A State-wise List of Popular ‘Zoos’-Approved By the ‘Central Zoo Authority of India’/CZA

• for exhibition to the public, 
• for wildlife conservation and 
• for environmental education.

In view of a fast and uncontrolled growth of zoos, circuses etc. dealing with animals, birds and reptiles in India, a body of the Union Government of India was formed in the year 1992 to control and regulate zoos etc. in India, with the name “Central Zoo Authority of India” /CZA

as an  affiliate member of the “World Association of Zoos and Aquariums”/WAZA,

The Central Zoo Authority of India/CZA has got powers and duties for the following functions:

• To oversee the functioning and the development of zoos in India,
• To  evaluate and asses the functioning of every zoo with reference to prescribed norms and standards and to grant recognition to such zoos which can come up to the prescribed norms and standards within a reasonable time,
• To regulate acquisition of animals by zoos keeping in view the overall interest of conservation,
• To upgrade technical skills of zoo personnel on various aspects of zoo management,
• To encourage research with regard to captive breeding and zoo education programmes,
• To identify endangered species of wild animals for the purpose of captive breeding and oversee their execution including maintenance of appropriate records and
• To provide technical and financial assistance to zoos for their development and management on scientific line.

• Biological Park, Chidyatapu/Port Blair
  

• Indira Gandhi Zoological Park/Visakhapatnam
  
• Nehru Zoological Park/Hyderabad
  
• Sri Venkateswara Zoological Park/Tirupati – The largest zoo in India –  in a total area of 2212 hectares
  

• Biological Park/Itanagar
  

• Assam State Zoo-Cum-Botanical Garden/Guwahati
  

• Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park/Patna
  

• National Zoological Park/Delhi  

• Kamal Nehru Zoological Garden/Ahmedabad
  
• Sayaji Baug Zoo/Vadodara
  
• Rajkot Zoo/Rajkot

• Dhauladhar Nature Park /Gopalpur

• Jammu Zoo/Jammu
  

• Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park/Bokaro
  
• Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park/Ranchi
  
• Tata Steel Zoological Park/Jamshedpur

• Bellary Childrens Park-Cum-Zoo/Bellary
  
• National Park & Zoological Garden, Bannerghatta/Bangalore
  
• Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens/Mysore

• Kodanadu Zoo/Kodanadu
  
• Malampuzha Snake Park/ Malampuzha
  
• Thiruvananthapuram Zoo/Thiruvananthapuram
  
• Parassinikkadavu Reptile Park/Kanur
  
• State Museum & Zoo/ Thrissur

•  Kamla Nehru Prani Sanghrahalaya Zoo/Indore
  
• Van Vihar National Park Zoo/Bhopal

Maharashtra:

• Maharaja Shahaji Chhatrapati Zoo/Kolhapur
  
• Maharajbagh Zoo/Nagpur
  
• Mahatma Gandhi Rashtriya Udyan Zoo/Solapur
  
• Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and Wild Life Research Center/Pune

• Manipur Zoological Garden/Imphal

• Lady Hydari Park Animal Land/Meghalaya Zoo/Shillong

• Aizawal Zoo/Mizoram Zoo//Aizwal

• Indira Gandhi Park Zoo/Rourkela

• Ludhiana Zoo/Ludhiana

• Bikaner Zoo/Bikaner
  
• Jaipur Zoo/Jaipur
  
• Panchwati Deer Park/Pilani
  
• Jodhpur Zoo/Jodhpur
  
• Kota Zoo/Kota
  
• Safari Park, Haridasji-ki-magri/Udaipur

• Himalayan Zoological Park/Gangtok

• Arignar Anna Zoological Park/Vandalur, Chennai
  
• Childrens Park/Guindy, Chennai
  
• Chennai Snake Park/Guindy, Chennai
  
• Madras Crocodile Bank & Centre For Herpetology/Mahabalipuram, Chennai

• Sepahijala Zoological Park/Sepahijala, Agartala,

Uttarkhand:

• Pt.Govind Ballabh Pant High Altitude Zoo/Nainital

• Kanpur Zoological Park/Kanpur
  
• Lucknow Zoological Park/Lucknow

• Alipore Zoological Garden/Kolkata
  
• Adina Deer Park/Malda
  
• Calcutta Snake Park/Badu, Kolkata
  
• Marble Palace Zoo/Kolkata- The oldest zoo in India- Established in the year 1854
  
• Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park/Darjeeling