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Livestock & Poultry

Number and Distribution of Total Livestock by Species, 2019:

CategoryPopulation (In Numbers)Percentage Distribution to Total Livestock
RuralUrbanTotal
Cattle106861932230461090923960.3%
Buffalo41951422014217152.3%
Sheep32684952513321001.8%
Goat4190661124512431517323.9%
Pig202493074070209900011.6%
Horses & Ponies12623160127830.1%
Mule682427240.004%
Donkey867339000.005%
Camel557105670.003%
Total Livestock1766287642932518092201100.0%

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

 

District-wise Population of Cattle, 2019:

DistrictPopulation of Cattle
MaleFemaleTotal
Baksa96484267622364106
Bongaigaon67688189264256952
Barpeta91983390532482515
Biswanath128557233707362264
Cachar72372282471354843
Chirang72780134888207668
Darrang99497357929457426
Dhemaji288007238973526980
Dhubri93156262901356057
Dibrugarh158486182138340624
Dima Hasao113331124322576
Goalpara108012225609333621
Golaghat103993507460611453
Hailakandi26432105796132228
Hojai61624237170298794
Jorhat90363342032432395
Kamrup99879400058499937
Kamrup (M)18154102098120252
Karbi Anglong92688162368255056
Karimganj65109214058279167
Kokrajhar135855197736333591
Lakhimpur298194330834629028
Majuli5001973743123762
Morigaon87097268382355479
Nagaon128466497985626451
Nalbari37427212784250211
Sibsagar68078197953266031
Sonitpur151711362273513984
Soraideu364865212388609
South Salmara4483297086141918
Tinsukia156575225955382530
Udalguri137833245299383132
West Karbi Anglong4917970420119599
Assam3228349768089010909239

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

 

District-wise Population of Buffalo, 2019:

District/ StatePopulation of Buffalo
MaleFemaleTotal
Baksa320493813
Bongaigaon5137271240
Barpeta68611376820629
Biswanath4910819813108
Cachar161993424850447
Chirang8978481745
Darrang155642150637070
Dhemaji52121144216654
Dhubri2883954412427
Dibrugarh4683785012533
Dima Hasao158741819434068
Goalpara375647758531
Golaghat104492010030549
Hailakandi56821353319215
Hojai2929291221
Jorhat58351526221097
Kamrup264144357076
Kamrup (M)299654953
Karbi Anglong185420303884
Karimganj87051882527530
Kokrajhar397638577833
Lakhimpur3506816011666
Majuli151647296245
Morigaon149928184317
Nagaon7259904516304
Nalbari231135035814
Sibsagar29961183314829
Sonitpur193552277162
Soraideu270646916
South Salmara207324754548
Tinsukia414356049747
Udalguri83418832717
West Karbi Anglong360952188827
Assam149356272359421715

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

 

District-wise Population of Goat, 2019:

DistrictPopulation of Goat
MaleFemaleTotal
Baksa51265128713179978
Bongaigaon2274784713107460
Barpeta28341149368177709
Biswanath5095294234145186
Cachar23739115651139390
Chirang195034300562508
Darrang33465128414161879
Dhemaji3781077281115091
Dhubri3266697048129714
Dibrugarh80245122132202377
Dima Hasao124651823730702
Goalpara3317469804102978
Golaghat49077149223198300
Hailakandi83374484453181
Hojai139725684270814
Jorhat46988126810173798
Kamrup44798146945191743
Kamrup (M)139943062044614
Karbi Anglong97144182488279632
Karimganj179176274780664
Kokrajhar4939496136145530
Lakhimpur61517140554202071
Majuli32031713920342
Morigaon212016104682247
Nagaon34342135483169825
Nalbari27668141626169294
Sibsagar2024283734103976
Sonitpur88244162464250708
Soraideu155503200347553
South Salmara201854166861853
Tinsukia6606487949154013
Udalguri3933192160131491
West Karbi Anglong5624872304128552
Assam122178830933854315173

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

 

District-wise Population of Sheep, 2019:

DistrictPopulation
Baksa5208
Bongaigaon11557
Barpeta51906
Biswanath6426
Cachar27098
Chirang1468
Darrang35088
Dhemaji2284
Dhubri32292
Dibrugarh418
Dima Hasao528
Goalpara23191
Golaghat2981
Hailakandi9173
Hojai1419
Jorhat610
Kamrup17667
Kamrup (M)546
Karbi Anglong286
Karimganj23544
Kokrajhar14222
Lakhimpur659
Majuli69
Morigaon8435
Nagaon18661
Nalbari15809
Sibsagar305
Sonitpur2992
Soraideu9
South Salmara14993
Tinsukia118
Udalguri2084
West Karbi Anglong54
Assam332100

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

 

District-wise Population of Pig, 2019:

DistrictPopulation
Baksa81872
Bongaigaon11217
Barpeta11276
Biswanath92600
Cachar17830
Chirang55800
Darrang21665
Dhemaji232517
Dhubri1942
Dibrugarh111522
Dima Hasao34522
Goalpara49598
Golaghat118500
Hailakandi2561
Hojai7345
Jorhat101073
Kamrup79230
Kamrup (M)28351
Karbi Anglong188380
Karimganj4054
Kokrajhar105271
Lakhimpur195875
Majuli34345
Morigaon31322
Nagaon51182
Nalbari15518
Sibsagar64021
Sonitpur76770
Soraideu32694
South Salmara437
Tinsukia57396
Udalguri99245
West Karbi Anglong83069
Assam2099000

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

 

Number and Distribution of Total Poultry by Species, 2019:

CategoryPopulation (In Numbers)Percentage Distribution  to Total Poultry
RuralUrbanTotal
Fowls330365907290533376564372.3%
Ducks117692772784661204774325.8%
Turkey14174325961443390.3%
Quails509358276995370571.1%
Other21187256872175590.5%
Total Poultry45668840104350146712341100.0%

Source: 20th Livestock Census 2019

 

District-wise Total Livestock and Poultry Population of Assam per 19th Live Stock Census, 2012:

Live Stock Census, 2012
DistrictsCattleBuffaloesSheepGoatsHorse and PoniesPigsTotal LivestockFowlsDucks
Kokrajhar32566213290162931284732448840957237147214995775
Dhubri5083611304311817127350295745649185981014674472600
Goalpara288494728329105135077123749353510549875245115551
Barpeta383548270449766719464065013373716922827441241696
Morigaon31784141791203514098237623287498700634853199463
Nagaon7628607445119663778707424459112054741263331312445
Sonitpur942292361061344950179926315657416504831247446326340
Lakhimpur6076821381913492103542207131243966654598214288187
Dhemaji453390145477161431541238118913731958604542224774
Tinsukia4085371724732220377927464344694503873362314257
Dibrugarh44808112312755295615331116950874044992429617059
Sivasagar411099244069322229843118697074670210572451146788
Jorhat4914952644935818253162671943773402579112292764
Golaghat4128871515390523669929386297752234676084341308
Karbi Anglong363343149358422810992051622958227191110531191978
Dima Hasao2695824294364422380343641282181417119868
Cachar33076556036174401590254928182591497585047412190
Karimganj26470440041214121083144214624449137402185181006
Hailakandi161512279471837089873326960304694309909119189
Bongaigaon20889017833148711321136910167365907476153133479
Chirang22787176921371682571105441238627225597150554
Kamrup5413277946331104237141199684731075769917188351534
Kamrup Metro1163388919826480242248720550450120852090
Nalbari260150455214060188991201017847487610372734213245
Baksa3613872528133341918592180612649741682263206477
Darrang34302512522414411917004429821598951524366243098
Udalguri3391051775748698433721689671401691722816146687
Assam10307604435265518067616919314153163602219080304187182097300402

Source: Statistical Handbook of Assam 2017