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Ramsar Sites of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu has more Ramsar wetlands than any other Indian state, a superlative TNPSC has already started asking. Point Calimere was first; most others arrived in the 2021-2024 wave.

Syllabus: GS Unit II (Geography: environment) and current affairs
Ramsar SiteDistrict
Point Calimere (first, 2002)Nagapattinam
Pallikaranai MarshChennai
Pichavaram MangroveCuddalore
Vedanthangal Bird SanctuaryChengalpattu
Karikili Bird SanctuaryChengalpattu
Vellode Bird SanctuaryErode
Koonthankulam Bird SanctuaryTirunelveli
Udhayamarthandapuram Bird SanctuaryTiruvarur
Vembannur Wetland ComplexKanniyakumari
Chitrangudi Bird SanctuaryRamanathapuram
Kanjirankulam Bird SanctuaryRamanathapuram
Gulf of Mannar Marine BiosphereRamanathapuram / Thoothukudi
Suchindram Theroor Wetland ComplexKanniyakumari
Vaduvur Bird SanctuaryTiruvarur
Kazhuveli Bird SanctuaryVillupuram
Longwood Shola Reserve ForestThe Nilgiris
Nanjarayan Tank Bird SanctuaryTiruppur
Sakkarakottai Bird SanctuaryRamanathapuram

List as of 2024; the count keeps growing, verify the current number against the latest current affairs before your exam.

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Related lists

Tamil Nadu's key bird sanctuaries: Vedanthangal (India's oldest), Koonthankulam, Karikili and the Ramsar-listed wetlands, with districts.
Nilgiri (India's first), Gulf of Mannar and Agasthyamalai: Tamil Nadu's three biosphere reserves with the facts TNPSC repeats.
All 38 districts of Tamil Nadu in one list, with the newest districts and their carve-outs, the way TNPSC asks them.
Every Chief Minister of Madras State and Tamil Nadu since 1946, with tenures, the exact list TNPSC draws sequence questions from.

Compiled from official Tamil Nadu government sources and standard references. Time-sensitive counts carry an as-of note on the page. Sources: TNPSC official notifications. Figures are indicative and may change with each official notification. Data last reviewed: July 2026.

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