Special Status to Bio-Sphere Reserves

Seventeen sites have been designated as biosphere reserves in the country so far. The details  are given in the table below:

 

S. No	Name of the  designated Biosphere Reserve	Location of the Biosphere Reserve.
1	Nilgiri	Wynad, Nagarhole, Bandipur and Madumalai, Nilambur, Silent Valley and Siruvani hills in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka States.
2	Gulf of Mannar	Lies along the South-Eastern coast of India and extending from Rameswaram island in the North to Kanyakumari in the South  (Tamil Nadu).
3	Sunderbans	Parts of delta of Ganges & Brahamaputra river system in West Bengal.
4	Nanda Devi	Chamoli, Pithoragarh and Almora districts in Uttarakhand.
5	Pachmarhi	Betul, Hoshangabad and Chhindwara districts in Madhya Pradesh.
6	Nokrek	East, West and South Garo Hill districts in Meghalaya.
7	Simlipal	Mayurbhanj district in Orissa.
8	Agasthyamalai	Thirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts in Tamil Nadu and Thiruvanthapuram, Kollam and Pathanamthitta districts in Kerala.
9	Great Nicobar	Southernmost island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
10	Achanakmar- Amarkantak	Anuppur and Dindori districts of Madhya Pradesh and Bilaspur district of Chattisgarh.
11	Khangchendzonga	North and West districts in Sikkim.
12	Manas	Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Nalbari, Kamprup and Darang districts in Assam.
13	Dibru-Saikhova	Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts in Assam.
14	Dehang-Dibang	Upper Siang, West Siang and Dibang Valley districts in Arunachal Pradesh.
15	Kachchh	Kachchh, Rajkot, Surendranagar and Patan districts in Gujarat.
16	Cold Desert	Pin Valley National Park and surroundings;   Chandratal & Sarchu; and Kibber Wildlife  Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh.
17	Seshachalam	Parts of Seshachalam hill ranges in Eastern Ghats encompassing parts of civil districts of Chittoor and Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh.