List of zoos in India

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,

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,^[2] and is an associate member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).^[3]

Zoos in India

	Name	City	State	Smart Zoo?	Notability
1	Alipore Zoological Gardens	Kolkata	West Bengal	No
2	Amirthi Zoological Park	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	^[4]^[5]^[6]
7	Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary	Ponda	Goa	No	^[7]^{[circular reference]}
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	Kerala	No	In honour of Steve Irwin
15	Gorakhpur Zoological Garden	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh	No
16	Gorewada Zoo	Nagpur	Maharashtra	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	Jharkhand	No
26	Jijamata Udyaan	Mumbai	Maharashtra	No
27	Kakatiya Zoological Park, Warangal	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	Odisha	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	Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala	in Panchkula district	Haryana	No
46	Pheasant Breeding Centre Morni	in Panchkula district	Haryana	No
47	Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital		Uttarakhand	No	^[8]
48	Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park	Pune	Maharashtra	No
49	Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park	Ranchi	Jharkhand	No	(est. 1987)^[4]^[9]
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

Under construction

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

Notes

^ "Zoos in India -- from 1800 to now". sphozanhi.tripod.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
^ "Central Zoo Authority". cza.nic.in.
CZA
. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
^ "Members". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now". kuchbhi.com. Kuchbhi. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
^ "Birsa Mrig Vihar (Birsa Deer Park)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
^ Ready for newer greens
^ Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary
^ "Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
^ Ranchi Zoo

References

"Zoos Worldwide: Aquariums, Animal Sanctuaries, and Wildlife Parks". zoos-worldwide.de. Zoos Worldwide. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

"List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now". kuchbhi.com. Kuchbhi. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 4 July 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)

[1] "Zoos in India -- from 1800 to now". sphozanhi.tripod.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.

[cza_main-2] "Central Zoo Authority". cza.nic.in.
CZA
. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

[waza_associations-3] "Members". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

[kuchbhi-4] "List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now". kuchbhi.com. Kuchbhi. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

[5] "Birsa Mrig Vihar (Birsa Deer Park)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-07-19.

[6] Ready for newer greens

[7] Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary

[8] "Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-06-10.

[9] Ranchi Zoo

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v t e Zoos and Safari parks of India
Zoos	Alipore Zoological Gardens Allen Forest Zoo Amirthi Zoological Park Arignar Anna Zoological Park Bannerghatta Biological Park Chhatbir Zoo Chennai Snake Park Gopalpur Zoo Gorewada Zoo Gulab Bagh and Zoo Guwahati Zoo Indira Gandhi Zoological Park Indore Zoo Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park Jaipur Zoo Jijamata Udyaan Lucknow Zoo Madras Crocodile Bank Marble Palace Zoo Mysore Zoo Nandankanan Zoological Park National Zoological Park Nehru Zoological Park G. B. Pant High Altitude Zoo Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park Parassinikkadavu Snake Park Sajjangarh Biological Park Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden Sandish Compound Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park Tata Steel Zoological Park Thrissur Zoo Thiruvananthapuram Zoo Warangal Zoo
Safari Park	Etawah Safari Park Tiger and Lion Safari, Shimoga
Aquariums	Bangalore Aquarium Taraporewala Aquarium
Organisations	Central Zoo Authority of India Zoo Outreach Organisation Wildlife Institute of India Indian Institute of Forest Management South Asian Zoo Association for Regional Cooperation
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