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Livestock Census 2012

Table 1.1- Livestock Population 2012 Census and Growth Rate as compared to 2007 Census
Serial Number Species Population (Numbers) Total Growth Rate (%)
1 Cattle Crossbred Male 5602 26458 -1.45
Female 20856
Indigenous Male 355705 879295 2.2
Female 523590
2 Buffalo Indigenous Male 16363 24894 10.02
Female 8531
3 Goat Indigenous Male 179502 472325 29.23
Female 292823
4 Pig Exotic/ Crossbred Male 72834 137984 96.68
Female 65150
Indigenous Male 224672 431317 -5.04
Female 206645
5 Sheep Exotic/ Crossbred Male 299 805 232.64
Female 506
Indigenous Male 7434 20186 -2.95
Female 12752
6 Poultry Fowl Improved 344157 3541716 25.84
Desi 3197559 16.15
Duck Improved 514 22845 -93.56
Desi 22331 -61.76
Others Turkey 498 498 2271.43
7 Dog  -  - 256972 256972 14.66
Table 1.2 Livestock Population (a) Cattle and Buffaloes
Serial Number Name of District Cattle Total Cattle Buffalo Total Bovine
Crossbred Indigenous
1 East Khasi Hills 12807 69410 82217 1756 83973
2 Ri - Bhoi 9295 27614 36909 5043 41952
3 West Khasi Hills 498 95150 95648 5849 101497
4 South West Khasi Hills 331 25652 25983 202 26185
5 East Jaintia Hills 622 62981 63603 927 64530
6 West Jaintia Hills 663 33610 34273 1692 35965
7 East Garo Hills 196 66400 66596 8 66604
8 North Garo Hills 241 76379 76620 18 76638
9 West Garo Hills 1631 239283 240914 4233 245147
10 South West Garo Hills 134 113390 113524 5164 118688
11 South Garo Hills 40 69426 69466 2 69468
  State (Overall) 26458 879295 905753 24894 930647
Table 1.3 Livestock Population (b) Sheep, Goat, Horses and Ponies
Serial Number Name of District Sheep Total Sheep Total Goats Total Horses and Ponies
Crossbred Indigenous
1 East Khasi Hills 364 7030 7394 78334 23
2 Ri - Bhoi 0 10 10 24033 7
3 West Khasi Hills 441 2820 3261 43097 1142
4 South West Khasi Hills 0 185 185 35892 67
5 East Jaintia Hills 0 0 0 23770 6
6 West Jaintia Hills 0 8 8 13317 25
7 East Garo Hills 0 16 16 30172 15
8 North Garo Hills 0 8 8 5787 0
9 West Garo Hills 0 9284 9284 106516 16
10 South West Garo Hills 0 819 819 62135 0
11 South Garo Hills 0 6 6 49272 0
  State (Overall) 805 20186 20991 472325 1301
Table 1.4 Livestock Population (c) Pig and Rabbit Population
Serial Number Name of District Pigs Total Pigs Total Livestock Total Rabbits
Crossbred Indigenous
1 East Khasi Hills 53818 79011 132829 302553 231
2 Ri - Bhoi 12596 17082 29678 95680 177
3 West Khasi Hills 14123 43296 57419 206416 22
4 South West Khasi Hills 7333 14764 22097 84426 0
5 East Jaintia Hills 7262 17572 24834 113140 0
6 West Jaintia Hills 14368 22744 37112 86427 13
7 East Garo Hills 5547 38808 44355 141162 0
8 North Garo Hills 6215 34331 40546 122979 0
9 West Garo Hills 6055 96283 102338 463301 780
10 South West Garo Hills 921 35333 36254 217896 10
11 South Garo Hills 9746 32093 41839 160585 60
  State (Overall) 137984 431317 569301 1994565 1293
Table 2.5: Poultry Population
Serial Number Name of Districts Fowls Ducks Turkey Other Poultry Birds like Guineas, Fowls etc. Grand Total
Desi Improved Total Desi Improved Total
1 East Khasi Hills 477111 64502 541613 1840 106 1946 359 1541 545459
2 Ri - Bhoi 327182 129772 456954 960 21 981 76 167 458178
3 West Khasi Hills 371054 27881 398935 102 16 118 0 0 399053
4 South West Khasi Hills 98886 882 99768 268 0 268 19 0 100055
5 East Jaintia Hills 65273 7953 73226 91 0 91 0 0 73317
6 West Jaintia Hills 124838 19697 144535 862 226 1088 40 25 145688
7 East Garo Hills 197113 44385 241498 423 58 481 0 167 242146
8 North Garo Hills 440733 11744 452477 134 0 134 0 30 452641
9 West Garo Hills 629866 27045 656911 12692 79 12771 2 96 669780
10 South West Garo Hills 195467 6660 202127 3643 2 3645 0 133 205905
11 South Garo Hills 270036 3636 273672 1316 6 1322 2 26 275022
State (Overall) 3197559 344157 3541716 22331 514 22845 498 2185 3567244