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, safari parks, animal theme parks, aviaries, butterfly zoos, and reptile centres, as well as wildlife sanctuaries and nature reserves where visitors are allowed.
The Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA) is the Governing Authority of all Zoos in India,[1] and is an associate member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).[2]
Zoos in India
Aizawl Zoo, Aizawl, Mizoram
Alipore Zoological Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal
Allen Forest Zoo, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Amirthi Zoological Park, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Vandalur Zoo), Chennai, Tamil Nadu- India's largest zoo
Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden, Guwahati, Assam
Bannerghatta National Park, Bengaluru
Bhiwani Zoo, Haryana
Birsa Deer Park (Kalamati Birsa Mrig Vihar), Ranchi[3][4][5]
Black Buck Breeding Centre, Pipli Mini Zoo, Kurukshetra, Haryana
ChattBir Zoo, Zirakpur, Punjab
Chennai Snake Park Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwaninear Bahal in Bhiwani district, Haryana
Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra , Bhaur Saidan (Kurukshetra)
Gopalpur Zoo, Gopalpur, Himachal Pradesh
Gulab Bagh and Zoo, Udaipur, Rajasthan .
Hisar Deer Park, Haryana
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 [6]
Jhargram Zoo, Jhargram, West Bengal
Jijamata Udyaan, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Kanan Pendari Zoo, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Kankaria, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Kanpur Zoo, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Kurukshetra Zoo, Haryana
Lucknow Zoo, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Maitri Bagh, Bhilainagar, Chhattisgarh
Marble Palace zoo, Kolkata, West Bengal
Mysore Zoo, Mysore, Karnataka
Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 2nd Biggest in India
National Zoological Park, Delhi
Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, Telangana
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling, West Bengal
Parassinikkadavu Snake Park
Peacock & Chinkara Breading Centre, Jhabua, in Rewari district, Haryana
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 [7]
Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park, Pune, Maharashtra
Ranchi Zoo (Bhagwan Birsa Munda Biological Park), Ranchi, Jharkhand (est. 1987)[3][8]
Rohtak Zoo, Haryana
Sakkarbaug Zoological Garden, Junagadh, Gujarat
Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan, Patna, Bihar
Sarthana Zoo, Surat, Gujarat
Sayaji Baug Zoo, Vadodara, Gujarat
Sipahijola Wildlife Sanctuary, Tripura
Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park biggest in India, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
Tata Steel Zoological Park, (Jubilee Park) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Thim Park, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, Trivandrum, Keralaoldest in Asia,built by Maharaja of Travancore
Thrissur Zoo, Thrissur, Kerala
Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore, Haryana