Biosphere reserves of India
List of Biosphere reserves in India

Biosphere reserves of India

Section Title: List of Biosphere reserves in India
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Year	Name	Location	State	Type	Key fauna	Area (km2)

1	1986	Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve	Part of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley	Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka	Western Ghats	Nilgiri tahr, Tiger, lion-tailed macaque	5520

2	1988	Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve	Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh District & Bageshwar District	Uttarakhand	Western Himalayas	Snow Leopard, Himalayan Black Bear	5860

3	1989	Gulf of Mannar	Indian part of Gulf of Mannar extending from Rameswaram island in the North to Kanyakumari in the South of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka	Tamil Nadu	Coasts	Dugong	10500

4	1988	Nokrek	In west Garo Hills	Meghalaya	Eastern hills	Red panda	820.00

5	1989	Sundarbans	Part of delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra river system	West Bengal	Gangetic Delta	Royal Bengal tiger	9630

6	1989	Manas	Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts	Assam	Eastern Hills	Asiatic Elephant, Tiger, Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, Golden Langur, pygmy hog	2837

7	1994	Simlipal	Part of Mayurbhanj district	Odisha	Deccan Peninsula	Gaur, royal Bengal tiger, Asian elephant	4374

8	1998	Dihang-Dibang	Part of Siang and Dibang Valley	Arunachal Pradesh	Eastern Himalaya	Mishmi Takin, Musk Deer	5112

9	1999	Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve	Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad District and Chhindwara District	Madhya Pradesh	Semi-Arid	Giant squirrel, flying squirrel	4981.72

10	2005	Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve	Part of Annupur, Dindori and Bilaspur districts	Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh	Maikala Hills	Four-horned antelope, Indian wild dog, Sarus crane, White-rumped vulture, Philautus (Sacred grove bush frog)	3835

11	2008	Great Rann of Kutch	Part of Kutch, Morbi, Surendranagar and Patan Districts. It is the largest Biosphere Reserve in India.	Gujarat	Desert	Indian wild ass	12454

12	2009	Cold Desert	Pin Valley National Park and surroundings;Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary	Himachal Pradesh	Western Himalayas	Snow leopard	7770

13	2000	Khangchendzonga	Parts of Kangchenjunga	Sikkim	East Himalayas	Snow leopard, red panda	2620

14	2001	Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve	Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining areas	Kerala, Tamil Nadu	Western Ghats	Nilgiri tahr, elephants	3500.08

15	1989	Great Nicobar	Southern most islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Islands	Saltwater crocodile	885

16	1997	Dibru-Saikhowa	Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts	Assam	Eastern Hills	white-winged wood duck, water buffalo, black-breasted parrotbill, tiger, capped langur	765

17	2010	Seshachalam Hills	Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts	Andhra Pradesh	Eastern Ghats	Slender Loris	4755

18	2011	Panna	Part of Panna District and Chhatarpur District	Madhya Pradesh	Catchment Area of the Ken River	Tiger, chital, chinkara, sambhar and sloth bear	2998.98

Sentence(s)

In 2009, India designated the Cold Desert of Himachal Pradesh as a biosphere reserve.

final_sentence: In 2009, India designated the Cold Desert of Himachal Pradesh as a biosphere reserve.