75 Ramsar Sites in India

Ramsar Sites are important wetland (i.e. land with water) sites across the world to be conserved and developed under ‘The Convention on Wetlands‘ signed in 1971 in support of UNESCO.

This Convention is also called as ‘Ramsar Convention’ as it was signed in the Ramsar city of Iran.

As of August 2022, there are total:

• 2453 Ramsar sites throughout the world
• Of which, 75 Ramsar sites are in India

List of Ramsar Sites in India

No.	Name of Ramsar Site	State
1	Ansupa Lake	Odisha
2	Asan Conservation Reserve	Uttarakhand
3	Asthamudi Wetland	Kerala
4	Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh
5	Beas Conservation Reserve	Punjab
6	Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary	Haryana
7	Bhitarkanika Mangroves	Orissa
8	Bhoj Wetlands	Madhya Pradesh
9	Chandertal Wetland	Himachal Pradesh
10	Chilka Lake	Orissa
11	Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
12	Deepor Beel	Assam
13	East Kolkata Wetlands	West Bengal
14	Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve	Tamil Nadu
15	Haiderpur Wetland	Uttar Pradesh
16	Harike Lake	Punjab
17	Hirakud Reservoir	Odisha
18	Hokersar Wetland	Jammu and Kashmir
19	Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve	Jammu and Kashmir
20	Kabartal Wetland	Bihar
21	Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
22	Kanjli Lake	Punjab
23	Karikili Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
24	Keoladeo Ghana NP	Rajasthan
25	Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve	Punjab
26	Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary	Gujarat
27	Kolleru Lake	Andhra Pradesh
28	Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
29	Loktak Lake	Manipur
30	Lonar Lake	Maharashtra
31	Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary	Gujarat
32	Nanda Lake	Goa
33	Nandur Madhameshwar	Maharashtra
34	Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary	Punjab
35	Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh
36	Pala Wetland	Mizoram
37	Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest	Tamil Nadu
38	Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh
39	Pichavaram Mangrove	Tamil Nadu
40	Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
41	Pong Dam Lake	Himachal Pradesh
42	Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary	Karnataka
43	Renuka Wetland	Himachal Pradesh
44	Ropar Lake	Punjab
45	Rudrasagar Lake	Tripura
46	Sakhya Sagar	Madhya Pradesh
47	Saman Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh
48	Samaspur Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh
49	Sambhar Lake	Rajasthan
50	Sandi Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh
51	Sarsai Nawar Jheel	Uttar Pradesh
52	Sasthamkotta Lake	Kerala
53	Satkosia Gorge	Odisha
54	Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve	Jammu and Kashmir
55	Sirpur Wetland	Madhya Pradesh
56	Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex	Tamil Nadu
57	Sultanpur National Park	Haryana
58	Sunderbans Wetland	West Bengal
59	Sur Sarovar	Uttar Pradesh
60	Surinsar-Mansar Lakes	Jammu and Kashmir
61	Tampara Lake	Odisha
62	Thane Creek	Maharashtra
63	Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary	Gujarat
64	Tso Kar Wetland Complex	Ladakh
65	Tsomoriri Lake	Jammu and Kashmir
66	Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
67	Upper Ganga River	Uttar Pradesh
68	Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
69	Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
70	Vellode Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
71	Vembanad Kol Wetland	Kerala
72	Vembannur Wetland Complex	Tamil Nadu
73	Wadhvana Wetland	Gujarat
74	Wular Lake	Jammu & Kashmir
75	Yashwant Sagar	Madhya Pradesh