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List of National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of

Haryana, India
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Haryana state of north India has 2 National Parks, 8 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 2 Wildlife Conservation Areas, 4
Animal & Bird Breeding Centers, 1 Deer park and 49 herbal parks which are managed by the Forests Department,
Haryana of the Government of Haryana.[1]
Contents
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1 Differences Between Types of Protected Wildlife Areas in Haryana

2 National parks of Haryana
3 Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana
4 Conservation Areas of Haryana
5 Animal & Bird Breeding Centers of Haryana
6 Deer Parks of Haryana
7 Herbal Parks of Haryana
8 Zoos of Haryana
9 Other Potential Wildlife Sanctuaries & Conservation Areas of Haryana
10 See also
11 External links
12 References

Differences Between Types of Protected Wildlife Areas in Haryana[edit]

Hunting and poaching is illegal in all protected wildlife areas.
All rights of people within a National Park have to be resettled outside while rights over land can be allowed inside a
Sanctuary. Grazing of livestock can be permitted inside a Sanctuary but not inside a National Park. A Sanctuary can
be upgraded as a National Park. However a National Park cannot be downgraded as a Sanctuary. Wildlife National
Parks, Sanctuaries and Conservation areas must remain free of roads, buildings, motorized equipment and
mechanical transport.[2]
Wildlife Sanctuary is an area set aside for the complete protection of all forms of wildlife, save perhaps specified
predators and parasites doing excessive harm. Where as zoo is a facility where wild animals are housed for
exhibition.

National parks of Haryana[edit]

The Forests Department, Haryana of the Government of Haryana maintains 2 National parks:
Name
# ofNational Area
District & Location
Park
Kalesar
15 km
142.52
1 National
fromYamunanagaronChhachhrauliroad, location
hectares
Park
map

Major Wildlife Supported

elephant, wild boar, sambhar, hare, red
junglefowl, porcupine, monkey, chital

Sultanpur
4682.32
2 National
hectares
Park

25 km fromGurgaon and & 50 km

fromDelhi, location map

Common hoopoe, paddyfield pipit, purple

sunbird, little cormorant, Indian cormorant, common
spoonbill, gray francolin, black francolin,Indian
roller, white-throated kingfisher, spotbill, painted
stork, black-necked stork, white ibis, black-headed
ibis, little egret, great egret,cattle egret, crested
lark, red-vented bulbul, rose-ringed parakeet, redwattled lapwing, shikra, Eurasian collared dove, redcollared dove,laughing dove, spotted owlet, rock
pigeon, magpie robin, greater coucal, weaver
bird, bank mynah, common mynah and green beeeater.

Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana[edit]

The Forests Department, Haryana of the Government of Haryana maintains the following Wildlife Sanctuaries:
1. Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, Jhajjar district, 411.55 hectares, 15 km
away Jhajjar on Jhajjar Kasani road, 105 km from Delhi, map
2. Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary, Jhajjar district, 82.70 hectares, 8 km from
Chhuchhkvas, 80 km from Delhi, map
3. Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaithal district, 4482.85 hectares, 10 km
from Pahowa and 150 km Hisar, map
4. Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary, Kurukshetra district, 28.92 hectares, 10 km from
Bhoor Saiyda village, map
5. Abubshahar Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirsa district, 11530.56 hectares, 10 km
from Mandi Dabwali on Dabavali-Sangariya road, map
6. Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary, Panchkula district, 767.30 hectares, 8 km
from Pinjore on Mallah road, 30 km from Chandigarh, Map
7. Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary, Panchkula district, 2226.58 hectares, 0.5 km
from Panchkula on Morni road, 20km from Chandigarh, Map
8. Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary, Rewari district, 211.35 hectares, 5 km from Kosli on
Kosali Mahendragarh road, 80km from Delhi, Map

Conservation Areas of Haryana[edit]

Name
# ofNational
Park

Area

District & Location

Major Wildlife Supported

Wild boar (Sus scrofa), neelgai (bluebull), geedar

(jackal), langur (Presbytis entellus) and bandar (rhesus
Saraswati
4482.85
10 km Pahowa (Kaithaldistrict),
macaque), blue peafowl (mor), rufous treepie (Dendrocitta
1 Wildlife
hectares
150 km Hisar,location map
vagabunda), greater coucal (Centropus sinensis), Indian grey
Sanctuary
hornbill(Ocyceros birostris), coppersmith barbet (Megalaima
haemacephala)
Neelgai (bluebull), geedar (jackal), langur (Presbytis entellus)
Bir Bara Ban 419.26
and bandar (rhesus macaque), blue peafowl (mor), rufous
5 km from Jind, 70 km from Hisar,
2 Wildlife
hectares
treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda), greater coucal (Centropus
144 km fromDelhi, location map
Sanctuary or 4.2 km2
sinensis), Indian grey hornbill (Ocyceros
birostris),coppersmith barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)

Animal & Bird Breeding Centers of Haryana[edit]

The Forests Department, Haryana of the Government of Haryana runs the following:

Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani on Bahal-Bhiwani road in Kairu village

near Bahal in Bhiwani district. Kairu village is also the location of Ch. Surender
Singh Memorial Herbal Park, Kairu.
Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra , Bhaur Saidan (Kurukshetra)
Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli Mini Zoo, Kurukshetra

Peacock & Chinkara Breading Centre, Jhabua, in Rewari district

Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala in Panchkula district
Pheasant Breeding Centre Morni in Panchkula district
Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore

Deer Parks of Haryana[edit]

The Forests Department, Haryana of the Government of Haryana runs one deer park:

Deer Park, Hisar, location map, co-ord: 2911'27"N 7545'32"E

Herbal Parks of Haryana[edit]

Forests Department, Haryana of Government of Haryana has 49 herbal parks[3]

Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park, Hisar - Asparagus racemosus herbal park near Deer
Park, Hisar on Hisar-Dhansu Road in Bir Hisar (
), Hisar, Haryana

Ch. Surender Singh Memorial Herbal Park, Tosham, on Hisar-Bhiwani road

in Tosham, Bhiwani district
Ch. Surender Singh Memorial Herbal Park, Kairu, on Bahal-Bhiwani road
in Kairu village near Bahal in Bhiwani district. Kairu village is also the location
of Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani
Ch. Devi Lal Herbal Nature Park, Tajewal, Yamuna Nagar district, location map, coord: 3016'14"N 7729'11"E

Haryana has second largest Sikh population in India after the state of Punjab. In May 2014 Haryana
Government notified the Haryana Anand Marriages Registration Rules, 2014, allowing Sikhs to register their
marriages under these rules.[20] Although the Anand marriage law was enacted in 1909, there was no provision for
registration of marriages. The parliament had passed the law allowing Sikhs to register their marriages under
the Anand Marriage Act in 2012, but Haryana has issued the notification in 2014.

Jagannath Pahadia, also a leader of the Indian National Congress, was the state's governor from 2009 until July
26, 2014. Sri Kaptan Singh Solanki, a BJP veteran leader was sworn in as the new new governor on 27 July 2014

Education[edit]

See also: List of institutions of higher education in Haryana

Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS Rohtak

Gurgaon city has the highest literacy rate of 86.30% in Haryana followed by Panchkula at 81.9 per cent and Ambala
at 81.7 percent.[26]District Rewari has the highest literacy rate in Haryana of 74%, higher than the national average of
59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 67%.[27]
Hisar, Rohtak and Sonipat are the educational hub of Haryana.
Sonipat has 5000 acre Rajiv Gandhi Education City with a still-growing list of more than 30 educational institutes
including several universities, medical colleges, engineering colleges and other institutes.[28]
Hisar has 3 universities (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University - Asia's largest agricultural
university,[29] Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology and Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary
& Animal Sciences); several national agricultural and veterinary research centres (National Research Centre on
Equines,[30] Central Sheep Breeding Farm,[31] National Institute on Pig Breeding and Research[32] Northern Region
Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute[33] and Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB);[34] and more
than 20 colleges including Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha.[35]
Rohtak has almost 22 colleges within the city. There are four engineering colleges and two polytechnic institutes, 32
primary schools, 69 middle schools and 101 high schools were upgraded to middle, high and senior secondary
respectively during the 200405 school year.[citation needed]
During 200102, there were 11,013 primary schools, 1,918 middle schools, 3,023 high schools and 1,301 senior
secondary schools in the state.[citation needed][36] Haryana Board of School Education, established in September 1969 and
shifted to Bhiwani in 1981, conducts public examinations at middle, matriculation, and senior secondary levels twice
a year. Over seven lac candidates attend annual examinations in February and March, and 150,000 attend
supplementary examinations each November. The Board also conducts examinations for Haryana Open School at
senior and senior secondary levels twice a year.[37] The Haryana government provides free education to women up
to the Bachelor's Degree level.
Haryana boasts of some of the finest colleges in research, technology and management in the country such
as National Brain Research Centre, NIT Kurukshetra, Management Development Institute and IIM Rohtak.
National Brain Research Centre is the only institute in India dedicated to neuroscience research and education.
Scientists and students of NBRC come from diverse academic backgrounds, including biological, computational,
mathematical, physical, engineering and medical sciences, and use multidisciplinary approaches to understand the
brain.Located in the foothills of the Aravali range in Manesar, Haryana, NBRC is an autonomous institute funded by
the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, and is also a Deemed University.

Two sister campuses of IIT Delhi are also approved for Haryana, one in Jhajjar District and other in Sonepat.
Government of India is also establishing an Atomic Research Centre and AIIMS-II in villages Kheri
Jasaur and Badhsa respectively in Jhajjar District.

Manufacturing[edit]

Gurgaon is called as City of the Millennium. It is called Shanghai. It has been developed in last 2 decades.
Gurgaon is one of the most expensive area to live in. It is a hub of call centers. It is a land of opportunities as it
is the center of business.

Faridabad is a biggest industrial city of Haryana as well as North India.[39] It is home to hundreds of large-scale
companies like Orient Paper & Industries,[citation needed] JCB India Limited, Nirigemes, Agri Machinery Group
(Escorts Limited), India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd.,Whirlpool, ABB Group, Goodyear Tyres and Knorr
Bremse India Pvt. Ltd.

Yamuna Nagar is the largest industrial town wholly within Haryana. It has Asia's largest paper mill, BILT,[citation
needed]

and Asia's largest sugar mill.[citation needed] Yamuna Nagar has Asia's largest timber industry,[citation

needed]

an HPGCL thermal power plant, a hydro power plant and India's largest railway workshop.[citation needed] It is

also famous for its old steel and brass industries.[citation needed]

Bahadurgarh is an important developing industrial town with glass, steel, tiles manufacturing and biscuits
production.

Panipat is a city of textiles and carpets. It is the biggest centre for cheap blankets and carpets in India[citation
needed]

and has a handloom weaving industry. The pickle "Pachranga International" is well known. Panipat has

heavy industry, including a refinery operated by the Indian Oil Corporation and a National Thermal Power
Corporation power plant.

Hissar is another developing city and home town of Navin Jindal and Subhash Chandra of Zee TV fame. Savitri
Jindal, Navin Jindal's mother, has been listed by Forbes as a 3rd richest woman in world.[40]

Ambala is the largest manufacturer of scientific apparatuses. It is named 'Science City' of Haryana. Ambala is
one of the biggest exporters of education instruments in the country.[citation needed]

Rohtak- largest wholesale cloth market of Asia known as shori market. It is also emerging as a major industrial
hub with the presence of many renowned organizations e.g. Research and development plant of Maruti Suzuki
(only one of its kind out of Japan), Suzuki Motorcycles Ltd etc. Minsk Motors state-owned company of Belarus is
also planning to start an engine manufacturing plant here. An International cargo airport is being set up

Kurukshetra (Ladwa) has the second largest grain market in the Asian continent.

Roads, aviation and infrastructure[edit]

Haryana and Delhi government has also constructed DF Skyway(4.5 km) which connects Delhi And Faridabad. It
has been built as per international standards. It is first of its kind in North India. Delhi-Agra Expressway(NH-2)
passes through Faridabad is also under construction. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation connects Faridabad And
Gurgaon with Delhi. Faridabad has longest metro network in NCR Region. Haryana has a total road length of
23,684 kilometers. There are 29 national highways with total length of 1,461 km and many state highways with total
length of 2,494 km. The most remote parts of the state are linked with metaled roads. Its modern bus fleet of 3,864
buses covers a distance of 1.15 million Kilometers per day. It was the first State in the country to introduce luxury
video coaches.[41] Grand Trunk Road, commonly abbreviated to GT Road, is one of South Asia's oldest and longest
major roads. It passes through the districts of Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Ambala in north Haryana
where it enters Delhi and subsequently the industrial town of Faridabad on its way. The state government proposes
to construct Express highways and freeways for speedier vehicular traffic. The 135.6-km long Kundli-ManesarPalwal Expressway(KMP) will provide a high-speed link to northern Haryana with its southern districts such as
Sonepat, Gurgaon, Jhajjar and Faridabad. The work on the project has already started and is scheduled to be
completed by July 2013.[42] Haryana is in close contact with the cosmopolitan world, being right next to Delhi. As a
result, international and domestic airports, diplomatic and commercial complexes are located in close proximity to
the state. There is also a proposal to connect Chandigarhto Haryana without entering Punjab through a 4-lane
highway via Yamuna Nagar and Panchkula.

Chandigarh Monument

Haryana State has always given high priority to the expansion of electricity infrastructure, as it is one of the most
important inputs for the development of the State. Haryana was the first State in the country to achieve 100%
rural electrification in 1970, first in the country to link all villages with all-weather roads and first in the country to
provide safe drinking water facilities throughout the state.[43] Haryana is well connected on the railway network also.
There are no airports in Haryana. There are proposals to revive the Hisar Airport and Karnal Airport, and a new
Greenfield Cargo Airport to serve the city of Rohtak.

Communication and media[edit]

Haryana has a state-wide network of telecommunication facilities. Haryana Government has its own state-wide area
network by which all government offices of 21 districts and 127 blocks across the state are connected with each
other thus making it the first SWAN of the country.

Districts[edit]
Divisions

Districts

Ambala

Ambala, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Yamuna Nagar

Gurgaon

Faridabad, Palwal, Gurgaon, Mahendragarh, Mewat, Rewari

Hisar

Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Jind, Hisar, Sirsa

Rohtak

Jhajjar, Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak, Sonipat