India has vast resources of livestock, which is growing at a steady rate in the last five decades. To find out the total number of animals in each category of animal, livestock census is being conducted in the country. After Independence, the first livestock census was conducted in 1951 and subsequently it is being canned out every five years. The 1 P Livestock Census: All-India Summary Report (2003) is the last published data released by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying & Government of India The total livestock which includes cattle, buffaloes,sheep, goats, pigs, yaks, million, camels, horses, ponies, mules and donkeys have increased from 293 million in 1951 to 485 million in 2003. Similarly, the poultry population has increased hm 73.5 million (1951) to 489 million (2003).
As per the 1 P Livestock Census (2003), there were 185.18 million cattle (including 24.68 million crossbred cattle), 97.92 million buffaloes, 61.47 million sheep, 124.36 million goat, 13.52 million pigs, 0.28 million mithun, 0.07 million yak and 489.01 million poultry . Population of all the major livestock species is increasing except cattle population, which has declined by (-) 6.89 per cent over 1997 census.
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| Livestock Population in India |
Source: DAHD, 2003. 17'" Indian Livestock Census In the world, India Ranks:
- First in buffalo population
- Second in cattle and goat population
- Third in sheep population and
- Seventh in poultry population
Source: Economic Survey - 2006-2007, Ministry of Finance, Go1
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