List of Biosphere Reserves in India

In government exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, etc we find many questions from the Environment general awareness section. this is a very broad section and sometimes questions are very factual. we will cover the General awareness section comprehensively so that students can learn and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will provide a complete list of Biosphere Reserves in India.

Biosphere Reserves: An Introduction

• Biosphere Reserves are country-established sites recognized under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program to promote sustainable development based on local community efforts and technology. The biosphere reserve program was initiated by UNESCO in 1971. 
  
• The aim of setting up the biosphere reserve is to preserve all forms of life and their supply system in situ as a whole so that they can serve as a reference system for monitoring and evaluating changes in natural ecosystems.

List of Biosphere Reserves

Serial No.	Year of Notification	Biosphere	Area (Km2)	Location
1	1986	Nilgiri	5520	Part of Wayanad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Madumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley and Siruvani hills (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka).
2	1988	Nanda Devi	5860.69	Part of Chamoli, Pithoragarh, and Bageshwar districts (Uttarakhand).
3	1988	Nokrek	820	Part of Garo Hills (Meghalaya).
4	1989	Great Nicobar	885	Southern most islands of Andaman and Nicobar (A&N Islands).
5	1989	Gulf of Mannar	10,500	The Indian part of Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka (Tamil Nadu).
6	1989	Manas	2837	Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang districts (Assam)
7	1989	Sunderbans	9630	Part of the delta of Ganges and Brahmaputra river system  (West Bengal)
8	1994	Simlipal	4374	Part of Mayurbhanj district (Orissa).
9	1997	Dibru-Saikhowa	765	Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts (Assam)
10	1998	Dehang-Debang	5111.50	Part of Siang and Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh.
11	1999	Pachmarhi	4926	Parts of Betul, Hoshangabad and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh.
12	2000	Khangchendzonga	2619.92	Parts of Khangchendzonga hills and Sikkim.
13	2001	Agasthyamalai	1828	Neyyar, Peppara and Shendurney  Wildlife Sanctuaries and their adjoining areas in Kerala.
14	2005	Achanakmar –    Amarkantak	3835.51	Covers parts of the Anuppur and Dindori districts of M.P. and parts of Bilaspur districts of Chhattisgarh State.
15	2008	Kachchh	12,454	Part of Kachchh, Rajkot, Surendra Nagar and Patan Civil Districts of Gujarat State
16	2009	Cold Desert	7770	Pin Valley National Park and surroundings; Chandratal and Sarchu&Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh
17	2010	Seshachalam Hills	4755.997	Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts of Andhra Pradesh
18	2011	Panna	2998.98	Part of Panna and Chhatarpur districts in Madhya Pradesh

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