| Biosphere reserves and Marine National Parks/Sanctuaries of India |
| Name |
State |
Year |
Area (km2) |
Key fauna |
Location |
Type |
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| Nilgiri
Biosphere Reserve |
Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka |
1986 |
5520 |
Nilgiri tahr, tiger, lion-tailed
macaque |
Part of Waynad, Nagarhole,
Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley |
Western Ghats |
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| Nanda Devi
Biosphere Reserve |
Uttarakhand |
1988 |
5860 |
Snow leopard, Himalayan black
bear |
Parts of Chamoli District,
Pithoragarh District & Bageshwar District |
Western Himalayas |
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| Gulf of Mannar |
Tamil Nadu |
1989 |
10500 |
Dugong |
Indian part of Gulf of Mannar
extending from Rameswaram island in the north to Kanyakumari in the south of
Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka |
Coasts |
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| Nokrek |
Meghalaya |
1988 |
820.00 |
Red panda |
In west Garo Hills |
Eastern
hills |
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| Sundarbans |
West Bengal |
1989 |
9630 |
Royal Bengal tiger |
Part of delta of Ganges and
Brahmaputra river system |
Gangetic Delta |
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| Manas |
Assam |
1989 |
2837 |
Asiatic elephant, tiger, Assam
roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur, pygmy hog |
Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon,
Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts |
Eastern
Hills |
|
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| Simlipal |
Odisha |
1994 |
4374 |
Gaur, royal Bengal tiger, Asian
elephant |
Part of Mayurbhanj
district |
Deccan Peninsula |
|
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| Dihang-Dibang |
Arunachal Pradesh |
1998 |
5112 |
Mishmi takin, musk deer |
Part of Siang and Dibang Valley |
Eastern Himalaya |
|
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| Pachmarhi
Biosphere Reserve |
Madhya Pradesh |
1999 |
4981.72 |
Giant squirrel, flying squirrel |
Parts of Betul District,
Hoshangabad District and Chhindwara District |
Semi-Arid |
|
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| Achanakmar-Amarkantak
Biosphere Reserve |
Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh |
2005 |
3835 |
Four-horned antelope, Indian
wild dog, sarus crane, white-rumped vulture, sacred grove bush frog |
Part of Annupur, Dindori and
Bilaspur districts |
Maikala
Hills |
|
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| Great Rann of Kutch |
Gujarat |
2008 |
12454 |
Indian wild ass |
Part of Kutch, Morbi,
Surendranagar and Patan districts; the largest biosphere reserve in India. |
Desert |
|
|
| Cold Desert |
Himachal Pradesh |
2009 |
7770 |
Snow leopard |
Pin Valley
National Park and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife
Sanctuary |
Western Himalayas |
|
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| Khangchendzonga |
Sikkim |
2000 |
2620 |
Snow leopard, red panda |
Parts of Kangchenjunga |
East Himalayas |
|
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| Agasthyamalai
Biosphere Reserve |
Kerala, Tamil Nadu |
2001 |
3500.08 |
Nilgiri tahr, Asian elephant |
Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny
Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining areas |
Western Ghats |
|
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| Great Nicobar |
Andaman and
Nicobar Islands |
1989 |
885 |
Saltwater crocodile |
Southernmost
of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Islands |
|
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| Dibru-Saikhowa |
Assam |
1997 |
765 |
White-winged wood duck, water
buffalo, black-breasted parrotbill, tiger, capped langur |
Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia
districts |
Eastern
Hills |
|
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| Seshachalam Hills |
Andhra Pradesh |
2010 |
4755 |
Slender loris |
Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering
parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts |
Eastern Ghats |
|
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| Panna |
Madhya Pradesh |
2011 |
2998.98 |
Tiger, chital, chinkara, sambhar
and sloth bear |
Part of Panna District and
Chhatarpur District |
Catchment Area of the Ken River |
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| Gulf of Kutch Marine National
Park |
Gujarat |
1980 |
270 |
coral lichen, sea slug,shelled mollusc, octopus, painted
storks, flamingos. |
Jamnagar District; 42 islands |
southern Gulf of Kutch |
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| Mahathma Gandhi Marine
National Park |
Andaman |
1983 |
281.5 |
coral, turtle |
29 km from Port Blair. |
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| Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife
Sanctuary |
Odisha |
1997 |
1435 |
Olive Ridley Turtles |
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| Malwan Marine Wildlife
Sanctuary |
Maharashtra |
1987 |
29.22. |
Flamingos,gulls, terns, |
Sindhudurg District. |
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