v The total
livestock population consisting of Cattle, Buffalo, Sheep, Goat, pig, Horses
& Ponies, Mules, Donkeys, Camels, Mithun and Yak in the country is 512.05
million numbers in 2012. The total livestock population has decreased by about
3.33% over the previous census.
v Livestock
population has increased substantially in Gujarat (15.36%), Uttar Pradesh
(14.01%), Assam (10.77%), Punjab (9.57%) Bihar (8.56%);Â Â Â Sikkim (7.96%),
Meghalaya (7.41%), and Chhattisgarh (4.34%).
v The number of
milch animals (in-milk and dry), cows and buffaloes, has increased from 111.09
million to 118.59 million, an increase of 6.75%.
v The number of
animals in milk, cows and buffaloes, has increased from 77.04 million to 80.52
million showing a growth of 4.51%.
v The Female
Cattle (Cows) Population has increased by 6.52% over the previous census (2007)
and the total number of female cattle in 2012 is 122.9 million numbers.
v The Female
Buffalo population has increased by 7.99% over the previous census and the
total number of female buffalo is 92.5 million numbers in 2012.
v The
exotic/crossbred milch cattle increased from 14.4 million to 19.42 million, an
increase of 34.78%.
v Indigenous milch
cattle increased from 48.04 million to 48.12 million, an increase of 0.17%.
v The milch
buffaloes increased from 48.64 million to 51.05 million with an increase of
4.95% over previous census.
v The total sheep
in the country is 65.06 million numbers in 2012, declined by about 9.07% over
census 2007.
v The Goat
population has declined by 3.82% over the previous census and the total
Goat in the country is 135.17 million numbers in 2012.
v The total pigs
in the country have decreased by 7.54% over the previous census and the total
pigs in the country are 10.29 million numbers in 2012.
v Horses &
Ponies population has increased by 2.08% over the previous census and
the total Horses & Ponies in the country is 0.62 million numbers in 2012.
v The total Mules
in the country have increased by 43.34% over the previous census and the total
Mules in the country are 0.19 million numbers in 2012.
v Camel population
has decreased by 22.48% over the previous census and the total Camels in
the country is 0.4 million numbers in 2012.
v The total Donkey
population in the country have decreased by 27.22% over the previous census and
the total donkeys in the country are 0.32 million numbers in 2012.
v The total
poultry population in the country has increased by 12.39% over the previous
census and the total poultry in the country is 729.2 million numbers in
2012.
v The
total Mithun and Yak in the country has registered a growth rates of 12.98% and
-7.64% respectively over the previous census and the Mithuns and Yaks in the
country is 0.29 million and 0.07 million in numbers respectively.
|
ALL INDIA LIVESTOCK CENSUS
(in thousands)
|
|
CATEGORY
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
2012
|
% Change
|
|
Cattle
|
|
|
|
|
Exotic/Crossbred
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
6,844
|
5,971
|
-12.75
|
|
Female
|
26,216
|
33,760
|
28.78
|
|
Total Exotic/Crossbred
|
33,060
|
39,732
|
20.18
|
|
Indigenous
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
76,779
|
61,949
|
-19.32
|
|
Female
|
89,236
|
89,224
|
-0.01
|
|
Total Indigenous
|
1,66,015
|
1,51,172
|
-8.94
|
|
Total Cattle#
|
1,99,075
|
1,90,904
|
-4.10
|
|
Buffalo
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
19,597
|
16,103
|
-17.83
|
|
Female
|
85,745
|
92,599
|
7.99
|
|
Total Buffalo
|
1,05,342
|
1,08,702
|
3.19
|
|
Yaks
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
38
|
35
|
-7.62
|
|
Female
|
45
|
42
|
-7.65
|
|
Total Yaks
|
83
|
77
|
-7.64
|
|
Mithuns
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
127
|
129
|
1.57
|
|
Female
|
137
|
169
|
23.36
|
|
Total Mithuns
|
264
|
298
|
12.88
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bovine
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
1,03,385
|
84,187
|
-18.57
|
|
Female
|
2,01,379
|
2,15,794
|
7.16
|
|
Total Bovines
|
3,04,764
|
2,99,981
|
-1.57
|
|
Sheep
|
|
|
|
|
Exotic/Crossbred
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
1,144
|
1,207
|
5.51
|
|
Female
|
2,586
|
2,574
|
-0.46
|
|
Total Exotic/Crossbred
|
3,730
|
3,781
|
1.37
|
|
Indigenous
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
16,730
|
13,916
|
-16.82
|
|
Female
|
51,098
|
47,372
|
-7.29
|
|
Total Indigenous
|
67,828
|
61,288
|
-9.64
|
|
Total Sheep
|
71,558
|
65,069
|
-9.07
|
|
Goat
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
40,793
|
37,617
|
-7.79
|
|
Female
|
99,744
|
97,556
|
-2.19
|
|
Total Goat
|
1,40,537
|
1,35,173
|
-3.82
|
|
Horses & Ponies
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
336
|
350
|
4.17
|
|
Female
|
276
|
275
|
-0.36
|
|
Total Horses & Ponies
|
612
|
625
|
2.12
|
|
Mules
|
|
|
|
|
Total Mules
|
137
|
196
|
43.07
|
|
Donkey
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
227
|
186
|
-18.06
|
|
Female
|
211
|
133
|
-36.97
|
|
Total Donkeys
|
438
|
319
|
-27.17
|
|
Camels
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
243
|
191
|
-21.40
|
|
Female
|
274
|
210
|
-23.36
|
|
Total Camels
|
517
|
400
|
-22.63
|
|
Pigs
|
|
|
|
|
Exotic/Crossbred
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
1,209
|
1,283
|
6.12
|
|
Female
|
1,180
|
1,174
|
-0.51
|
|
Total Exotic/Crossbred
|
2,389
|
2,456
|
2.80
|
|
Indigenous
|
|
|
|
|
Male
|
4,134
|
3,681
|
-10.96
|
|
Female
|
4,610
|
4,156
|
-9.85
|
|
Total Indigenous
|
8,744
|
7,837
|
-10.37
|
|
Total Pigs
|
11,133
|
10,294
|
-7.54
|
|
TOTAL LIVESTOCK
|
5,29,696
|
5,12,057
|
-3.33
|
GG:SS:CP: (salient livestock) 03-09-2014