CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
  2. Key Results
  3. Livestock Population – Major Species
  4. Livestock Population – Major States
  5. Poultry
  6. Cattle
  7. Buffalo
  8. Sheep
  9. Goat
  10. Pig
  11. Camel
  12. Horses, Ponies, Mules & Donkeys
  13. Mithun
  14. Yak

Introduction

The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying under Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying attributes critical importance to livestock and to the collection and availability of up-to-date and accurate data related to livestock, as they are the vital component of rural economy. For proper planning and formulation of any programme meant for bringing further improvement in this sector and its effective implementation and monitoring, valid data are required at every decision making stage.

The Livestock Census is the main source of such data in the country. The livestock census is conducted across the country periodically since 1919. The census usually covers all domesticated animals and head counts of these animals are taken. So far, 19 Livestock Censuses were conducted in participation with State Governments and UT Administrations. The 20th Livestock Census was launched during the month of October, 2018. The enumeration was done in both rural and urban areas. Various species of animals (cattle, buffalo, mithun, yak, sheep, goat, pig, horse, pony, mule, donkey, camel, dog, rabbit and elephant)/poultry birds (fowl, duck and other poultry birds) possessed by the households, household enterprises/non-household enterprises were counted at that site. Another important feature of 20th Livestock Census is it has been designed to capture Breed-wise number of animals and poultry birds.

For the first time, livestock data were collected on line in 20th Livestock Census. Advance technology has been adopted to collect data through tablet computers. The National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics & IT has developed Android based mobile application for data collection with various features such as data entry module to facilitate recording the data on tablets, web-based work application, local government directory codes etc. The data captured by the enumerators have been verified through proper data checking process carried out by the supervisors through webbased programmes. Besides the initial scrutiny, another level of validation of data was also carried out with the help of a separate web-based data validation programme in which supervisors were allowed to correct any wrong entry.

The Animal Husbandry Departments of States/UTs have been entrusted to conduct the field operations. In the 20th Livestock Census, the data were collected and scrutinised mostly by para-veterinarians and veterinarians. In this whole Census operations more than 80,000 field staff were deployed for smooth conduct of 20th Livestock Census. Training was an important component for 20th Livestock Census as for the first time field staff were required to operate tablet computers for such massive census operations. Training was conducted at various levels starting from “All India Training Workshop for Trainers” at Delhi, followed by State, District level trainings. Apart from training, Training Manual, Tutorial video, online e-learning classes etc. have been arranged.

The 20th Livestock Census was carried out in about 6.6 lakhs villages and 89 thousand urban wards across the country covering more than 27 Crores of Households and NonHouseholds.

Key Results

Some of the key outcomes of the 20th Livestock Census is summarised below:

Distribution of Livestock Population

Livestock Population – Major Species

CategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% growth
Cattle190.90192.490.83
Buffalo108.70109.851.06
Sheep65.0774.2614.13
Goat135.17148.8810.14
Pig10.299.06-12.03
Mithun0.300.3826.66
Yak0.080.06-25.00
Horses & Ponics0.630.34-45.58
Mule0.200.08-57.09
Donkey0.320.12-61.23
Camel0.400.25-37.05
Total Livestock512.06535.784.63

Livestock Population – 2007 to 2019

Livestock  Population 2007 to 2019

Livestock Population – Major Species During 2007 to 2019

SpeciesPopulation (In million) 2007Population (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019
Cattle199.08190.9192.49
Buffaloes105.34108.7109.85
Sheep71.5665.0774.26
Goats14.054135.17148.88
Pigs11.1310.299.06
Mithun0.260.300.38
Yaks0.080.080.06
Horses & ponies0.610.630.34
Mules0.140.20.08
Donkeys0.440.320.12
Camels0.520.40.25
Total Livestock529.70512.06535.78

Livestock Population – Major States

Livestock Population, 2012 & 2019 of Major States

S.No.StatesPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
1Uttar Pradesh68.767.8-1.35
2Rajasthan87.756.8-1.66
3Madhya Pradesh36.340.611.81
4West Bengal30.337.423.32
5Bihar32.936.510.67
6Andhra Pradesh29.434.015.79
7Maharashtra32.533.01.61
8Telangana26.732.622.21
9Karnataka27.729.04.70
10Gujarat27.126.9-0.95

Poultry

Poultry Population 2012 and 2019

Population (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% growth
Total Poultry729.21851.8116.81
Backyard poultry217.49317.0745.78
Commercial Poultry511.72534.744.50
Poultry Population

Poultry Population, 2012 & 2019 of Major States

S.No.StatesPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
1Tamil Nadu117.3120.82.92
2Andhra Pradesh80.6107.933.85
3Telangana80.880.0-0.93
4West Bengal52.877.346.34
5Maharashtra77.874.346.34
6Karnataka53.459.511.33
7Assam27.246.771.63
8Haryana42.846.38.11
9Kerala24.329.822.61
10Odisha19.927.437.95

Cattle

Male Cattle and female cattle

Cattle Population- Breed Group-wise Population

Breed group wise distributiion

Exotic/Crossbred and Indigenous/Non-Descript Cattle Population-Male, Female and Total

CategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
Total Cattle190.90192.490.8
Exotic/Crossbred
Male5.973.46-4.20
Female33.7646.9539.1
Total Exotic/Crossbred39.7350.4226.9
Indigenous/Non-Descript
Male61.9543.94-29.1
Female89.2298.1710.0
Total Indigenous/Non-Descript151.17142.11-6.0

Cattle Population – Milch Cattle

Dry and milch animals

Breed group-wise – In-Milk, Dry and Milch Cattle

Crossbred and Indigenous

In-milk, Dry and Milch Cattle for Exotic/Crossbred and Indigenous/Non-Descript

Breed GroupCategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
Exotic/CrossbredIn-milk14.3020.0039.8
Dry5.125.6710.8
Milch19.4225.6732.2
Indigenous/Non-descriptIn-milk29.6531.987.87
Dry18.4816.53-10.53
Milch48.1348.510.81

Cattle Population – Major States

Cattle Population

Cattle Population, 2012 & 2019 in Major States

S.No.StatesPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
1West Bengal16.519.015.18
2Uttar Pradesh19.618.8-3.93
3Madhya Pradesh19.618.7-4.42
4Bihar12.215.325.18
5Maharashtra15.513.9-10.07
6Rajasthan13.313.94.41
7Jharkhand8.711.228.16
8Assam10.310.95.29
9Chhattisgarh9.810.01.63
10Odisha11.69.9-15.01

Buffalo

Buffalo Population

Total Buffalo, Male, Female and Milch Animals

CategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
Buffaloes – Total108.70109.851.06
Total Male16.109.28-42.35
Total Female92.60100.578.61
In-milk36.5738.164.34
Dry14.4813.01-10.19
Milch animals (In Milk + Dry)51.0551.170.22

Buffalo Population – Major States

Buffalo Population major states

Buffalo Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

S.No.StatesPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
1Uttar Pradesh30.633.07.81
2Rajasthan13.013.75.53
3Gujarat10.410.51.52
4Madhya Pradesh8.210.325.88
5Bihar7.67.72.02
6Andhra Pradesh6.56.2-3.76
7Maharashtra5.65.60.17
8Haryana6.14.4-28.22
9Telangana4.24.21.59
10Punjab5.24.0-22.17

Sheep

Sheep  population

Sheep Population – Exotic/Crossbred and Indigenous/Non-Descript

CategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
Sheep – Total65.0774.2614.13
Exotic/Crossbred3.784.098.12
Exotic/Crossbred Male1.210.83-31.32
Exotic/Crossbred Female2.573.2626.85
Indigenous/Non-Descript61.2970.1714.50
Indigenous/Non-Descript Male13.9212.53-9.94
Indigenous/Non-Descript Female47.3757.6421.67

Sheep Population – Major States

Sheep  population major states

Sheep Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

S.No.States/UTsPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
1Telangana12.819.148.51
2Andhra Pradesh13.617.630.00
3Karnataka9.611.115.31
4Rajasthan9.17.9-12.95
5Tamil Nadu4.84.5-5.98
6Jammu & Kashmir3.43.2-4.19
7Maharashtra2.62.73.87
8Gujarat1.71.84.66
9Odisha1.61.3-19.10
10Uttar Pradesh1.41.0-27.25

Goat

Goat Population

Goat Population – Male, Female and Milch

CategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
Goat-Total135.17148.8810.14
Male37.6232.10-14.65
Female97.56116.7819.71
In-Milk36.2541.8315.38
Dry25.3127.829.95
Milch animals (In Milk + Dry)61.5369.6513.15

Goat Population – Major States

Goat Population major states

Goat Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

S.No.StatesPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
1Rajasthan21.6720.84-3.81
2West Bengal11.5116.2841.49
3Uttar Pradesh15.5914.48-7.09
4Bihar12.1512.825.49
5Madhya Pradesh8.0111.0638.07
6Maharashtra8.4410.6025.72
7Tamil Nadu8.149.8921.43
8Jharkhand6.589.1238.59
9Odisha6.516.39-1.84
10Karnataka4.806.1728.63

Pig

CategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
Pig-Total10.299.06-12.03
Exotic/Crossbred2.461.90-22.76
Indigenous/Non-Descript7.847.16-8.66

Camel

CategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
Camel-Total0.400.25-37.05
Male0.190.08-56.40
Female0.210.17-19.46

Horses, Ponies, Mules & Donkeys

Horses, Ponies, Mules & Donkeys Population 2012 and 2019

CategoryPopulation (In million) 2012Population (In million) 2019% Change
Horses & Poines-Total0.620.34-45.58
Mules-Total0.200.08-57.09
Donkey-Total0.320.12-61.23
Total1.140.54-52.63

Mithun

CategoryPopulation (In Lakh) 2012Population (In Lakh) 2019% Change
Mithun-Total3.03.826.66
Male1.31.730.76
Female1.72.123.52

Yak

CategoryPopulation (In 000) 2012Population (In 000) 2019% Change
Yak-Total7758-24.67
Male3526-25.71
Female4232-23.80

Source: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

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