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.
The Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA) is the Governing Authority of all Zoos in India, and is an associate member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).
Zoos in India
Name City StateSmart Zoo?Notability1 Alipore Zoological Gardens Kolkata West Bengalyes The only zoo to successfully breed northern giraffe2 Amirthi Zoological Park Vellore Tamil NaduNo 3 Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Vandalur Zoo) Chennai Tamil NaduNoFirst zoo in India4 Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden Guwahati AssamNo 5 Bannerghatta Biological Park Bengaluru KarnatakaNo 6 Birsa Deer Park (Birsa Mrig Vihar) Ranchi JharkhandNo Ready for newer greens7 Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary Ponda GoaNo Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary8 Black Buck Breeding Centre (Pipli Mini Zoo) Pipli HaryanaNo9 Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park Zirakpur PunjabNo10 Chennai Snake Park Trust Chennai Tamil NaduNo11 Chinkara Breeding Centre near Bahal HaryanaNo12 Crocodile Breeding Centre, Bhaur Saidan Kurukshetra HaryanaNo 13 Crocodile Breeding Centre Ranchi JharkhandNo14 Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre Thiruvananthapuram Kerala No In honour of Steve Irwin15 Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Prani Udyan (Gorakhpur Zoological Gardens) Gorakhpur Uttar PradeshNo 16 Gorewada Zoo Nagpur MaharashtraYes17 Gopalpur Zoo Gopalpur Himachal PradeshNo18 Gulab Bagh and Zoo Udaipur Rajasthan No 19 Deer Park (Mini Zoo) Sambalpur OdishaNo20 Hisar Deer Park Hisar HaryanaNo 21 Indira Gandhi Park Rourkela Odisha22 Indira Gandhi Zoological Park Visakhapatnam Andhra PradeshNo3rd largest in India and is also responsible for breeding of ring tailed lemurs23 Indore Zoo Indore Madhya PradeshNo 24 Jaipur Zoo Jaipur RajasthanNo 25 Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park Bokaro Steel City Jharkhand No responsible for breeding of mandrills26 Jijamata Udyaan Mumbai MaharashtraNo 27 Kakatiya Zoological Park Warangal TelanganaNo 28 Kamala Nehru Zoological Park Ahmedabad GujaratNo 29 Kurukshetra Zoo Kurukshetra HaryanaNo 30 Lucknow Zoo Lucknow Uttar PradeshNo 31 Madras Crocodile Bank Trust Chennai Tamil NaduYes One of the best reptile conservation zoos of world. They are known for success of saving many critically endangered native and exotic reptiles. They are also known for successfully breeding these reptiles32 Maitri Bagh Bhilai Nagar ChhattisgarhNoLargest zoo in Chhattisgarh & made by India-Soviet Union Friendship 33 Manda Zoo Jammu City Jammu and KashmirNo 34 Marble Palace Zoo Kolkata West BengalNo 35 Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) Mysuru KarnatakaYes 36 Maharajbagh Zoo Nagpur MaharashtraNo 37 Nagaland Zoological Park Chümoukedima NagalandNo38 Nandankanan Zoological Park Bhubaneswar Odisha No(2nd largest in India39 National Zoological Park New Delhi National Capital Territory of DelhiNo40 Nehru Zoological ParkHyderabadTelanganaNo41 Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological ParkDarjeelingWest BengalYesThis zoo is renowned for its global breeding of snow leopard and red panda42 Parassinikkadavu Snake Park ParassinikkadavuKeralaNo43Peacock & Chinkara Breeding CentreRewari HaryanaNo44Pilikula Biological Park Mangaluru KarnatakaYesThe Zoo is renowned for its exotic primates and focus on conservation and breeding for western ghat wildlife45 Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala PanchkulaHaryanaNo46 Pheasant Breeding Centre MorniHaryanaNo47 G. B. Pant High Altitude Zoo Nainital Uttarakhand No48 Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park PuneMaharashtraNo49Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park RanchiJharkhand No(est. 1987)Ranchi Zoo50 Rohtak Zoo RohtakHaryanaNo51Sakkarbaug Zoological GardenJunagadhGujaratYes One of the few Zoo to successfully breed vultures,wild asses,cranes & stork(yes,even demoseille and sarus crane) and pure breeded lions52 Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik Udyan Patna BiharNoFamous for Rhinoceros conservation 53Sarthana Zoo Surat GujaratNo54Pradhyuman Zoological Park Rajkot GujaratNo55Sarnath Deer Park VaranasiUttar PradeshNo56 Sayaji Baug ZooVadodaraGujaratNo57Sipahijola Wildlife SanctuarySipahijola TripuraNo58Sri Venkateswara Zoological ParkTirupati Andhra PradeshNo Largest in India59 Tata Steel Zoological Park JamshedpurJharkhandNo60 Thiruvananthapuram ZooThiruvananthapuram KeralaNo Built by Maharaja of Travancore61 Thrissur ZooThrissurKeralaNo62 Vulture Conservation and Breeding CentrePinjoreHaryanaNo63 Etawah Safari ParkEtawahUttar PradeshNo64Nandan Van ZooRaipurChhattisgarhNoAsia's largest man-made Jungle Safari65Kanpur Zoological ParkKanpurUttar PradeshNo66Kanan Pendari Zoological GardenBilaspurChhattisgarhNo67Sidhharth Garden and ZooChhatrapati Sambhaji NagarMaharashtraNo68Gwalior ZooGwaliorMadhya PradeshNo69Malsi Deer ParkDehradunUttarakhandNo71 Jambu zoo Jammu Jammu and KashmirNo70White Tiger Safari & ZooSatnaMadhya PradeshNoWorld's 1st White Tiger Safari
missing zoos from list [Sardar patel Zoological Park] [Aizwal Zoological Park] [Bengal Safari Siliguri] [Harinalaya mini Zoo (Eco park Kolkata)] [Manipur Zoological Park] [Puthoor Zoological Park] [Nahargarh Biological Park] [Vantara Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre] There are 7 other zoos missing that are not written here
See also
List of botanical gardens in India List of zoos List of national parks of India Wildlife sanctuaries of India
Notes
References
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)