Appendix 5 : Estimated number of Farmer Households Using Veterinary Services During Khariff and Rabi Season                        
  Estimated  Estimated          Per cent of Farmer Household Reporting 
  Number of Number of Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Availability of Veterinary Services
State/Region Farmer Farmer of Farmer of Farmer of Farmer of Farmer Inside Outside Village at a distance of
  Households Households Household Household Household Household Village <2 km 2-5 km 5-10 km 10-20 km >=20km
  ( ' 00) using using using using reporting      
    Veterinary Veterinary Veterinary Veterinary Veterinary      
    Services Services Services Services Services      
    ( ' 00)   Timely Adequate Good      
Khariff Season
Northern Region              
Haryana 19445 8070 41.5 35.7 88.3 58.3 58.7 8.7 23.1 8.1 1.4 0.0
Himachal Pradesh 9061 3867 42.7 42.1 98.0 88.2 32.3 28.0 23.8 12.3 2.8 0.8
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 4101 43.5 37.9 86.0 33.6 39.8 17.4 32.3 6.7 3.2 0.6
Punjab 18442 12095 65.6 62.8 95.7 69.5 43.8 16.5 30.4 7.9 1.5 0.0
Rajasthan 53080 11464 21.6 19.5 90.3 44.9 18.6 5.6 20.3 29.6 20.5 5.4
North-Eastern Region              
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 204 16.6 14.2 52.8 40.5 7.5 8.0 6.3 12.2 28.2 36.8
Assam 25040 5464 21.8 14.3 61.1 31.0 4.1 15.0 31.6 27.7 12.4 6.6
Manipur 2146 131 6.1 1.1 21.8 5.7 20.6 5.4 19.5 8.4 12.5 30.5
Meghalaya 2543 298 11.7 9.2 84.8 33.4 5.2 4.1 6.1 28.8 16.3 39.4
Mizoram 780 56 7.2 3.4 50.0 45.4 20.0 5.9 0.0 0.2 1.9 71.9
Nagaland 805 258 32.0 18.7 19.8 20.2 14.7 13.2 22.7 12.5 23.5 13.4
Tripura 2333 777 33.3 27.2 70.5 53.5 55.3 24.6 14.9 3.8 1.4 0.0
Eastern Region              
Bihar  70804 13645 19.3 14.4 75.4 39.0 15.9 9.0 28.4 32.2 12.5 1.9
Jharkhand 28238 2624 9.3 7.4 77.4 32.0 7.1 4.0 24.8 27.1 28.1 8.8
Orissa 42341 13007 30.7 25.6 79.4 52.2 12.6 12.2 36.1 26.6 10.7 1.5
Sikkim 531 89 16.8 16.7 97.7 34.8 31.3 14.9 25.7 17.8 8.2 2.2
West bengal 69226 21982 31.8 25.6 78.0 46.9 26.3 21.9 28.5 13.9 6.1 2.9
Central Region              
Chattisgarh 27598 5451 19.8 18.7 90.3 70.9 18.8 6.3 30.2 26.1 13.9 4.7
Madhya Pradesh 63206 11890 18.8 15.6 87.7 35.1 13.0 5.6 19.3 30.2 22.8 9.1
Uttar Pradesh  171575 44017 25.7 21.6 88.7 52.2 13.4 11.4 39.4 26.4 7.3 0.6
Uttranchal 8962 3833 42.8 42.0 98.1 84.9 23.0 11.3 31.1 15.6 10.4 8.6
Western Region              
Gujarat 37845 17138 45.3 37.4 83.9 57.7 36.4 4.6 24.1 17.1 12.2 5.6
Maharashtra 65817 26898 40.9 36.1 89.5 66.4 38.2 3.7 21.2 27.4 7.7 1.9
Southern Region              
Andhra Pradesh 60339 24789 41.1 38.2 89.9 56.4 38.7 4.4 24.4 20.4 9.4 2.7
Karnataka 40413 15473 38.3 34.0 90.0 57.4 27.7 7.9 30.3 21.6 9.0 3.4
Kerala 21946 5315 24.2 23.7 96.3 75.3 30.1 29.6 29.3 8.5 2.3 0.2
Tamil Nadu 38880 17420 44.8 42.3 95.8 74.5 37.3 12.8 30.6 14.4 4.2 0.7
Uts 732 312 42.6 38.1 94.6 65.2 43.0 14.6 27.6 12.2 2.6 0.0
All India 893504 270837 30.3 26.3 87.0 55.7 23.5 10.2 28.8 23.2 10.7 3.3
Rabi Season
Northern Region                
Haryana 19445 7282 37.4 35.6 90.6 60.4 64.3 7.0 21.5 5.8 1.0 0.3
Himachal Pradesh 9061 3116 34.4 32.9 97.3 81.1 34.4 24.7 22.8 15.5 1.7 0.8
Jammu & Kashmir 9432 4005 42.5 38.1 81.3 40.6 38.4 19.1 31.3 7.1 4.1 0.0
Punjab 18442 13026 70.6 68.3 96.4 75.3 45.2 18.0 28.8 6.7 0.9 0.4
Rajasthan 53080 5747 10.8 9.4 93.9 50.8 18.7 5.4 18.8 29.9 22.2 5.0
North-Eastern Region                
Arunachal Pradesh 1227 163 13.3 8.1 51.6 21.3 1.8 10.9 10.2 15.4 25.6 36.0
Assam 25040 3570 14.3 10.4 73.4 42.1 6.0 15.5 29.9 28.4 13.2 6.1
Manipur 2146 68 3.2 2.0 72.4 38.9 16.5 8.1 19.4 11.2 16.2 28.6
Meghalaya 2543 168 6.6 5.9 75.9 15.8 4.3 3.3 5.9 21.3 19.6 45.5
Mizoram 780 27 3.5 2.7 86.0 76.1 23.0 6.2 0.2 0.0 2.6 68.1
Nagaland 805 249 30.9 18.9 15.9 16.9 15.0 17.9 18.9 11.1 21.8 15.4
Tripura 2333 578 24.8 20.0 66.4 57.2 62.8 25.5 10.6 1.1 0.0 0.0
Eastern Region                
Bihar  70804 12654 17.9 14.6 79.4 37.8 15.6 9.6 28.5 32.1 12.4 1.7
Jharkhand 28238 182 0.6 0.4 51.9 30.6 5.1 4.2 29.2 24.4 25.9 10.9
Orissa 42341 3517 8.3 7.8 93.9 60.3 12.2 12.0 36.0 27.8 10.5 1.5
Sikkim 531 42 7.9 6.5 92.3 55.6 32.3 15.8 25.2 17.5 7.0 2.2
West bengal 69226 20037 28.9 22.9 77.9 47.6 27.4 22.4 26.6 12.8 6.3 4.5
Central Region                
Chattisgarh 27598 511 1.9 1.9 100.0 53.4 15.6 8.6 25.8 28.4 16.8 4.8
Madhya Pradesh 63206 8875 14.0 11.1 83.3 42.2 14.2 3.3 18.8 30.1 22.7 11.0
Uttar Pradesh  171575 36248 21.1 19.1 90.8 53.3 13.4 11.0 41.3 26.1 7.0 0.8
Uttranchal 8962 2375 26.5 24.7 97.9 63.6 20.7 15.2 23.0 18.9 13.1 9.1
Western Region                
Gujarat 37845 10788 28.5 24.5 87.5 66.9 40.0 4.2 23.1 16.2 11.6 4.9
Maharashtra 65817 18169 27.6 26.5 93.6 73.5 41.3 4.0 21.5 24.0 7.9 1.4
Southern Region                
Andhra Pradesh 60339 17911 29.7 28.4 92.2 61.1 38.7 4.8 24.4 20.3 10.0 1.9
Karnataka 40413 8162 20.2 18.7 96.5 68.8 26.8 10.8 32.6 17.0 9.5 3.3
Kerala 21946 3954 18.0 17.1 97.3 70.4 24.5 33.9 31.2 7.8 2.5 0.1
Tamil Nadu 38880 17244 44.4 41.9 96.5 76.8 37.2 12.9 32.3 12.2 4.9 0.6
Uts 732 218 29.8 29.7 98.6 78.8 40.1 13.0 30.3 10.4 4.8 1.2
All India 893504 198925 22.3 20.0 89.5 59.3 24.2 10.5 28.9 22.3 10.6 3.4
Note: Figures in brackets are percentages to rural households  
Source: NSSO (2005), Indebtedness of Farmer Households, 59 th Round (Jan-Dec 2003)  
Report No. 496 (59/33/3)