➔ State-wise List of Ramsar Sites (UPSC/RAS/PSI)

State/UT

Ramsar Site

What is special about it

1.

Andhra Pradesh

Kolleru Lake

Freshwater lake; grey pelican and migratory waterbirds

2.

Arunachal Pradesh

Glaw Lake

Eastern Himalayan Lake; 150+ tree and 49 orchid species

3.

Assam

Deepor Beel

Brahmaputra floodplain wetland; migratory waterbirds

4.

Bihar

Kanwar Jheel (Kabartal)

Floodplain wetland; migratory waterbirds and fish

5.

Nagi Bird Sanctuary

Human-made reservoir; wintering waterbirds

6.

Nakti Bird Sanctuary

Human-made reservoir; wintering waterbirds

7.

Gokul Jalashay

Ganga oxbow lake; birds, fisheries and flood buffering

8.

Udaipur Jheel

Oxbow lake; wintering migratory birds

9.

Gogabil Lake

Oxbow lake; resident and migratory birds

10.

Chandigarh

Sukhna Wetland

Rain-fed, peri-urban reservoir; migratory and resident birds

11.

Chhattisgarh

Kopra Jalashay

Reservoir; resident and migratory waterbirds

12.

Goa

Nanda Lake

Freshwater marsh; wintering waterbirds

13.

Gujarat

Nalsarovar

Natural freshwater lake; sarus crane and waterbirds

14.

Wadhvana Wetland

Irrigation reservoir; wintering migratory birds

15.

Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary

Human-made reservoir; waterbirds including sarus crane

16.

Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary

Coastal freshwater and salt marsh wetland near Gulf of Kutch; diverse birds

17.

Chhari Dhand

Seasonal desert wetland near Banni; cranes and flamingos

18.

Haryana

Sultanpur National Park

Resident and migratory waterbirds

19.

Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary

Human-made freshwater wetland; migratory birds

20.

Himachal Pradesh

Pong Dam Lake

Beas reservoir; wintering waterbirds

21.

Chandertal Wetland

High-altitude lake; snow leopard habitat

22.

Renuka Wetland

Spring-fed lake; aquatic and forest biodiversity

23.

Jharkhand

Udhwa Lake Bird Sanctuary

Twin Ganga-linked lakes; migratory and resident waterbirds

24.

Karnataka

Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary

Kaveri islets; nesting waterbirds and mugger crocodile

25.

Aghanashini Estuary

Estuary and mangroves; fisheries

26.

Magadi Kere Conservation Reserve

Human-made tank; wintering bar-headed goose

27.

Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve

Village irrigation tank; nesting waterbirds

28.

Kerala

Ashtamudi Wetland

Estuarine backwaters; fisheries and mangroves

29.

Sasthamkotta Lake

Spring-fed freshwater lake; drinking water source

30.

Vembanad-Kol Wetland

Largest brackish wetland on the southwest coast

31.

Madhya Pradesh

Bhoj Wetlands

Upper and Lower Lakes of Bhopal; water supply and birds

32.

Sirpur Wetland

Human-made wetland in Indore; migratory birds

33.

Sakhya Sagar

Reservoir in Madhav National Park; mugger crocodile

34.

Yashwant Sagar

Reservoir near Indore; sarus crane and water supply

35.

Tawa Reservoir

Reservoir in Satpura Tiger Reserve; aquatic and bird life

36.

Maharashtra

NandurMadhameshwar

Bird sanctuary; migratory waterbirds

37.

Lonar Lake

Meteorite impact crater lake; saline-alkaline ecosystem

38.

Thane Creek

Mangroves; flamingos and migratory birds

39.

Manipur

Loktak Lake

Floating phumdis; habitat of the Sangai deer

40.

Mizoram

Pala Wetland

Largest natural wetland of Mizoram; hoolock gibbon

41.

Odisha

Chilika Lake

Brackish lagoon; Irrawaddy dolphin, waterbirds and 118 fish species

42.

Bhitarkanika Mangroves

Mangroves; saltwater crocodile and olive ridley turtle

43.

Satkosia Gorge

Mahanadi river gorge; gharial and mugger crocodile

44.

Tampara Lake

Freshwater lake; fish and waterbirds

45.

Hirakud Reservoir

Large reservoir; fish and waterbirds

46.

Ansupa Lake

Mahanadi oxbow lake; birds and fish

47.

Punjab

Harike Lake

River confluence reservoir; migratory waterbirds

48.

Kanjli Lake

Barrage-formed wetland on Kali Bein; waterbirds

49.

Ropar Lake

Sutlej barrage reservoir; waterbirds

50.

Beas Conservation Reserve

River stretch; Indus River dolphin and gharial

51.

Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve

Community-managed wetland; waterbirds

52.

Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary

Shivalik foothill reservoir; waterbirds

53.

Rajasthan

Keoladeo National Park

Waterbirds; historic wintering ground of Siberian crane

54.

Sambhar Lake

Large inland saline lake; flamingos

55.

Menar Wetland Complex

Community-protected village wetlands; migratory birds

56.

Khichan Wetland

Wintering demoiselle cranes; community conservation

57.

Siliserh Lake

Reservoir near Alwar; wetland biodiversity

58.

Sikkim

Khecheopalri Wetland

Sacred Himalayan Lake with peatland and forest

59.

Tamil Nadu

Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary

Coastal wetland; flamingos and migratory shorebirds

60.

Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary

Largest waterbird breeding reserve in South India

61.

Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary

Breeding and wintering ground for waterbirds

62.

Karikili Bird Sanctuary

Breeding waterbirds

63.

Pichavaram Mangrove

  One of India's largest mangroves: Fish Nursery  

64.

Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest

Urban marsh; flood buffer and birds

65.

Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve

Coral reefs and dugong

66.

Vembannur Wetland Complex

Human-made irrigation tank; waterbirds

67.

Vellode Bird Sanctuary

Waterbirds

68.

Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary

Migratory waterbirds

69.

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

One of India's oldest bird-protected areas; heronry

70.

SuchindramTheroor Wetland Complex

Irrigation tanks; migratory birds

71.

Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary

Wintering waterbirds

72.

Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary

Nesting herons and painted storks

73.

Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary

Large inland freshwater lake; nesting waterbirds

74.

Longwood Shola Reserve Forest

Nilgiris shola forest; endemic birds

75.

Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary

Brackish coastal lake; migratory birds

76.

Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary

Lake; resident and migratory birds

77.

Sakkarakottai Bird Sanctuary

Migratory waterbirds

78.

Therthangal Bird Sanctuary

Nesting waterbirds

79.

Tripura

Rudrasagar Lake

Reservoir lake; fish and three-striped roof turtle

80.

Uttar Pradesh

Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora)

Gangetic dolphin, gharial and turtles

81.

Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary

Migratory waterbirds

82.

Sarsai Nawar Jheel

Sarus crane habitat

83.

Sandi Bird Sanctuary

Freshwater marsh; waterfowl and sarus crane

84.

Samaspur Bird Sanctuary

Waterbirds

85.

Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary

Twin oxbow lakes; waterbirds and vultures

86.

Saman Bird Sanctuary

Oxbow lake; wintering waterbirds

87.

Sur Sarovar

Human-made reservoir near Agra; waterbirds

88.

Haiderpur Wetland

Ganga floodplain; gharial, swamp deer and waterbirds

89.

Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary

Largest natural floodplain wetland of eastern UP

90.

Patna Bird Sanctuary

Waterbirds

91.

Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary

Wintering bar-headed geese and painted storks

92.

Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary (Surha Tal)

Rich avifauna; migratory and resident birds

93.

Sauj Jheel

Shallow, perennial floodplain wetland; migratory and resident waterbirds

94.

Uttarakhand

Asan Conservation Reserve

Asan-Yamuna confluence; migratory waterbirds

95.

West Bengal

East Kolkata Wetlands

Wastewater-fed fisheries and agriculture

96.

Sundarban Wetland

Mangroves; Royal Bengal tiger

97.

Jammu and Kashmir (UT)

Wular Lake

Large freshwater lake; fisheries

98.

Surinsar-Mansar Lakes

Twin freshwater lakes

99.

Hokera Wetland

Reedbeds; white-eyed pochard

100.

Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve

Flood absorption basin; waterbirds

101.

Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve

Waterbirds

102.

Ladakh (UT)

Tsomoriri

High-altitude lake; black-necked crane and bar- headed goose

103.

Tso Kar Wetland Complex

High-altitude lakes; black-necked crane breeding