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DAIRYING IN GUJARAT
A Statistical Profile
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Part II:
LIVESTOCK CENSUS
II.1. Total Animal Population
Table II.1.1: District-wise Total Bovine Population
Districts
Indigenous Cattle
(‘000)
Crossbred Cattle
(‘000)
Buffalo
(‘000)
1992 1997 2003 2007 1992 1997 2003 2007 1992 1997 2003 2007
GUJARAT
6,572 6,406 6,785 6,834 231.3 342.5 639.0 1142.2 5,268 6,285 7,140 8,774
Ahmedabad
253 183 217 200 6.0 5.3
9.2 17.4 301 244 277 344
Amreli
289 266 253 261 1.9 1.6
2.3
8.5 152 181 177 201
Anand
88 93 80
29.1 39.0 67.1
303 291 407
Banaskantha
430 357 434 529 7.2 23.0 61.1 131.0 452 538 715 955
Bharuch
279 127 132 103 6.3 7.1 10.0 18.8 156 131 133 154
Bhavnagar
332 324 328 329 5.1 3.6
7.9 11.5 255 280 307 334
Dahod
656 513 582
1.3
2.4
6.9
271 214 284
Gandhinagar
21 70 78 80 0.9 14.2 46.6 68.4 79 222 311 364
Jamnagar
330 318 348 349 0.2 0.8
1.0
1.5 139 174 210 257
Junagadh
479 431 451 467 1.2 3.2
4.8 14.1 308 301 305 378
Kachchh
344 372 331 381 1.1 2.9
4.2
8.0 128 165 178 226
Kheda
242 171 155 147 57.7 14.4 46.0 80.5 654 414 488 628
Mehsana
254 112 105 114 44.1 42.4 55.1 102.6 636 467 478 568
Narmada
136 168 137
3.0
3.1
4.2
51 61 59
Navsari
80 84 61
55.7 80.9 95.6
106 117 102
Panchmahals
944 398 634 537 4.9 5.2 10.1 51.2 462 345 517 616
Patan
128 112 123
3.5
4.5
8.4
261 222 364
Porbandar
76 83 81
0.1
0.1
2.0
79 85 105
Rajkot
438 407 424 430 5.0 9.8 14.9 21.8 206 246 274 362
Sabarkantha
415 401 478 469 22.6 42.1 110.3 151.8 459 589 683 775
Surat
341 322 337 128 22.1 40.0 66.3 98.5 252 330 408 247
Surendranagar
280 272 293 342 0.4 0.2
0.5
4.8 113 165 203 290
Tapi
169
45.1
177
The Dangs
72 67 81 60 0.2
3.1
9.9 16 19 27 21
Vadodara
429 438 444 458 11.7 9.1 16.8 23.7 315 337 386 462
Valsad
401 208 209 219 32.6 25.0 38.9 88.9 187 68 76 97
SOURCE: 15
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and 18
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Livestock Census, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India.