Kerala | 9.6° | – |
Latitude of the marker (or the middle of the feature). Source: UPSCPrep.in Map Explorer · https://upscprep.in/maps/places/national-parks/print/