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The official said that the last census was conducted in 2016 in which the total number of leopards was found to be 43 and is now expected to have increased after nearly eight years.
Dinesh Rabari, District Forest Officer (DFO) told ANI on Saturday that cameras have been installed in the forest to keep track of the possible movements of the leopards.
The leopard census began in North Guwahati. It is the first of its kind in the state.
The North Kamrup Forest Division took to Twitter to inform that the leopard census area has been divided into 2X2 sq km grids with one camera installed in each grid.
A leopard counting census will kick off in Assam from January 31, 2022, to check the leopard population in forest and non-forest areas.