There is one stray cow for every 54 people in Raipur, scientists count
January 21, 2021
× Ever wondered how many stray cattle are roaming on the streets of Indian cities? In Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh, it is around 35,000, or one street cow for every 54 city dwellers, a study has found.
In what could be one of India’s first-ever study to ascertain the number of stray cows wander in a city area, researchers from Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University in Raipur found that an estimated population of close to 35,000 stray cattle present in the city, which has a population of 18.7 lakh.
India’s 20th Livestock Census released in 2019 reported that the cattle population is 198.48 million of which over 5 million are stray cows.