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This is a '''list of [[zoo]]s in India'''. For a list of aquaria, see [[List of aquaria in India]].
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 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 [[Marble Palace Zoo]], Kolkata. The zoo and park was opened in 1854.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zoos in India -- from 1800 to now |url=https://sphozanhi.tripod.com/zoosind.htm |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=sphozanhi.tripod.com}}</ref>
 
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==
==Zoos in India==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!
! Name
! Name
! City
! City
! State
! State
!Smart Zoo?
!Notability
!Notability
|-
|-
|1
| [[Alipore Zoological Gardens]]  
| [[Alipore Zoological Gardens]]  
| [[Kolkata]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| [[West Bengal]]
| [[West Bengal]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|2
| [[Amirthi Zoological Park]]  
| [[Amirthi Zoological Park]]  
| [[Vellore]]
| [[Vellore]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]] Vandalur Zoo
|3
| [[Arignar Anna Zoological Park]] (Vandalur Zoo)
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|  
|No
|First zoo in India
|-
|-
|4
| [[Guwahati Zoo|Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden]]
| [[Guwahati Zoo|Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden]]
| [[Guwahati]]
| [[Guwahati]]
| [[Assam]]
| [[Assam]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Bannerghatta National Park]]
|5
| near [[Bengaluru]]
| [[Bannerghatta Biological Park]]
| [[Bengaluru]]
| [[Karnataka]]
| [[Karnataka]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|6
| [[Birsa Deer Park]] (Birsa Mrig Vihar)
| [[Birsa Deer Park]] (Birsa Mrig Vihar)
| [[Ranchi]]
| [[Ranchi]]
| [[Jharkhand]]
| [[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>
|No
| <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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102121558/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060807/asp/ranchi/story_6579065.asp Ready for newer greens]</ref>
|-
|-
|7
| [[Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary]]
| [[Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary]]
| [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]]
| [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]]
| [[Goa]]
| [[Goa]]
|No
| <ref>[[Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2019}}
| <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]]
|8
| [[Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli|Black Buck Breeding Centre (Pipli Mini Zoo)]]
| [[Pipli]]
| [[Pipli]]
| [[Haryana]]
| [[Haryana]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Chhatbir Zoo]](Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park)
|9
| [[Chhatbir Zoo|Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park]]
| [[Zirakpur]]
| [[Zirakpur]]
| [[Punjab]]
| [[Punjab]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|10
| [[Chennai Snake Park Trust]]
| [[Chennai Snake Park Trust]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani]]
|11
| [[Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani|Chinkara Breeding Centre]]
| near [[Bahal, India|Bahal]]
| near [[Bahal, India|Bahal]]
| [[Haryana]]
| [[Haryana]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra]]
|12
| Bhaur Saidan (Kurukshetra)
| [[Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra|Crocodile Breeding Centre]], Bhaur Saidan
|  
| [[Kurukshetra]]
| [[Haryana]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| Crocodile Breeding Centre, [[Ormanjhi block|Muta]]
|13
| Crocodile Breeding Centre
| [[Ranchi]]
| [[Ranchi]]
| [[Jharkhand]]
| [[Jharkhand]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|14
| [[Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre]]
| [[Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre]]
| [[Trivandrum]]
| [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| [[Kerala]]  
| [[Kerala]]  
|No
| In honour of [[Steve Irwin]]
| In honour of [[Steve Irwin]]
|-
|-
| [[Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyan |Gorakhpur Zoological Garden]]
|15
| [[Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyan]] (Gorakhpur Zoological Gardens)
| [[Gorakhpur]]
| [[Gorakhpur]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|16
| [[Gorewada Zoo]]
| [[Gorewada Zoo]]
| [[Nagpur]]
| [[Nagpur]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
|  
|'''Yes'''
|
|-
|-
|17
| [[Gopalpur Zoo]]
| [[Gopalpur Zoo]]
| [[Gopalpur, Himachal Pradesh|Gopalpur]]
| [[Gopalpur, Himachal Pradesh|Gopalpur]]
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
|No
|
|-
|-
|18
| [[Gulab Bagh and Zoo]]
| [[Gulab Bagh and Zoo]]
| [[Udaipur]]
| [[Udaipur]]
| Rajasthan  
| [[Rajasthan]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Deer Park (Odisha)|Deer Park]] (Mini Zoo Sambalpur)
|19
| [[Deer Park (Odisha)|Deer Park]] (Mini Zoo)
| [[Sambalpur]]
| [[Sambalpur]]
| [[Odisha]]
| [[Odisha]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Chhatbir Zoo]](Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park)
|20
| [[Zirakpur]]
| [[Punjab]]
|
|-
| [[Chennai Snake Park Trust]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|
|-
| [[Deer Park, Hisar|Hisar Deer Park]]
| [[Deer Park, Hisar|Hisar Deer Park]]
|  
| [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]
| [[Haryana]]
| [[Haryana]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[ Indra Gandhi Park]]
|21
| [[ Rourkela ]]
| [[Indira Gandhi Park]]
| [[Rourkela]]
| [[Odisha]]
| [[Odisha]]
| (''2nd Biggest in Odisha) ''
|No
|2nd largest in Odisha
|-
|-
|22
| [[Indira Gandhi Zoological Park]]
| [[Indira Gandhi Zoological Park]]
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| (''3rd biggest in India)''
|No
|3rd largest in India
|-
|-
|23
| [[Indore Zoo]]
| [[Indore Zoo]]
| [[Indore]]
| [[Indore]]
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|'''Yes'''
|  
|  
|-
|-
|24
| [[Jaipur Zoo]]
| [[Jaipur Zoo]]
| [[Jaipur]]
| [[Jaipur]]
| [[Rajasthan]]
| [[Rajasthan]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|25
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park]]
| [[Bokaro Steel City]]
| [[Bokaro Steel City]]
| [[Jharkhand]]  
| [[Jharkhand]]  
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|26
| [[Jijamata Udyaan]]
| [[Jijamata Udyaan]]
| [[Mumbai]]
| [[Mumbai]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Kakatiya Zoological Park|Kakatiya Zoological Park, Warangal]]  
|27
| [[Kakatiya Zoological Park]]  
| [[Warangal]]
| [[Warangal]]
| [[Telangana]]
| [[Telangana]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Kamla Nehru Zoological Park, Kankaria]]
|28
| [[Kamala Nehru Zoological Park, Kankaria|Kamala Nehru Zoological Park]]
| [[Ahmedabad]]
| [[Ahmedabad]]
| [[Gujarat]]
| [[Gujarat]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|29
| [[Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli|Kurukshetra Zoo]]
| [[Mini Zoo & Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli|Kurukshetra Zoo]]
| [[Kurukshetra]]
| [[Haryana]]
| [[Haryana]]
|  
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|30
| [[Lucknow Zoo]]
| [[Lucknow Zoo]]
| [[Lucknow]]
| [[Lucknow]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|31
| [[Madras Crocodile Bank Trust]]
| [[Madras Crocodile Bank Trust]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Chennai]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|32
| [[Maitri Bagh]]
| [[Maitri Bagh]]
| [[Bhilainagar|Bhilai Nagar]]
| [[Bhilainagar|Bhilai Nagar]]
| [[Chhattisgarh]]
| [[Chhattisgarh]]
|Largest zoo in Chhattisgarh & India-Soviet Union friendship
|No
|Largest zoo in Chhattisgarh & made by India-Soviet Union Friendship
|-
|-
| Manda Zoo
|33
| Manda Zoo
| [[Jammu City]]
| [[Jammu City]]
| [[Jammu]]
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Marble Palace zoo]]
|34
| [[Marble Palace Zoo]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| [[West Bengal]]
| [[West Bengal]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens|Mysore Zoo]]
|35
| [[Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens]] (Mysuru Zoo)
| [[Mysuru]]
| [[Mysuru]]
| [[Karnataka]]
| [[Karnataka]]
|'''Yes'''
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Maharajbagh zoo]]
|36
| [[Maharajbagh Zoo]]
| [[Nagpur]]
| [[Nagpur]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
|No
|  
|  
|-
|-
|37
| [[Nagaland Zoological Park]]
| [[Chümoukedima]]
| [[Nagaland]]
|No
|
|-
|38
| [[Nandankanan Zoological Park]]
| [[Nandankanan Zoological Park]]
|[[Bhubaneswar]]
| [[Bhubaneswar]]
|[[Odisha]]  
| [[Odisha]]  
|(''2nd biggest in India)''
|No
|(2nd largest in India
|-
|-
|39
| [[National Zoological Park Delhi|National Zoological Park]]
| [[National Zoological Park Delhi|National Zoological Park]]
| [[Delhi]]
| [[New Delhi]]
|
| [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|40
| [[Nehru Zoological Park]]
| [[Nehru Zoological Park]]
|[[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
|[[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]
|[[Telangana]]
|[[Telangana]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|41
| [[Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park]]
| [[Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park]]
|[[Darjeeling]]
|[[Darjeeling]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|[[West Bengal]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|42
| [[Parassinikkadavu Snake Park]]
| [[Parassinikkadavu Snake Park]]
|
| [[Parassinikkadavu Snake Park|Parassinikkadavu]]
|
|Kerala
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabua]]
|43
|in [[Rewari district]]
|[[Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabua|Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre]]
|[[Rewari]]
| [[Haryana]]
| [[Haryana]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|44
|Pilikula Biological Park
|Pilikula Biological Park
| Mangalore
| [[Mangaluru]]
| Karnataka
| [[Karnataka]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|45
| [[Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala]]  
| [[Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala]]  
|in [[Panchkula district]]
|[[Panchkula]]
|[[Haryana]]
|[[Haryana]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Pheasant Breeding Centre Morni]]  
|46
|in [[Panchkula district]]
| [[Pheasant Breeding Centre Morni|Pheasant Breeding Centre]]  
|[[Morni]]
|[[Haryana]]
|[[Haryana]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital]]
|47
|
| [[G. B. Pant High Altitude Zoo]]
| [[Nainital]]
| [[Uttarakhand]]  
| [[Uttarakhand]]  
|No
|<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>
|<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>
|-
|-
|48
| [[Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park]]
| [[Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park]]
| [[Pune]]
| [[Pune]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Maharashtra]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|49
|[[Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park]]
|[[Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park]]
| [[Ranchi]]
| [[Ranchi]]
|[[Jharkhand]]  
|[[Jharkhand]]  
|No
|(est. 1987)<ref name="kuchbhi"/><ref>[http://wikimapia.org/3423881/RANCHI-ZOO Ranchi Zoo]</ref>
|(est. 1987)<ref name="kuchbhi"/><ref>[http://wikimapia.org/3423881/RANCHI-ZOO Ranchi Zoo]</ref>
|-
|-
|50
| [[Rohtak Zoo]]
| [[Rohtak Zoo]]
|
| [[Rohtak]]
|[[Haryana]]
|[[Haryana]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|51
|[[Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden]]
|[[Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden]]
|[[Junagadh]]
|[[Junagadh]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|(oldest Indian zoo)
|No
|(one of the oldest Indian zoos. Est: 1863)
|-
|-
| [[Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan, Patna]]
|52
| [https://amazingplaces.in/largest-zoo-in-india/ Patna]
| [[Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan, Patna|Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan]]
| [[Patna]]
| [[Bihar]]
| [[Bihar]]
|
|No
|Famous for Rhinoceros conservation
|-
|-
|53
|[[Sarthana Zoo]]
|[[Sarthana Zoo]]
| [[Surat]]
| [[Surat]]
| [[Gujarat]]
| [[Gujarat]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|-
|54
|[[Pradhyuman Zoological Park]]
|[[Pradhyuman Zoological Park]]
| [[Rajkot]]
| [[Rajkot]]
| [[Gujarat]]
| [[Gujarat]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|55
|[[Sarnath Deer Park]]
|[[Sarnath Deer Park]]
| [[Varanasi]]
| [[Varanasi]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|56
| [[Sayaji Baug Zoo]]
| [[Sayaji Baug Zoo]]
|[[Vadodara]]
|[[Vadodara]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|57
|[[Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary]]
|[[Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary]]
|
|Sipahijola
| [[Tripura]]
| [[Tripura]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|58
|[[Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park]]
|[[Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park]]
|[[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]]
|[[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]]
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| largest in India,
|No
| Largest in India
|-
|-
|59
| [[Tata Steel Zoological Park]]
| [[Tata Steel Zoological Park]]
| [[Jamshedpur]]
| [[Jamshedpur]]
|[[Jharkhand]]
|[[Jharkhand]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|60
| [[Thiruvananthapuram Zoo]]
| [[Thiruvananthapuram Zoo]]
|[[Trivandrum]]
|[[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| [[Kerala]]
| [[Kerala]]
| built by [[Maharaja of Travancore]] (''One of the oldest in Asia)''
|No
| Built by [[Maharaja of Travancore]]
|-
|-
|61
| [[Thrissur Zoo]]
| [[Thrissur Zoo]]
|[[Thrissur]]
|[[Thrissur]]
|[[Kerala]]
|[[Kerala]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore]]
|62
|
| [[Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore|Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre]]
|[[Pinjore]]
|[[Haryana]]
|[[Haryana]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|63
| [[Etawah Safari Park]]
| [[Etawah Safari Park]]
|[[Etawah]]
|[[Etawah]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|Nandan Van Zoo
|64
|[[Nandan Van Zoo]]
|[[Raipur]]
|[[Raipur]]
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|Asia’s largest man-made ‘Jungle Safari’
|No
|Asia's largest man-made Jungle Safari
|-
|-
|65
|[[Kanpur Zoological Park]]
|[[Kanpur Zoological Park]]
|[[Kanpur]]
|[[Kanpur]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|No
|
|
|-
|-
|66
|Kanan Pendari Zoological Garden
|Kanan Pendari Zoological Garden
|[[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]]
|[[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]]
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|[[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
|
|-
|71
| [[Jambu zoo]]
| [[Jammu]]
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|No
|
|-
|70
|[[White Tiger Safari & Zoo Mukundpur|White Tiger Safari & Zoo]]
|[[Satna]]
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|No
|World's 1st White Tiger Safari<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/worlds-first-white-tiger-safari-to-come-up-in-madhya-pradesh/articleshow/45230058.cms?from=mdr|title=World's first White Tiger Safari to come up in Madhya Pradesh|website= www.economictimes.indiatimes.com|date= 3 April 2024}}</ref>
|}
|}


== Under construction ==
== Under construction ==


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


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 16:08, 14 March 2026


Template:Wildlife of 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, 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[edit | edit source]

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 First zoo in India
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
71 Jambu zoo Jammu Jammu and Kashmir No
70 White Tiger Safari & Zoo Satna Madhya Pradesh No World's 1st White Tiger Safari[10]

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  1. ↑ "Zoos in India -- from 1800 to now". sphozanhi.tripod.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  2. ↑ Template:ZooOrg
  3. ↑ Template:ZooOrg
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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.

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