List of Biosphere Reserves

List of Biosphere Reserves

Biosphere reserves of India (area wise)

	Year	Name	Location	State	Type	Area (km²)
1	2008	gyan bharati Reserve	Part of Kuchh ,Rajkot and Surendranagar District	Gujarat	Semi-Arid	12454
2	1989	Gulf of Mannar	Indian part of Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka	Tamil Nadu	Coasts	10500
3	1989	Sunderbans	Part of delta of Ganges and Barahamaputra river system	West Bengal	Gangetic Delta	9630
4	1988	Nanda Devi	Parts of Chamoli District, Pithoragarh District & Almora District	Uttarakhand	West Himalayas	5860
5	1986	Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve	Part of Wynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Mudumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley and Siruvani Hills	Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka	Western Ghats	5520
6	1998	Dehang Debang	Part of Siang and Debang valley	Arunachal Pradesh	East Himalayas	5112
7	1999	Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve	Parts of Betul District, Hoshangabad District and Chhindwara District	Madhya Pradesh	Semi-Arid	4926
8	1994	Simlipal	Part of Mayurbhanj district	Orissa	Deccan Peninsula	4374
9	2005	Achanakamar - Amarkantak	Part of Annupur, Dindori and Bilaspur districts	Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh		3835
10	1989	Manas	Part of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamrup and Darrang District	Assam	East Himalayas	2837
11	2000	Kanchanjunga	Parts of Kanchanjunga Hills	Sikkim	East Himalayas	2620
12	2001	Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve	Neyyar, Peppara and Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary and their adjoining areas	Kerala	Western ghats	1828
13	1989	Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve	Southern most islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Islands	885
14	1988	Nokrek	Part of Garo Hills	Meghalaya	East Himalayas	820
15	1997	Dibru-Saikhowa	Part of Dibrugarh District and Tinsukia District	Assam	East Himalayas	765