Prioritization of wetlands for conservation
| State | Total sites | Sites with bird count |
1st rank | 2nd rank | 3rd & 4th ranks |
Ramsar sites proposed |
| Tamil Nadu | 49 | 49 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 5 |
| Kerala | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Karnataka | 75 | 75 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 21 |
| Goa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 55 | 55 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 20 |
| Orissa | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh | 48 | 41 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 6 |
| Maharashtra | 33 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| Gujarat | 45 | 45 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 21 |
| Rajasthan | 47 | 47 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 8 |
| Haryana | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Punjab | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 29 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 7 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Uttar Pradesh & Uttaranchal | 50 | 50 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 25 |
| Bihar & Jharkhand | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| West Bengal | 25 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| Sikkim | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Meghalaya | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Assam | 75 | 75 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 24 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| Nagaland | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Manipur | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mizoram | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tripura | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 655 | 604 | 167 | 173 | 264 | 199 |