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

Zoos in India

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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 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) Pipli Haryana No
9 Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park Zirakpur Punjab No
10 Chennai Snake Park Trust Chennai Tamil Nadu No
11 Chinkara Breeding Centre near Bahal Haryana No
12 Crocodile Breeding Centre, Bhaur Saidan Kurukshetra Haryana No
13 Crocodile Breeding Centre Ranchi Jharkhand No
14 Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre Thiruvananthapuram Kerala No In honour of Steve Irwin
15 Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyan (Gorakhpur Zoological Gardens) 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 Odisha No
20 Hisar Deer Park Hisar Haryana No
21 Indira Gandhi Park Rourkela Odisha No 2nd largest in Odisha
22 Indira Gandhi Zoological Park Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh No 3rd largest 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 Telangana No
28 Kamala Nehru Zoological Park Ahmedabad Gujarat No
29 Kurukshetra Zoo Kurukshetra 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 & made by India-Soviet Union Friendship
33 Manda Zoo Jammu City Jammu and Kashmir No
34 Marble Palace Zoo Kolkata West Bengal No
35 Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru 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 largest in India
39 National Zoological Park New Delhi National Capital Territory of Delhi No
40 Nehru Zoological Park Hyderabad Telangana No
41 Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park Darjeeling West Bengal No
42 Parassinikkadavu Snake Park Parassinikkadavu Kerala No
43 Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre Rewari Haryana No
44 Pilikula Biological Park Mangaluru Karnataka No
45 Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala Panchkula Haryana No
46 Pheasant Breeding Centre Morni Haryana No
47 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 Rohtak Haryana No
51 Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden Junagadh Gujarat No (one of the oldest Indian zoos. Est: 1863)
52 Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan 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 Sipahijola 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 Thiruvananthapuram Kerala No Built by Maharaja of Travancore
61 Thrissur Zoo Thrissur Kerala No
62 Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre 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 Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar Maharashtra No
68 Gwalior Zoo Gwalior Madhya Pradesh No
69 Malsi Deer Park Dehradun Uttarakhand No
70 White Tiger Safari & Zoo Satna Madhya Pradesh No World's 1st White Tiger Safari[10]

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Zoos in India -- from 1800 to now". sphozanhi.tripod.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  2. ^ "Central Zoo Authority". cza.nic.in. CZA. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Members". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  4. ^ 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.
  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
  10. ^ "World's first White Tiger Safari to come up in Madhya Pradesh". www.economictimes.indiatimes.com. 3 April 2024.

References

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