Livestock Census 2019

20th Livestock Census

The livestock census in the country started in the year 1919-1920. Since then it has been conducted once in every 5 years. So far 20th Livestock Censuses had been conducted and the last census was held in the year 2018. 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.

 

Category	Population (In million) 2012	Population (In million) 2019	% growth
Cattle	190.90	192.49	0.83
Buffalo	108.70	109.85	1.06
Sheep	65.07	74.26	14.13
Goat	135.17	148.88	10.14
Pig	10.29	9.06	-12.03
Mithun	0.30	0.38	26.66
Yak	0.08	0.06	-25.00
Horses & Ponies	0.63	0.34	-45.58
Mule	0.20	0.08	-57.09
Donkey	0.32	0.12	–61.23
Camel	0.40	0.25	-37.05
Total Livestock	512.06	535.78	4.63
Total Poultry	729.21	851.81	16.81

 

ALL INDIA LIVESTOCK CENSUS 2019
Cattle	19.24 Crore
Buffalo	10.98 Crore
Sheep	7.42 Crore
Goat	14.88 Crore
Total Bovine	30.27 Crore
Yaks	60 thousand
Mithuns	3.80 lakh
Horses & Ponies	3.40 lakh
Mules	80 thousand
Donkey	1.20 lakh
Camels	2.50 lakh
Pigs	90.60 Lakh
Total Livestock	53.57 Crore
Total Poultry	85.18 Crore

Distribution of Livestock Population

Cattle	35.94%
Buffalo	20.45%
Sheep	13.87%
Goat	27.80%
Pig	1.69%
Other	0.23%
Total	100%

 

Livestock Population, 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population (In million) 2012	Population (In million) 2019	% Change
1	Uttar Pradesh	68.7	67.8	-1.35
2	Rajasthan	57.7	56.8	-1.66
3	Madhya Pradesh	36.3	40.6	11.81
4	West Bengal	30.3	37.4	23.32
5	Bihar	32.9	36.5	10.67
6	Andhra Pradesh	29.4	34.0	15.79
7	Maharashtra	32.5	33.0	1.61
8	Telangana	26.7	32.6	22.21
9	Karnataka	27.7	29.0	4.70
10	Gujarat	27.1	26.9	-0.95

 

Poultry Population 

	Population  (In million) 2012	Population  (In million) 2019	% growth
Backyard poultry	217.49	317.07	45.78
Commercial Poultry	511.72	534.74	4.50
Total Poultry	729.21	851.81	16.81

 

Poultry Population, 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population (In million) 2012	Population (In million) 2019	% Change
1	Tamil Nadu	117.3	120.8	2.92
2	Andhra Pradesh	80.6	107.9	33.85
3	Telangana	80.8	80.0	-0.93
4	West Bengal	52.8	77.3	46.34
5	Maharashtra	77.8	74.3	-4.49
6	Karnataka	53.4	59.5	11.33
7	Assam	27.2	46.7	71.63
8	Haryana	42.8	46.3	8.11
9	Kerala	24.3	29.8	22.61
10	Odisha	19.9	27.4	37.95

 

Cattle Population, 2012 & 2019 in Major States

	States	Population (In million) 2012	Population (In million) 2019	% Change
1	West Bengal	16.5	19.0	15.18
2	Uttar Pradesh	19.6	18.8	-3.93
3	Madhya Pradesh	19.6	18.7	-4.42
4	Bihar	12.2	15.3	25.18
5	Maharashtra	15.5	13.9	-10.07
6	Rajasthan	13.3	13.9	4.41
7	Jharkhand	8.7	11.2	28.16
8	Assam	10.3	10.9	5.29
9	Chhattisgarh	9.8	10.0	1.63
10	Odisha	11.6	9.9	-15.01

 

Buffalo Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population (In million) 2012	Population (In million) 2019	% Change
1	Uttar Pradesh	30.6	33.0	7.81
2	Rajasthan	13.0	13.7	5.53
3	Gujarat	10.4	10.5	1.52
4	Madhya Pradesh	8.2	10.3	25.88
5	Bihar	7.6	7.7	2.02
6	Andhra Pradesh	6.5	6.2	-3.76
7	Maharashtra	5.6	5.6	0.17
8	Haryana	6.1	4.4	-28.22
9	Telangana	4.2	4.2	1.59
10	Punjab	5.2	4.0	-22.17

 

Sheep Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States/UTs	Population (In million) 2012	Population (In million) 2019	% Change
1	Telangana	12.8	19.1	48.51
2	Andhra Pradesh	13.6	17.6	30.00
3	Karnataka	9.6	11.1	15.31
4	Rajasthan	9.1	7.9	-12.95
5	Tamil Nadu	4.8	4.5	-5.98
6	Jammu & Kashmir	3.4	3.2	-4.19
7	Maharashtra	2.6	2.7	3.87
8	Gujarat	1.7	1.8	4.66
9	Odisha	1.6	1.3	-19.10
10	Uttar Pradesh	1.4	1.0	-27.25

 

Goat Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population (In million) 2012	(In million)  2019	% Change
1	Rajasthan	21.67	20.84	-3.81
2	West Bengal	11.51	16.28	41.49
3	Uttar Pradesh	15.59	14.48	-7.09
4	Bihar	12.15	12.82	5.49
5	Madhya Pradesh	8.01	11.06	38.07
6	Maharashtra	8.44	10.60	25.72
7	Tamil Nadu	8.14	9.89	21.43
8	Jharkhand	6.58	9.12	38.59
9	Odisha	6.51	6.39	-1.84
10	Karnataka	4.80	6.17	28.63

 

Pig Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population  (In million) 2012	Population  (In million)  2019	% Change
1	Assam	1.64	2.10	28.30
2	Jharkhand	0.96	1.28	32.69
3	Meghalaya	0.54	0.71	29.99
4	West Bengal	0.65	0.54	-16.63
5	Chhattisgarh	0.44	0.53	20.01
6	Uttar Pradesh	1.33	0.41	-69.37
7	Nagaland	0.50	0.40	-19.65
8	Bihar	0.65	0.34	-47.14
9	Karnataka	0.30	0.32	6.25
10	Mizoram	0.25	0.29	19.26

 

Camel Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population  (In lakhs) 2012	Population  (In lakhs) 2019	% Change
1	Rajasthan	3.26	2.13	-34.69
2	Gujarat	0.30	0.28	-9.19
3	Haryana	0.19	0.05	-72.65
4	Uttar Pradesh	0.08	0.02	-69.45

 

Horses & Ponies Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population  (In Lakhs) 2012	Population  (In Lakhs) 2019	% Change
1	Uttar Pradesh	1.52	0.76	-50.14
2	Jammu & Kashmir	1.44	0.63	-56.17
3	Rajasthan	0.38	0.34	-10.85
4	Bihar	0.49	0.32	-34.13
5	Gujarat	0.18	0.22	19.42
6	Maharashtra	0.37	0.19	-49.33
7	Punjab	0.33	0.14	-56.66
8	Madhya Pradesh	0.19	0.13	-29.48
9	Assam	0.14	0.13	-9.68
10	Haryana	0.37	0.10	-73.58

 

Mules Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population  (In Lakhs) 2012	Population  (In Lakhs) 2019	% Change
1	Uttarakhand	0.27	0.26	-2.25
2	Himachal Pradesh	0.23	0.20	-12.44
3	Jammu & Kashmir	0.37	0.17	-54.20
4	Uttar Pradesh	0.43	0.09	-79.06
5	Madhya Pradesh	0.07	0.03	-63.61

 

Donkey Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population  (In Lakhs) 2012	Population  (In Lakhs) 2019	% Change
1	Rajasthan	0.81	0.23	-71.31
2	Maharashtra	0.29	0.18	-39.69
3	Uttar Pradesh	0.57	0.16	-71.72
4	Gujarat	0.39	0.11	-70.94
5	Bihar	0.21	0.11	-47.31
6	Jammu & Kashmir	0.17	0.10	-44.55
7	Karnataka	0.16	0.09	-46.11
8	Madhya Pradesh	0.15	0.08	-45.46
9	Himachal Pradesh	0.07	0.05	-34.73
10	Andhra Pradesh	0.10	0.05	-53.22

 

Mithun Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population  (In numbers) 2012	Population  (In numbers) 2019	% Change
1	Arunachal Pradesh	249000	350154	40.62
2	Nagaland	34871	23123	-33.69
3	Manipur	10131	9059	-10.58
4	Mizoram	3287	3957	20.38

 

Yak Population 2012 & 2019 of Major States

	States	Population (In Numbers) 2012	Population (In Numbers) 2019	% Change
1	Jammu & Kashmir	54493	26221	-51.88
2	Arunachal Pradesh	14061	24075	71.22
3	Sikkim	4036	5219	29.31
4	Himachal Pradesh	2921	1940	-33.58
5	West Bengal	1089	213	-80.44

 

Category	Population (In million) 2012	Population (In million) 2019	% Change
Cow
Exotic/Crossbred
Male	5.97	3.46	-42.0
Female	33.76	46.95	39.1
Total Exotic/Crossbred	39.73	50.42	26.9
Indigenous/Non-Descript
Male	61.95	43.94	-29.1
Female	89.22	98.17	10.0
Total Indigenous/Non-Descript	151.17	142.11	-6.0
Total Cattle	190.90	192.49	0.8
Buffalo
Total Male	16.10	9.28	-42.35
Total Female	92.60	100.57	8.61
In-milk	36.57	38.16	4.34
Dry	14.48	13.01	-10.19
Milch animals (In Milk + Dry)	51.05	51.17	0.22
Buffaloes-Total	108.70	109.85	1.06
Sheep
Exotic/Crossbred	3.78	4.09	8.12
Exotic/ Crossbred Male	1.21	0.83	-31.32
Exotic/ Crossbred Female	2.57	3.26	26.85
Indigenous/Non-Descript	61.29	70.17	14.50
Indigenous/ Non-Descript Male	13.92	12.53	-9.94
Indigenous/ Non-Descript Female	47.37	57.64	21.67
Sheep – Total	65.07	74.26	14.13
Goat
Male	37.62	32.10	-14.65
Female	97.56	116.78	19.71
In-milk	36.25	41.83	15.38
Dry	25.31	27.82	9.95
Milch animals (In Milk + Dry)	61.56	69.65	13.15
Goat-Total	135.17	148.88	10.14
Pig
Exotic/Crossbred	2.46	1.90	-22.76
Indigenous/Non-Descript	7.84	7.16	-8.66
Pig-Total	10.29	9.06	-12.03
Camel
Male	0.19	0.08	-56.40
Female	0.21	0.17	-19.46
Camel-Total	0.40	0.25	-37.05

 

Donkey, Mules and Horses & Ponies
Category	Population  (In million) 2012	Population  (In million) 2019	% Change
Horses & Ponies-Total	0.62	0.34	-45.58
Mules-Total	0.20	0.08	-57.09
Donkey-Total	0.32	0.12	-61.23
Total	1.14	0.54	-52.63

 

Mithun
Category	Population  (In Lakh) 2012	Population  (In Lakh) 2019	% Change
Male	1.3	1.7	30.76
Female	1.7	2.1	23.52
Mithun-Total	3.0	3.8	26.66

 

Yak
Category	Population  (In 000) 2012	Population  (In 000) 2019	% Change
Male	35	26	-25.71
Female	42	32	-23.80
Yak-Total	77	58	-24.67

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