List of zoos in India explained

This is a list of zoos in India. For a list of aquaria, see List of aquaria in India.

Zoos are primarily dry facilities where animals are confined within enclosures and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. Such facilities include zoos, safari parks, animal theme parks, aviaries, butterfly zoos, and reptile centres, as well as wildlife sanctuaries and nature reserves where visitors are allowed.

The oldest zoo in India is Marble Palace Zoo, Kolkata. The zoo and park was opened in 1854.^[1]

The Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA) is the Governing Authority of all Zoos in India, and is an associate member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).

Zoos in India

	Name	City	State	Smart Zoo?	Notability
1		Kolkata	West Bengal	No
2		Vellore	Tamil Nadu	No
3	Arignar Anna Zoological Park Vandalur Zoo	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	No
4	Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden	Guwahati	Assam	No
5	Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park	Bengaluru	Karnataka	No
6	Birsa Deer Park (Birsa Mrig Vihar)	Ranchi	Jharkhand	No	^[2] ^[3]
7	Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary	Ponda	Goa	No	^[4]
8	Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli Mini Zoo, Kurukshetra	Pipli	Haryana	No
9	Chhatbir Zoo(Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park)	Zirakpur	Punjab	No
10	Chennai Snake Park Trust	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	No
11	Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani	near Bahal	Haryana	No
12	Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra	Bhaur Saidan (Kurukshetra)		No
13	Crocodile Breeding Centre, Muta	Ranchi	Jharkhand	No
14	Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre	Trivandrum		No	In honour of Steve Irwin
15	Gorakhpur Zoological Garden	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	No
16	Gorewada Zoo	Nagpur		Yes
17	Gopalpur Zoo	Gopalpur	Himachal Pradesh	No
18	Gulab Bagh and Zoo	Udaipur	Rajasthan	No
19	Deer Park (Mini Zoo Sambalpur)	Sambalpur	Odisha	No
20	Hisar Deer Park	Hisar	Haryana	No
21	Indra Gandhi Park	Rourkela	Odisha	No	(2nd Biggest in Odisha)
22	Indira Gandhi Zoological Park	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	No	(3rd biggest in India)
23	Indore Zoo	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	Yes
24	Jaipur Zoo	Jaipur	Rajasthan	No
25	Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park	Bokaro Steel City		No
26	Jijamata Udyaan	Mumbai	Maharashtra	No
27		Warangal	Telangana	No
28	Kamla Nehru Zoological Park, Kankaria	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	No
29	Kurukshetra Zoo	Haryana		No
30	Lucknow Zoo	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	No
31	Madras Crocodile Bank Trust	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	No
32	Maitri Bagh	Bhilai Nagar	Chhattisgarh	No	Largest zoo in Chhattisgarh & India-Soviet Union friendship
33	Manda Zoo	Jammu City	Jammu	No
34	Marble Palace zoo	Kolkata	West Bengal	No
35	Mysore Zoo	Mysuru	Karnataka	Yes
36	Maharajbagh zoo	Nagpur	Maharashtra	No
37	Nagaland Zoological Park	Chümoukedima	Nagaland	No
38	Nandankanan Zoological Park	Bhubaneswar		No	(2nd biggest in India)
39	National Zoological Park	Delhi		No
40	Nehru Zoological Park	Hyderabad	Telangana	No
41	Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park	Darjeeling	West Bengal	No
42	Parassinikkadavu Snake Park			No
43	Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabua	in Rewari district	Haryana	No
44	Pilikula Biological Park	Mangalore	Karnataka	No
45		in Panchkula district	Haryana	No
46		in Panchkula district	Haryana	No
47	G. B. Pant High Altitude Zoo	Nainital		No	^[5]
48	Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park	Pune	Maharashtra	No
49	Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park	Ranchi		No	(est. 1987)^[6]
50	Rohtak Zoo		Haryana	No
51	Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden	Junagadh	Gujarat	No	(one of the oldest Indian zoo Est: 1863)
52	Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan, Patna	Patna	Bihar	No	Famous for rhinoceros conservation
53	Sarthana Zoo	Surat	Gujarat	No
54	Pradhyuman Zoological Park	Rajkot	Gujarat	No
55	Sarnath Deer Park	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	No
56	Sayaji Baug Zoo	Vadodara	Gujarat	No
57	Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary		Tripura	No
58	Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	No	largest in India,
59	Tata Steel Zoological Park	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	No
60	Thiruvananthapuram Zoo	Trivandrum	Kerala	No	built by Maharaja of Travancore
61	Thrissur Zoo	Thrissur	Kerala	No
62	Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore	Pinjore	Haryana	No
63	Etawah Safari Park	Etawah	Uttar Pradesh	No
64	Nandan Van Zoo	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	No	Asia's largest man-made 'Jungle Safari'
65	Kanpur Zoological Park	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	No
66	Kanan Pendari Zoological Garden	Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh	No
67	Sidhharth Garden and Zoo	Aurangabad	Maharashtra	No
68	Gwalior Zoo	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh	No
69	Malsi Deer Park	Dehradun	Uttarakhand	No

Under construction

Jambu Zoo in Jammu
Thrissur Zoological Park Wildlife Conversation & Research Centre in Kerala

References

Web site: Zoos Worldwide: Aquariums, Animal Sanctuaries, and Wildlife Parks . zoos-worldwide.de . Zoos Worldwide . 2 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719115732/http://www.zoos-worldwide.de/ . 19 July 2011.
Web site: List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now . kuchbhi.com . Kuchbhi . 4 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111021205725/http://kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html . 21 October 2011 .

External links

Official website of: "Central Zoo Authority of India" (CZA), Government of India
THE INDIAN ZOO INQUIRY A Review of Conditions in the Zoos of India, Compassionate Crusaders Trust & Zoocheck Canada, 2004 (Revised 2006)

Notes and References

Web site: Zoos in India -- from 1800 to now . 2024-03-01 . sphozanhi.tripod.com.
Web site: Birsa Mrig Vihar (Birsa Deer Park) . 2011-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110911202209/http://jharkhandtourism.ozg.in/2010/01/birsa-mrig-vihar-birsa-deer-park-ranchi.html . 2011-09-11 . dead .
https://web.archive.org/web/20121102121558/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060807/asp/ranchi/story_6579065.asp Ready for newer greens
[Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary]
Web site: Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo . 2010-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308025640/http://www.nainitalzoo.org.in/intro.htm . 2012-03-08 . dead .
http://wikimapia.org/3423881/RANCHI-ZOO Ranchi Zoo