List of zoos in India

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This is a '''list of [[zoo]]s 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 park]]s, [[animal theme park]]s, [[aviary|aviaries]], [[butterfly zoo]]s, and [[herpetarium|reptile centres]], as well as [[wildlife sanctuary|wildlife sanctuaries]] and [[nature reserve]]s where visitors are allowed. The oldest zoo in India is [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]]. The [[Central Zoo Authority of India]] (CZA) is the Governing Authority of all Zoos in [[India]],<ref name="cza_main"/> and is an associate member of the [[World Association of Zoos and Aquariums]] (WAZA).<ref name="waza_associations"/>

==Zoos in India==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! City
! State
!Notability
|-
| [[Alipore Zoological Gardens]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| [[West Bengal]]
|
|-
| [[Amirthi Zoological Park]]
| [[Vellore]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|
|-
| [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]] Vandalur Zoo
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|
|-
| [[Guwahati Zoo|Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden]]
| [[Guwahati]]
| [[Assam]]
|
|-
| [[Bannerghatta National Park]]
| near [[Bengaluru]]
| [[Karnataka]]
|
|-
| [[Birsa Deer Park]] (Birsa Mrig Vihar)
| [[Ranchi]]
| [[Jharkhand]]
| <ref name="kuchbhi"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jharkhandtourism.ozg.in/2010/01/birsa-mrig-vihar-birsa-deer-park-ranchi.html |title=Birsa Mrig Vihar (Birsa Deer Park) |access-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911202209/http://jharkhandtourism.ozg.in/2010/01/birsa-mrig-vihar-birsa-deer-park-ranchi.html |archive-date=2011-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060807/asp/ranchi/story_6579065.asp Ready for newer greens]</ref>
|-
| [[Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary]]
| [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]]
| [[Goa]]
| <ref>[[Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2019}}
|-
| [[Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli|Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli Mini Zoo, Kurukshetra]]
| [[Pipli]]
| [[Haryana]]
|
|-
| [[Chhatbir Zoo]](Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park)
| [[Zirakpur]]
| [[Punjab]]
|
|-
| [[Chennai Snake Park Trust]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|
|-
| [[Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani]]
| near [[Bahal, India|Bahal]]
| [[Haryana]]
|
|-
| [[Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra]]
| Bhaur Saidan (Kurukshetra)
|
|
|-
| Crocodile Breeding Centre, [[Ormanjhi block|Muta]]
| [[Ranchi]]
| [[Jharkhand]]
|
|-
| [[Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre]]
| [[Trivandrum]]
| [[Kerala]]
| In honour of [[Steve Irwin]]
|-
| [[Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyan |Gorakhpur Zoological Garden]]
| [[Gorakhpur]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|
|-
| [[Gorewada Zoo]]
| [[Nagpur]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
|
|-
| [[Gopalpur Zoo]]
| [[Gopalpur, Himachal Pradesh|Gopalpur]]
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
|-
| [[Gulab Bagh and Zoo]]
| [[Udaipur]]
| Rajasthan
|
|-
| [[Deer Park (Odisha)|Deer Park]] (Mini Zoo Sambalpur)
| [[Sambalpur]]
| [[Odisha]]
|
|-
| [[Chhatbir Zoo]](Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park)
| [[Zirakpur]]
| [[Punjab]]
|
|-
| [[Chennai Snake Park Trust]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|
|-
| [[Deer Park, Hisar|Hisar Deer Park]]
|
| [[Haryana]]
|
|-
| [[ Indra Gandhi Park]]
| [[ Rourkela ]]
| [[Odisha]]
| (''2nd Biggest in Odisha) ''
|-
| [[Indira Gandhi Zoological Park]]
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| (''3rd biggest in India)''
|-
| [[Indore Zoo]]
| [[Indore]]
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|
|-
| [[Jaipur Zoo]]
| [[Jaipur]]
| [[Rajasthan]]
|
|-
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park]]
| [[Bokaro Steel City]]
| [[Jharkhand]]
|
|-
| [[Jijamata Udyaan]]
| [[Mumbai]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
|
|-
| [[Kakatiya Zoological Park|Kakatiya Zoological Park, Warangal]]
| [[Warangal]]
| [[Telangana]]
|
|-
| [[Kamla Nehru Zoological Park, Kankaria]]
| [[Ahmedabad]]
| [[Gujarat]]
|
|-
| [[Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli|Kurukshetra Zoo]]
| [[Haryana]]
|
|
|-
| [[Lucknow Zoo]]
| [[Lucknow]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|
|-
| [[Madras Crocodile Bank Trust]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|
|-
| [[Maitri Bagh]]
| [[Bhilainagar|Bhilai Nagar]]
| [[Chhattisgarh]]
|Largest zoo in Chhattisgarh & India-Soviet Union friendship
|-
| Manda Zoo
| [[Jammu City]]
| [[Jammu]]
|
|-
| [[Marble Palace zoo]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| [[West Bengal]]
|
|-
| [[Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens|Mysore Zoo]]
| [[Mysuru]]
| [[Karnataka]]
|
|-
| [[Maharajbagh zoo]]
| [[Nagpur]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
|
|-
| [[Nandankanan Zoological Park]]
|[[Bhubaneswar]]
|[[Odisha]]
|(''2nd biggest in India)''
|-
| [[National Zoological Park Delhi|National Zoological Park]]
| [[Delhi]]
|
|
|-
| [[Nehru Zoological Park]]
|[[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
|[[Telangana]]
|
|-
| [[Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park]]
|[[Darjeeling]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|
|-
| [[Parassinikkadavu Snake Park]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabua]]
|in [[Rewari district]]
| [[Haryana]]
|
|-
|Pilikula Biological Park
| Mangalore
| Karnataka
|
|-
| [[Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala]]
|in [[Panchkula district]]
|[[Haryana]]
|
|-
| [[Pheasant Breeding Centre Morni]]
|in [[Panchkula district]]
|[[Haryana]]
|
|-
| [[Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital]]
|
| [[Uttarakhand]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nainitalzoo.org.in/intro.htm |title=Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo |access-date=2010-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308025640/http://www.nainitalzoo.org.in/intro.htm |archive-date=2012-03-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park]]
| [[Pune]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|
|-
|[[Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park]]
| [[Ranchi]]
|[[Jharkhand]]
|(est. 1987)<ref name="kuchbhi"/><ref>[http://wikimapia.org/3423881/RANCHI-ZOO Ranchi Zoo]</ref>
|-
| [[Rohtak Zoo]]
|
|[[Haryana]]
|
|-
|[[Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden]]
|[[Junagadh]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|(oldest Indian zoo)
|-
| [[Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan, Patna]]
| [https://amazingplaces.in/largest-zoo-in-india/ Patna]
| [[Bihar]]
|
|-
|[[Sarthana Zoo]]
| [[Surat]]
| [[Gujarat]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Pradhyuman Zoological Park]]
| [[Rajkot]]
| [[Gujarat]]
|
|-
|[[Sarnath Deer Park]]
| [[Varanasi]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|
|-
| [[Sayaji Baug Zoo]]
|[[Vadodara]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|
|-
|[[Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary]]
|
| [[Tripura]]
|
|-
|[[Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park]]
|[[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]]
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| largest in India,
|-
| [[Tata Steel Zoological Park]]
| [[Jamshedpur]]
|[[Jharkhand]]
|
|-
| [[Thiruvananthapuram Zoo]]
|[[Trivandrum]]
| [[Kerala]]
| built by [[Maharaja of Travancore]] (''One of the oldest in Asia)''
|-
| [[Thrissur Zoo]]
|[[Thrissur]]
|[[Kerala]]
|
|-
| [[Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore]]
|
|[[Haryana]]
|
|-
| [[Etawah Safari Park]]
|[[Etawah]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|
|-
|Nandan Van Zoo
|[[Raipur]]
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|Asia’s largest man-made ‘Jungle Safari’
|-
|[[Kanpur Zoological Park]]
|[[Kanpur]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|
|-
|Kanan Pendari Zoological Garden
|[[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]]
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|
|-
|}

== Under construction ==

* [[Jambu Zoo]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu]]
*[[Thrissur Zoological Park Wildlife Conversation & Research Centre]] in [[Kerala]]

==See also==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[List of botanical gardens in India]]
* [[List of zoos]]
* [[List of national parks of India]]
* [[Wildlife sanctuaries of India]]

{{div col end}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist |refs=

<ref name="cza_main">
{{ZooOrg|cza|main|accessdate=3 July 2011}}
</ref>

<ref name="waza_associations">
{{ZooOrg|waza|associations|accessdate=5 February 2011}}
</ref>

<ref name="kuchbhi">
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html
|title=List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now
|work=kuchbhi.com
|publisher=Kuchbhi
|accessdate=4 July 2011
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021205725/http://kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html
|archivedate=21 October 2011
}}</ref>

}}

==References==
*{{Cite web
|url = http://www.zoos-worldwide.de
|title = Zoos Worldwide: Aquariums, Animal Sanctuaries, and Wildlife Parks
|work = zoos-worldwide.de
|publisher = Zoos Worldwide
|accessdate = 2 July 2011
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719115732/http://www.zoos-worldwide.de/
|archivedate = 19 July 2011
}}

*{{Cite web
|url=http://www.kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html
|title=List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now
|work=kuchbhi.com
|publisher=Kuchbhi
|accessdate=4 July 2011
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021205725/http://kuchbhi.com/india/61-articles/258-list-of-zoos-in-india-from-1800-until-now.html
|archivedate=21 October 2011
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Zoos in India}}
{{Wikivoyage|Indian Zoos and Botanical Gardens}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091128084509/http://www.cza.nic.in/index.html Official website of: "Central Zoo Authority of India" (CZA), Government of India]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101202210056/http://www.zoocheck.com/Reportpdfs/Indianreport1.pdf THE INDIAN ZOO INQUIRY] A Review of Conditions in the Zoos of India, Compassionate Crusaders Trust & Zoocheck Canada, 2004 (Revised 2006)

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