BIRSA BIOLOGICAL PARK, RANCHI

Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Ranchi is one of the most beautiful zoos in India.
Bhagwan Birsa Biological Park, Ranchi, popularly known as Bhagwan Birsa Zoo. Ranchi is one of the most beautiful and progressive zoos in India, having 104 ha of area of mildly undulating topography with natural dry deciduous Sal forests & water bodies in and around it. The park is situated on both the sides of National Highway 33, at about 20 kms from the Ranchi city, the capital of Jharkhand. The part of the park on the northern side of the NH is the botanical section consisting of an area of 23 Ha, while the larger part of the park on the other side of NH is the zoological section or the main Zoo spread over an area of 81 Ha. of area. Most of the inmates of the zoo live in open, large moated areas surrounded by natural vegetation which provides them the naturalistic habitat and environment.