List of Biosphere Reserves

Biosphere reserves of India (area wise)

Y ea r

Name

Location

State

Ty pe

Ke y Fa un a

Ar ea (k m )

1 2008

Part Great Rann of Kutch, Rajkot and Surendranagar Gujarat of Kutch Districts

Indian Desert Wild Ass

12454

Gulf of 2 1989 Mannar

Indian part of Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu

Dugon g, or Coasts 10500 Sea Cow

Part of delta Sunderban 3 1989 of Ganges and Barahamaputra river West Bengal s system

Royal Ganget Bengal ic Delta Tiger

9630

Pin Valley National Park and Himachal 4 2009 Cold Desert surroundings;Chandratal and Pradesh Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sancturary

Wester n Himala yas

7770

Parts of Chamoli 5 1988 Nanda Devi District, Pithoragarh District & Bageshwar District

Uttarakhand

West Himala yas

5860

Nilgiri Part Tahr, Nilgiri Tamil Wester of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur an Lion 6 1986 Biosphere Nadu, Kerala an n d Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent tailed Reserve dKarnataka Ghats Valley and Siruvani Hills Macaq ue

5520

Biosphere reserves of India (area wise)

Y ea r

Name

Location

State

Ty pe

Ke y Fa un a

Ar ea (k m )

Dehang7 1998 Dibang

Part of Siang and Dibang Valley

Arunachal Pradesh

East Himala yas

5112

Pachmarhi Parts of Betul 8 1999 Biosphere District, Hoshangabad Reserve District and Chhindwara District

Madhya Pradesh

Giant Squirr Semi- el, Arid Flying Squirr el

4926

9 2010

Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering Easter Seshachala parts of Chittoor and Kadapa Andhra Pradesh n m Hills districts Ghats

4755.9 97

10 1994 Simlipal

Part of Mayurbhanj district

Orissa

Deccan Penins Gaur ula

4374

Achanakam Part Madhya Maikal ar 11 2005 of Annupur, Dindori and Bilaspur di Pradesh,Chattis a Amarkanta stricts garh Range k

3835

12 1989 Manas

Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Assam Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts

Golde East n Himala Langur yas , Red Panda

2837

13 2000 Khangchen Parts of Kanchanjunga Hills

Sikkim

East

Snow

2620

Biosphere reserves of India (area wise)

Y ea r

Name

Location

State

Ty pe

Ke y Fa un a

Ar ea (k m )

dzonga

Leopar Himala d, Red yas Panda

Agasthyam Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny alai 14 2001 Wildlife Sanctuary and their Biosphere adjoining areas Reserve

Kerala, Tamil Nadu

nilgiri Wester tahr, n ghats elepha nt

1828

Great Salt Nicobar Southern most islands of Andaman Andaman and Water 15 1989 Islands Biosphere and Nicobar Islands Nicobar Islands Croco Reserve dile

885

16 1988 Nokrek

Part of Garo Hills

Meghalaya

East Red Himala Panda yas

820

Dibru17 1997 Saikhowa

Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts

Assam

East Golde Himala n yas Langur

765

18 2011 Panna

Part Madhya of Panna and Chhattarpur districts Pradesh in Madhya Pradesh

MP

2999