Important Zoological Parks of India

Azoological park (also known as a zoological garden, animal park, or menagerie) is a place where various living animals are kept in enclosures to entertain and educate people about species conservation.

Zoos in India are managed and recognised by theCentral Zoo Authority of Indiawhich was constituted in1992under section 38A of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.

TheArignar Anna Zoological Park is India's largest zoo.This zoo is approximately 1300 acres (6.03 km²) in size and contains 171 species of flora and fauna, including rare species. The 2nd biggest in India is Nandankanan Zoological Park and the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park of  Visakhapatnam is the third biggest zoological park in India.

TheMarble Palace Zoo in West Bengal, founded in 1854 by Raja Rajendra Mullick, is India's oldest and first zoo, primarily serving as an aviary for peacocks, toucans, storks, and cranes.

If you want to learn more about the list of zoos in India, you can use the searchable table provided below. The table below also shows the zoo's location, the state in which it is located, and the year it was founded.

NameLocationStateYearAlipore Zoological GardensKolkataWest Bengal1875Amirthi Zoological ParkVelloreTamil Nadu1967Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Vandalur Zoo)ChennaiTamil Nadu1885Aizawl ZooAizawlMizoram2006Allen Forest Zoo / Kanpur Zoological Park /Kanpur ZooKanpurUttar Pradesh1974Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical GardenGuwahatiAssam1958Bhiwani ZooBhiwaniHaryana1982*Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park / Ranchi ZooRanchiJharkhand1994Black Buck Breeding Centre Pipli Mini ZooKurukshetraHaryana1982Chatt Bir ZooZirakpurPunjab1977Chennai Snake Park TrustChennaiTamil Nadu1972Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu ( Bhiwaninear Bahal)BhiwaniHaryana1985Crocodile Breeding Centre (Bhaur Saidan (Kurukshetra)KurukshetraHaryana1987Gopalpur Zoo (Dhauladhar Nature Park)GopalpurHimachal Pradesh1992Gulab Bagh and ZooUdaipurRajasthan1887Hisar Deer ParkHisarHaryana1971Indore ZooIndoreMadhya Pradesh1974Jaipur ZooJaipurRajasthan1877Indira Gandhi Zoological ParkVisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh1977Jawaharlal Nehru Biological ParkBokaro Steel CityJharkhand1989National Zoological ParkNew DelhiDelhi1959Nehru Zoological ParkHyderabadTelangana1963Nandankanan Zoological ParkBhubaneswarOdisha1960Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological ParkDarjeelingWest Bengal1957Rajiv Gandhi Zoological ParkPuneMaharashtra1999Jhargram Zoo (Junglemahal Zoological Park)JhargramWest Bengal1980Jijamata Udyaan / Byculla Zoo(formerly Victoria Gardens)MumbaiMaharashtra1861Kankaria Zoo / Kamla Nehru ZooAhmedabadGujarat1951Kanpur ZooKanpurUttar Pradesh1974Kurukshetra ZooKarnalHaryana1982Lucknow ZooLucknowUttar Pradesh1921Madras Crocodile Bank TrustChennaiTamil Nadu1976Maitri BaghBhilainagarChhattisgarh1972Marble Palace ZooKolkataWest Bengal1854Mysore Zoo /Sri Chamarajendra Zoological GardenMysoreKarnataka1892Parassinikkadavu Snake ParkKannurKerala1982Peacock & Chinkara Breading Centre JhabuaRewariHaryana2011Pheasant Breeding Centre BerwalaPanchkula districtHaryanaPheasant Breeding Centre MorniPanchkulaHaryanaPt. G.B. Pant High Altitude ZooNainitalUttarakhand1995Rohtak ZooRohtakHaryana1987Sanjay Gandhi Jaivik UdyanPatnaBihar1973Sarthana ZooSuratGujarat1984Sayaji Baug Zoo (Kamati Baug)VadodaraGujarat1879Sepahijala Wildlife SanctuaryTripuraTripura1972Sakkarbaug Zoological GardenJunagadhGujarat1863Sajjangarh Biological ParkUdaipurRajasthan2015Sri Venkateswara Zoological ParkTirupatiAndhra Pradesh1987Tata Steel Zoological Park (Jubilee Park)JamshedpurJharkhand1958Thiruvananthapuram ZooTrivandrumKerala1857Thrissur ZooThrissurKerala1885Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre /Jatayu Conservation Breeding CentrePinjoreHaryana2001*it was closed down by Govt due to poor condition and it was renovated in 2006.We discussed the Important Zoological Parks of India in this post today, and Kerala PSC frequently asks questions about this topic, either as GK oneliners or as Match the list type questions. We hope that Kerala PSC candidates will find this useful in their exam preparations.Thanks for reading!!!