Biosphere Reserves in India with Location

Biospheres reserves are area where flora and fauna are protected. The Indian government has established 18 Biosphere Reserves. You will find national parks and wildlife sanctuaries residing withing a Biosphere reserve. 

In fact biosphere is a nice combination where land, water and air organism interact with each other. Below are the list of Biosphere Reserves located in India.

	Year	Name	Location	State	Key fauna
1	1986	Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve	Part of Waynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley	Tamil Nadu,Kerala and Karnataka	Nilgiri tahr, lion-tailed macaque
2	1988	Nanda Devi National Park & Biosphere Reserve	Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh District& Bageshwar District	Uttarakhand	Snow Leopard, Himalayan Black Bear
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	Dugong or sea cow
4	1988	Nokrek	Part of Garo Hills	Meghalaya	Red panda
5	1989	Sundarbans	Part of delta of Ganges and Brahmaputrariver system	West Bengal	Royal Bengal tiger
6	1989	Manas	Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta,Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang Districts	Assam	Golden langur, red panda
7	1994	Simlipal	Part of Mayurbhanj district	Odisha	Gaur, royal Bengal tiger, elephant
8	1998	Dihang-Dibang	Part of Siang and Dibang Valley	Arunachal Pradesh
9	1999	Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve	Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad Districtand Chhindwara District	Madhya Pradesh	Giant squirrel, flying squirrel
10	2005	Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve	Part of Annupur, Dindori and Bilaspurdistricts	Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh	Four-horned antelope, Indian wild dog, Sarus crane, White-rumped vulture, Philautus sanctisilvaticus(Sacred grove bush frog)
11	2008	Great Rann of Kutch	Part of Kutch, Rajkot, Surendranagar and Patan Districts	Gujarat	Indian wild ass
12	2009	Cold Desert	Pin Valley National Park and surroundings;Chandratal and Sarchu & Kibber Wildlife Sancturary	Himachal Pradesh	Snow leopard
13	2000	Khangchendzonga	Parts of Kangchenjunga	Sikkim	Snow leopard, red panda
14	2001	Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve	Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining areas	Kerala, Tamil Nadu	Nilgiri tahr, elephants
15	1989	Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve	Southernmost islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Saltwater crocodile
16	1997	Dibru-Saikhowa	Part of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts	Assam	Golden langur
17	2010	Seshachalam Hills	Seshachalam Hill Ranges covering parts of Chittoor and Kadapa districts	Andhra Pradesh
18	2011	Panna	Part of Panna District and Chhatarpur District	Madhya Pradesh	Tiger, chital, chinkara, sambhar and sloth bear

Map showing biosphere reserves in India