RAMSAR Wetland Sites
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RAMSAR WETLANDS SITES (As on August, 2020)
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of Site
|
State Location
|
Date of Declaration
|
Area
(in Sq. km.)
|
|
1
|
Asthamudi Wetland
|
Kerala
|
19.8.2002
|
614
|
|
2
|
Beas Conservation Reserve
|
Punjab
|
26.9.2019
|
64.289
|
|
3
|
Bhitarkanika Mangroves
|
Orissa
|
19.8.2002
|
650
|
|
4
|
Bhoj Wetlands
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
19.8.2002
|
32.01
|
|
5
|
Chandertal Wetland
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
8.11.2005
|
0.49
|
|
6
|
Chilka Lake
|
Orissa
|
1.10.1981
|
1165
|
|
7
|
Deepor Beel
|
Assam
|
19.8.2002
|
40
|
|
8
|
East Kolkata Wetlands
|
West Bengal
|
19.8.2002
|
125
|
|
9
|
Harike Lake
|
Punjab
|
23.3.1990
|
41
|
|
10
|
Hokera Wetland
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
8.11.2005
|
13.75
|
|
11
|
Kanjli Lake
|
Punjab
|
22.1.2002
|
1.83
|
|
12
|
Keoladeo Ghana NP
|
Rajasthan
|
1.10.1981
|
28.73
|
|
13
|
Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve
|
Punjab
|
26.9.2019
|
3.439
|
|
14
|
Kolleru Lake
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
19.8.2002
|
901
|
|
15
|
Loktak Lake
|
Manipur
|
23.3.1990
|
266
|
|
16
|
Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary
|
Gujarat
|
24.09.2012
|
120
|
|
17
|
Nandur Madhameshwar
|
Maharashtra
|
21.6.2019
|
14.37
|
|
18
|
Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary
|
Punjab
|
26.9.2019
|
1.16
|
|
19
|
Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
19.9.2019
|
2.246
|
|
20
|
Parvati Agra Bird Sanctuary
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
2.12.2019
|
7.22
|
|
21
|
Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary
|
Tamil Nadu
|
19.8.2002
|
385
|
|
22
|
Pong Dam Lake
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
19.8.2002
|
156.62
|
|
23
|
Renuka Wetland
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
8.11.2005
|
0.2
|
|
24
|
Ropar Lake
|
Punjab
|
22.1.2002
|
13.65
|
|
25
|
Rudrasagar Lake
|
Tripura
|
8.11.2005
|
2.4
|
|
26
|
Saman Bird Sanctuary
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
2.12.2019
|
52.63
|
|
27
|
Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
3.10.2019
|
79.94
|
|
28
|
Sambhar Lake
|
Rajasthan
|
23.3.1990
|
240
|
|
29
|
Sandi Bird Sanctuary
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
26.9.2019
|
30.85
|
|
30
|
Sarsai Nawar Jheel
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
19.9.2019
|
16.13
|
|
31
|
Sasthamkotta Lake
|
Kerala
|
19.8.2002
|
3.73
|
|
32
|
Sunderbans Wetland
|
West Bengal
|
30.1.2019
|
4230
|
|
33
|
Surinsar-Mansar Lakes
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
8.11.2005
|
3.5
|
|
34
|
Tsomoriri Lake
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
19.8.2002
|
120
|
|
35
|
Upper Ganga River
(Brijghat to Narora Stretch)
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
8.11.2005
|
265.9
|
|
36
|
Vembanad Kol Wetland
|
Kerala
|
19.8.2002
|
1512.5
|
|
37
|
Wular Lake
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
23.3.1990
|
189
|
(Source: Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India)
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Map of RAMSAR Wetland Sites in India (As on August, 2020)
