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Part II :
Livestock Census
National Dairy Development Board
Dairying in MAHARASHTRA
A Statistical Profile
2015
II.1. Animal Population
TABLE II.1.1: Summary of Livestock Census (1992-2012) - Maharashtra
Population
Livestock Census
1992
1997
2003
2007
2012
Total Bovine
22,888,246 24,144,225 22,447,724 22,256,144 21,078,599
Total Cattle
17,441,008 18,071,537 16,303,019 16,183,527 15,484,207
Total Exotic/ Crossbred cows
1,769,333 2,456,884 2,776,001 3,122,291 3,650,877
Females
1,385,341
1,878,747
2,238,377
2,580,347
3,207,011
under 1 year
249,476
342,250
413,256
453,060
562,352
1 to 2.5 year
225,607
293,000
352,171
393,209
506,966
In-milk
548,027
732,957
933,877
1,138,932
1,444,659
Dry
277,770
399,125
455,549
483,670
593,064
Milch
825,797
1,132,082
1,389,426
1,622,602
2,037,723
Not even calved once
71,012
90,621
69,753
69,333
77,128
Others
13,449
20,794
13,771
42,143
22,842
Males
383,992
578,137
537,624
541,944
443,866
Total Indigenous cows
15,671,675 15,614,653 13,527,018 13,061,236 11,833,330
Females
6,935,409
6,831,738
5,917,121
5,430,316
5,053,490
under 1 year
953,530
1,063,591
981,359
933,617
964,142
1 to 3 years
1,044,958
1,125,970
1,133,696
847,295
786,906
In-milk
1,998,490
2,181,531
1,887,802
1,959,654
1,712,728
Dry
2,442,978
2,037,806
1,644,113
1,324,280
1,340,368
Milch
4,441,468
4,219,337
3,531,915
3,283,934
3,053,096
Not even calved once
437,583
377,999
217,029
211,675
186,972
Others
57,870
44,841
53,122
153,795
62,374
Males
8,736,266
8,782,915
7,609,897
7,630,920
6,779,840
Total Buffaloes
5,447,238 6,072,688 6,144,705 6,072,617 5,594,392
Females
4,445,418
5,007,678
5,274,414
5,201,654
4,997,703
under 1 year
642,399
749,074
860,382
879,353
875,381
1 to 3 years
579,169
649,780
718,643
737,809
763,208
In-milk
1,799,093
2,150,753
2,241,693
2,307,376
2,161,990
Dry
1,141,338
1,167,282
1,234,426
1,017,553
1,009,485
Milch
2,940,431
3,318,035
3,476,119
3,324,929
3,171,475
Not even calved once
260,941
265,511
176,019
160,928
148,734
Others
22,478
25,278
43,251
98,635
38,905
Males
1,001,820
1,065,010
870,291
870,963
596,689
Source: 15
th
, 16
th
, 17
th
, 18
th
and 19
th
Livestock Census, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare,
Govt. of India.