PUNJAB DAIRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Livestock Population in India by Species
(In Million Numbers)
Species	1951	1956	1961	1966	1972	1977	1982	1987	1992	1997	2003	2007$
Cattle	155.3	158.7	175.6	176.2	178.3	180.0	192.5	199.7	204.6	198.9	185.2	199.1
Adult Female Cattle	54.4	47.3	51.0	51.8	53.4	54.6	59.2	62.1	64.4	64.4	64.5	73.0
Buffalo	43.4	44.9	51.2	53.0	57.4	62.0	69.8	76.0	84.2	89.9	97.9	105.3
Adult Female Buffalo	21.0	21.7	24.3	25.4	28.6	31.3	32.5	39.1	43.8	46.8	51.0	54.5
Total Bovines	198.7	203.6	226.8	229.2	235.7	242.0	262.2	275.7	288.8	288.8	283.1	304.4
Sheep	39.1	39.3	40.2	42.4	40.0	41.0	48.8	45.7	50.8	57.5	61.5	71.6
Goat	47.2	55.4	60.9	64.6	67.5	75.6	95.3	110.2	115.3	122.7	124.4	140.5
Horses and Ponies	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.6
Camels	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.6	0.5
Pigs	4.4	4.9	5.2	5.0	6.9	7.6	10.1	10.6	12.8	13.3	13.5	11.1
Mules	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1
Donkeys	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.4
Yak	NC	NC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Mithun	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3
Total Livestock	292.9	306.6	336.5	344.5	353.2	369.4	419.6	445.2	470.9	485.4	485.0	529.7
Poultry *	73.5	94.8	114.2	115.4	138.5	159.2	207.7	275.3	307.1	347.6	489.0	648.8
NC : Not Collected; NA: Not Available * Includes Chicken, ducks, turkey & other birds $ Provisional derived from village level totals Source : Livestock Censuses, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, GoI