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Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2017

09/06/2018 by Dr. Amandeep Singh 38 Comments

Click to read, Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2019

(Updated till 12/2017)

Beneficial for different competitive exams conducted by ICAR and other organizations

Standings of India in the world

Ranking Sector
1st Total Livestock Population, Milk Production, Cattle Population, Buffalo Population, Carabeef Production, Goat Milk Production, Total Bovine Population
2nd Goat Population, Bristle Production (a pig industry by-product), Fish Production
3rd Sheep Production, Egg Production
4th Chicken Production
5th Poultry Meat Production, Poultry Production
8th Duck Production
9th Camel Population, Wool Production

Animal Products Statistics

Commodity Total Production (per year) Per Capita Availability ICMR Recommendations
Milk 165.4 MT 355 grams/day 280 grams/day
Meat 7.4 MT 2.96 kg/year 11 kg/year
Eggs 88.1 billion 69 eggs/year 182 eggs/year

Total Wool Production in India: 43.5 million Kg

Meat Processing Infrastructure and Related Facts

  • Total number of slaughter houses in India: 3600
  • Number of Registered Slaughter Houses: 1783
  • Small scale meat retail shops: 25,000
  • Abattoirs with meat processing facilities approved by APEDA: 77
  • Number of Carcass Utilization Centres: 14
  • Carabeef Produced in India: 3 million tonnes
  • Carabeef Exported: 1.8 million tonnes (2016)
  • Top 5 Carabeef export destinations: Vietnam, Malaysia, Egypt, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. Vietnam accounted for 48 percent of total Indian exports at 840 thousand metric tons followed by Egypt (9.4 percent), Malaysia (9.3 percent), Indonesia (4.6 percent) and Saudi Arabia (4.4 percent).
  • Organized poultry sector inn India: 70 per cent
  • Poultry Capital of India: Andhra Pradesh
  • Contribution of poultry sector to meat production in India: 45 per cent

Leading States in India for Livestock Production

Feature State
Highest milk producing state Uttar Pradesh (25,198 L)
State with highest per capita availability of milk Punjab (1075 g)
State with highest per capita availability of eggs Andhra Pradesh (312 eggs)
Highest meat production Uttar Pradesh
Highest goat meat production West Bengal
Highest poultry and sheep meat production Andhra Pradesh
Highest wool production Rajasthan
Highest indigenous milch cows Madhya Pradesh
Highest Cross-bred or exotic cows Tamil Nadu
Highest number of poultry birds Andhra Pradesh
Highest number of mules Jammu & Kashmir
Highest number of livestock Uttar Pradesh
Highest cattle population Madhya Pradesh
Highest buffalo population Uttar Pradesh
Highest sheep population Andhra Pradesh
Highest goat population Rajasthan
Highest pig population Assam
Highest camel population Rajasthan
Highest mithun population Arunachal Pradesh
Highest yak population Jammu & Kashmir
Highest horses and ponies population Uttar Pradesh
Highest donkey population Rajasthan
  • Share of Uttar Pradesh in Total Milk Production in India: 16.8%
  • Share of Tamil Nadu in Total Egg Production in India: 18.9%
  • Share of Uttar Pradesh in Total Meat Production in India: 18.23%
  • Share of Rajasthan in Total Wool Production in India: 32.9%

Growth Rates of Livestock Products

Product Growth Rate
Meat 5.21 per cent
Broiler production 11 per cent
Egg production 6.28 per cent
Milk production 5.3 per cent
Wool production -0.08 per cent
  • Highest growth rate in milk production: Andhra Pradesh (12.6%)
  • Highest growth rate in egg production: Himachal Pradesh (18.2%)
  • Highest growth rate in meat production: Daman & Diu (65.4%) (Among states: Maharashtra (25.2%))
  • Highest growth rate in wool production: Arunachal Pradesh (63.17%)

Value Output from Livestock Rearing

Sector Percentage of total output
Milk and Milk Products 65.05 per cent
Meat and Meat Products 19.83 per cent
Dung 6.93 per cent
Eggs 3.77 per cent
Increment in Livestock 3.35 per cent
Wool and Hair 0.2 per cent

Livestock Census

First livestock census in India was conducted as Dairy Cattle Census in 1919.

Livestock Census 2012 was 19th Livestock Census conducted with reference date of 15th October, 2012.

Livestock Census takes place at every five years (Quinquennial)

  • Total livestock population: 512.05 million
  • Total poultry population: 729.02 million
  • Milch animals: 118.59 million
  • Total bovine population: 299.99 million
  • Total cattle population: 190.90 million
  • Total indigenous cattle: 151.17 million
  • Total buffalo population: 108.70 million
  • Total sheep population: 65.06 million
  • Total goat population: 135.17 million
  • Total pig population: 10.29 million
  • Total camel population: 0.4 million
  • Total horses and ponies population: 0.62 million
  • Total mules population: 0.19 million
  • Total donkey population: 0.32 million
  • Total yak population: 0.07 million
  • Total mithun population: 0.29 million
  • Total elephant population: 22,000
  • Total rabbit population: 0.59 million
  • Number of animals under Livestock Insurance Scheme of DADF: 1017713 (2015-16)

Percentage Distribution of Total Livestock

Species Percentage
Cattle 37. 28 per cent
Buffalo 21.23 per cent
Sheep 12. 71 per cent
Goat 26.40 per cent
Pigs 2.01 per cent
Others 0.37 per cent

Species Wise Milk Contribution to Total Milk Production in India

Species Percentage of Total Milk
Buffalo indigenous 35 per cent
Buffalo non-descript 14 per cent
Cow indigenous 11 per cent
Cow non-descript 9 per cent
Cow cross-bred 26 per cent
Cow exotic 1 per cent
Goat 3 per cent

Species Wise Egg Contribution to Total Egg Production in India

Species Percentage of Total Eggs
Improved fowl 86.80 per cent
Desi fowl 11.96 per cent
Desi duck 0.96 per cent
Improved duck 0.28 per cent

Species Wise Meat Contribution to Total Meat Production in India

Species Percentage of Total Meat
Poultry 47.05 per cent
Buffalo 19.80 per cent
Goat 14.25 per cent
Sheep 7.68 per cent
Pig 6.50 per cent
Cattle 4.72 per cent

Category Wise Contribution to Total Wool Production in India

Category Percentage of Total Meat
Ewe 68.35 per cent
Ram 16.71 per cent
Lamb 14.94 per cent

Incidence of Major Livestock Diseases in 2016

Disease Number of Outbreaks
Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) 158
Haemorrhagic Septicaemia  (HS) 80
Black Quarter (BQ) 85
Anthrax 66
Fascioliasis 87
Sheep & Goat Pox 72
Swine Fever 38
Coccidiosis 153
Ranikhet Disease (NCD) 157
Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD) 614
Rabies 27
Babesiosis 152
Mastitis 99
Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) 93
Glanders 22
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) 36

Value of Livestock Import and Export in 2016-17

Broad Group Value (in Lakhs)
India’s total import of livestock and livestock products Rs. 257,742,166
India’s total export of livestock and livestock products Rs. 185,233,966

Share of Usually Working Persons in Animal Production (per 1000 persons)

Category of Worker Rural Urban
Men 10.2 5.5
Women 88.3 25.6

Fish Production Statistics

Total Fish Production in India: 10.07 MT

Fish Seed Production: 43266 million fry

Inland Fisheries Resources

  • Total Water Bodies: 73.12 Lakh Ha

Marine Fisheries Resources

  • Approximate length of coastline: 8118 km
  • Continental Shelf: 5.30 Lakh sq.km.
  • Number of Landing Centers: 1537
  • Number of Fishing Villages: 3432
  • Number of fisherman families: 874749
  • Total fishing crafts: 221450

Demographic Dependence on Livestock

  • Livestock sector employs 8 per cent of total Indian Workforce
  • Percentage of population dependent on agriculture for livelihood: 49.8 per cent
  • Percentage of livestock owned by marginal, small and semi-medium farmers: 87.7 per cent
  • Percentage of area used for all types of livestock farming: 1.69 per cent

Percentage of the World Livestock Present in India

Species Percentage present in India
Total Livestock 11.54 per cent
Buffalo 56.7 per cent
Small ruminants 20.4 per cent
Cattle 12.5 per cent
Poultry 3.1 per cent

18.5 per cent of total world milk is produced in India

Infrastructure Related to Animal Husbandry in India

(As of 31-03-2017)

  • Veterinary Dispensaries: 27410
  • Veterinary Aid Centres: 25867
  • Veterinary Hospitals: 12234
  • Number of ICD Projects: 390
  • Semen Production Centres: 60
  • Frozen Semen Banks: 229
  • Number of AI Centres: 100,368
  • Cattle Breeding Farms: 169
  • Buffalo Breeding Farms: 36
  • Number of Gaushalas: 6183
  • Liquid Nitrogen Plants: 88
  • Poultry Breeding Farms: 1879
  • Duck Breeding Farms: 34
  • Hatcheries: 662
  • Sheep Breeding Farms: 83
  • Intensive Sheep Development Projects: 39
  • Sheep & Wool Extension Centres: 1583
  • Wool Grading Centres: 15
  • Goat Breeding Farms: 100
  • Rabbit Breeding Farms: 32
  • Fodder Seed Production Farms: 132
  • Pig Breeding Farms: 154
  • Camel Breeding Farms: 2
  • Horse Studs/Farms: 13
  • Rinderpest Check Posts: 186
  • Milk Processing Factories: 288
  • Liquid Milk Plants: 1559

Total Artificial Inseminations done in 2016-17: 70.10 milliion

World Leaders in Livestock Production

Category Number One in the World
Bovines India
Cattle India
Buffalo India
Milk production India
Carabeef India
Pigs China
Donkeys China
Sheep China
Goat China
Duck China
Fish China
Eggs China
Chevon China
Mutton China
Pork China
Camels Somalia
Poultry USA
Poultry meat Brazil
Fibre Australia
Wool Australia
Beef USA

Per Capita Monthly Consumption Expenditure in India

Rural Areas: Rs. 1278.94

Urban Areas: Rs. 2399.24

Share of Agriculture & Allied and Livestock Sector in GVA – (At current prices in Rs. Crore)

Year GVA (Total) GVA (Agriculture & Allied) GVA (Livestock Sector)
2015-16 12458642 2175547 17.5 % 560613 4.5 %

 

Sources

  • 19th Livestock Census (2014). DADF, MoA, GoI
  • APEDA Market Report (2017). Global Agriculture Information Network, US Foreign Agriculture Service.
  • Annual Report (2017). DADF, MoA, GoI
  • Basic Animal Husbandry & Fisheries Statistics (2017). Animal Husbandry Statistics Division, DADF, MoA, GoI

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Comments

  1. Rajjat janua says

    09/06/2018 at 8:39 AM

    Thanks alot sir

    Reply
  2. Dr Sanjay says

    09/06/2018 at 10:43 AM

    Good information…

    Reply
  3. Dr Sanjay says

    09/06/2018 at 10:43 AM

    Valuable information

    Reply
  4. Dr Sanjay says

    09/06/2018 at 10:45 AM

    The percapita availability of eggs are less…needs to focus on that aspect

    Reply
  5. M Gunaseelan says

    09/06/2018 at 11:37 AM

    Excellent work Dr Amandeep..

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      09/06/2018 at 4:16 PM

      Thank you sir

      Reply
      • Samsur says

        25/09/2019 at 7:52 AM

        Sir ;in Milk production india ranking at number 2 postion ..USA in top list .

        Reply
        • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

          28/09/2019 at 9:25 PM

          Dear Samsur
          The milk production in USA is 81.1 MT whereas milk production in India is 176.3 MT.

          Reply
  6. Deepika says

    09/06/2018 at 2:58 PM

    thank you sir….
    All the livestock data are vary useful for all the veterinary Students who are doiing preparation for competitive exam.

    Reply
  7. Dr.S.p..Singh jbp. says

    09/06/2018 at 8:41 PM

    Nyc& new information but no data related to gynae.such as conception rate as per A.I.

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      09/06/2018 at 9:44 PM

      Dear Sir
      These are general stats. Rest so much more to come. Stay tuned.

      Reply
  8. Dr.S.p..Singh jbp. says

    09/06/2018 at 8:49 PM

    O.k. now I also w”ll send my subject matter on veterinary.

    Reply
  9. Rakesh Raikwar says

    10/06/2018 at 9:57 AM

    Nice compilation,

    However, figures of export -import are confusing, pl correct it.

    regards

    Reply
  10. K. Dushyanthan says

    11/06/2018 at 8:06 AM

    Very useful and essential information for all the Vets, students and farmers. Thank you, Sir.

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      11/06/2018 at 11:56 AM

      thank you sir

      Reply
  11. K. Dushyanthan says

    11/06/2018 at 8:09 AM

    Very useful and essential information for all Vets students, faculty and farmers. Thank you, Sir

    Reply
  12. Dr ANAND Raj says

    11/06/2018 at 9:40 AM

    Very nice information

    Reply
  13. Rakesh Kumar says

    12/06/2018 at 10:38 AM

    Quite useful data. Thanks Dr. Aman.

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      12/06/2018 at 11:53 PM

      Welcome sir

      Reply
  14. Dr.Pulin Sarma says

    12/06/2018 at 5:34 PM

    Thank you very much

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      12/06/2018 at 11:53 PM

      welcome sir

      Reply
      • Dr SK Pandey says

        13/06/2018 at 11:02 PM

        Dr.Singh
        How can we save this information as pdf? please let me know.

        Reply
        • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

          14/06/2018 at 2:00 AM

          Dear Sir,
          Kindly click on the link for downloading the pdf file.
          https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325746555_CURRENT_LIVESTOCK_PRODUCTION_STATISTICS_OF_INDIA

          Reply
  15. Dipankar Paul says

    27/07/2018 at 5:35 AM

    Very useful information…Thank you Sir

    Reply
  16. mounika says

    14/08/2018 at 4:55 PM

    sir is this the current data including 2018 or only upto 2017

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      15/08/2018 at 12:22 AM

      Dear
      The 2018 is not yet available, therefore it is upto 2017 only.

      Reply
  17. D P Kala says

    08/09/2018 at 5:04 PM

    I agree that your statistics are of 2012 census.I ,however,find it difficult to reconcile that last census of 2017 has not been published despite a lapse of 2 years.Also,I have been associated with animaI care for over two decades.I find it difficult to accept that we have ,on an average, nearly 100 animal care centers in a district .The privately run Gaushalas and Panjarapols do not receive proper attention.That should also find a place in your study.
    Please also add information on disposal of dead animals.It has become more relevant due to pressures from various animal lover groups.

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      22/09/2018 at 1:33 AM

      Dear Sir
      Thank you for your kind and enlightening suggestions. Next time these will be taken care of. As far as the census is concerned, indeed there is a lapse of 2 years and this thing is in hands of DADF, MoA. Census 2012 was added as new census was not available.

      Reply
  18. Rohit Chandra says

    14/03/2019 at 7:24 PM

    Dear Dr Singh,
    Need tp check some data for accuracy. Incidentally I was doing dome research on the cattle productivity and cam across the figures for milk production. The figures were different from the NDDB report but more than that its the units which need to be checked. Here in your data its shown as MT whereas it should be 000MT (Thousand MT). Similarly in other figures related to milk production. Kindly check and validate.

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      15/03/2019 at 10:50 PM

      Dear Sir
      In my data, MT stands for Million Tonnes. I have taken this data from Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics available at DADF website.

      Reply
  19. Dr. Dinesh M. Chavhan says

    26/03/2019 at 9:46 AM

    Sir,
    Good information.
    But per capita availability of meat need to be checked.
    Thank you

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      30/03/2019 at 5:19 PM

      Thanks Sir

      Reply
  20. Mita Sinhamahapatra says

    21/07/2019 at 1:27 PM

    Good, but i could not find per capta , poultry meat consumption in WEST BENGAL specifically

    Reply
  21. Subhash Badve. Ifs ( retd) says

    23/08/2019 at 9:44 AM

    Very good information at a glance. Useful for planning of fodder availability and need. Sir, pl focus on fodder availability.

    Reply
  22. Dr Dibyendu Nandi says

    26/08/2019 at 11:07 AM

    The data is good but it require little more upgrade i.e in poultry breeder etc.

    Reply
  23. Dr OP Malav says

    15/10/2019 at 4:43 PM

    very well compiled. nice information. Any update of data available (more recent data)

    Reply
    • Dr. Amandeep Singh says

      15/10/2019 at 10:49 PM

      Dear Sir
      Kindly look for recent post on livestock production statistics – 2018 in the website. I have already published the recent data.

      Reply
  24. Dr OP Malav says

    16/10/2019 at 11:03 AM

    Thank u very much

    Reply

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