Dataset Overview

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Sectors

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

As and When

Granularity

Yearly, State

Time Saved

2 hours

Number of rows

129

Number of Columns

Sources

ENVIS Centre on Wildlife & Protected Areas

Time Period

1967 to 2019

Units

area in square kilometers

Data Preview

year_of_notification	state	marine_protected_area_name	marine_protected_area_type	area	unit
2019	Lakshadweep	A. Attakoya Thangal Marine	Conservation Reserve	40	area in square kilometers
2019	Lakshadweep	Dr. K.K. Mohammed Koya Sea Cucumber	Conservation Reserve	172.59	area in square kilometers
2019	Lakshadweep	P.M. Sayeed Marine Birds	Conservation Reserve	57.46	area in square kilometers
2015	Maharashtra	Thane Creek Flamingo	Sanctuary	16.905	area in square kilometers
2013	Tamil Nadu	Pulicat Lake Block-A & Block-B	Sanctuary	124.073	area in square kilometers
2013	West Bengal	West Sundarbans	Sanctuary	556.45	area in square kilometers
2007	Kerala	Kadalundi Vallikkunnu	Community Reserve	1.5	area in square kilometers
2002	Lakshadweep	Pitti	Sanctuary	0.01	area in square kilometers
1998	Odisha	Bhitarkanika	National Park	145	area in square kilometers
1997	Odisha	Gahirmatha	Sanctuary	1435	area in square kilometers

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year_of_notification	23	15	Number	129
state	11	3	Text	129
marine_protected_area_name	126	123	Text	129
marine_protected_area_type	4	1	Text	129
area	104	90	Number	129
unit	1	0	Text	129

Citation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Protected Areas: Year- and State-wise Name and Area of Marine Protected Areas in India [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/1342/

Protected Areas: Year- and State-wise Name and Area of Marine Protected Areas in India