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Chapter I 	
Introduction 	
 
  The economy of a country/state can be broadly classified into primary sector, 
secondary sector and tertiary sector.  Animal husbandry, a sub sector of primary sector has a 
significant role in the State Income of an agriculture oriented economy.  Changes relating to 
production and day to day increase of slaughter houses and poultry stalls necessitated the 
updating of the present rates and ratios (for computing State Income etc) on the basis of value 
added by different organs of cattle of average size and poultry.  In addition to the production 
of meat, bye products such as skin/hides, head, liver, horn, hoofs, guts, bones etc are created 
while slaughtering.  There is no upto date data available now about the number of 
animals/birds slaughtered, income and expenditure of slaughter houses and poultry stalls, 
number of animals/birds locally procured etc.  Number of unregistered poultry stalls and 
slaughterhouses are more than the registered ones in the state.  The objective of this survey is 
to collect the above details for revising the rates and ratios relating to this sector for the 
computation of state income in a realistic manner. 
  
Though Kerala’s cattle and poultry population is showing a decreasing trend year 
after year, the meat consumption in the state is increaing day by day. Cattle population has 
been decreasing in the state due to various reasons like dwindling facilities for rearing of the 
cattle and poultry, less remunerative works and easy availability of cattle and poultry from 
neighbouring states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka etc. Even if the case is such, the percapita 
consumption of meat has increased considerably. 
 
There is no authentic and up to date data on the number of cattle and poultry 
slaughtered in the state.  Registered/licenced units are less in the state when compared to 
unregistered stalls.  A large number of animals and poultry are slaughtered every day.  For 
computation of state income organ wise data of animals is required.  The rates and ratios of 
different organs provided by the Central Statistics Office are used for arriving at the organ 
wise value added of an animal. The rates and ratios in the state are very much different 
compared to other states and CSO.  Significant changes have occurred in the size and shape 
of animals wit h the advent of high breed varieties.  Realising this po int, Department of

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 2 Economics and Statistics, conducted this survey using the funds provided in the SSSP 
projects. 
 
 Objectives:  
1) To calculate the number of registered and unregistered poultry stalls and slaughter 
houses in Kerala. 
2) Number of animals/birds slaughtered in registered and unregistered slaughter 
houses/poultry stalls in Kerala. 
3) To compute the weight and price of meat and other products. 
4) Number of animals and birds procured locally and from outside the state. 
5) To update the rates and ratios of this sector relating to State Income. 
 
Methodology 
 
  All the units ie butcher shop, poultry stalls, slaughterhouses and meat stalls in the 
state were visited and the details were collected in the prescribed schedules designed for the 
survey. The field work of the survey was conducted from February to March, 2013.  
Limitations 
  As said earlier, unregistered slaughterhouses out numbered the registered ones in the 
state.  The data collection from the registered units was not so difficult.  But it was very 
difficult to collect data from the unregistered ones.  Also enumerators felt some difficulties in 
collecting the price and weight of organs like kidney, brain, tail stump, etc separately because 
most of the traders sell these along with the meat.  Similarly hoof is not at all sold separately.  
Blood is very rarely used in Kerala for value added purpose. 
Anyhow with great patience and care, the enumerators collected the required details 
fro m t he info r mant s.

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Chapter II 	
Results of the Survey 	
  
 
As per the survey the total number of units handling meat and poultry in the state are 
15680, Malappuram district stands first in number and Pathanamthitta is the least. 
Kozhikkode has the highest number of registered units while Kollam and Pathanamthitta 
have the least.  Out of the total of 15680 units, 9226 (58.84%) are unregistered.  Majority of 
institutions were unregistered in 10 Districts in which Malappuram is the topper and in 
Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Kozhikkode and Kasaragod districts number of units registered 
are more than unregistered. Only 32.93% institutions have local body registration, 3.20% 
registered with food safety Department and 3.27% have both local body and food safety 
Department registration.  
 	
 
 
As per the results of the survey, out of the 15680 units 11807 (75.30%) units are 
functioning without any licence. 2435 poultry stalls, 148 butcher shops, 685 meat stalls, 168 
butchershop cum meat stalls  and 53 slaughter houses are reported as licenced units. 12531 
(79.92%) units functioning in permanent structures and 760 (4.85%) without structures. 5200 
(33.16%) units are run by owner himself while 9225 (58.83%) are rented units. 11498 
(73.33%) are daily and 3074 are weekly functioning units. Besides these 15680 institutions, 
21 units are functioning exclusively for slaughtering in the state. Out of these 21 units, 6 are 
unregistered and 13 are functioning without licence.

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809 units have no facility for waste disposal, 490 disposes to open pit, 4104 to closed 
pit. 8700 units reported that they have other type of waste management facility which means 
that they are also to be considered as units without any facilities. Only 666 units work with 
treatment plants for waste disposal. 14687 (93.67%) units are functioning without any service 
from veterinary surgeons. 
  As per the result of the survey, around 3.33 lakh cattle, 6.54 lakh buffaloes and 3.38 
lakh goats are slaughtered in the state every year. Meat production per year is as shown in the 
table below. 
Annual Production of Meat 
Sl No  Animals Quantity in 
Tonnes 	
1 
Cattle 	30381	
2 
Buffalo  	61951	
3 
Sheep/Goat 	4127	
4 
Pig 	2734	
5 
Rabbit 	4	
 
Total 	99198	
 	
Sl No  Birds Quantity in 
Tonnes 	
1 
Spent Chicken 	4341	
2 
Chicken 	112580	
3 
Duck 	1759	
4 
Turkey 	34	
5 
Quail 	201	
 
Total 	118915	 	
 
The survey result shows that 55% of meat production is from the animals procured 
from neighbouring states. In the case of birds 70% of the meat production is from the birds 
brought from out side the state.

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The collection of data from the registered slaughterhouses and poultry stalls did not 
pose much problems.  But the same from the unregistered units was rather difficult.  The 
slaughtering activities in the unregistered sector are an illegal activity.  Hence the persons 
engaged in these activities were reluctant to disclose the details.  However, the enumerators 
cleverly gathered the required details from other people, who are some how associated with 
the slaughterhouses, besides the persons conducting the activities.  The data collection fro m 
the poultry stalls is easier than from slaughter houses. In Kerala, the slaughterhouse persons 
do not use all organs (other than meat, hide, skin and bones).  Blood, hoof, gut of 
cattles/buffalos/pigs are not generally used.  These items are abandoned at the slaughter 
places itself in most cases.  But in the case of sheep/goat, gut is used.

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Table 1- Number of Units According to Type of Structure  
Sl No Name of District Type of Structure 
Without 
Structure Total 	
Permanent Temporary	
1 Thiruvananthapuram 	884 187 182 	1253	
2 Kolla m 	385 143 29 	557	
3 Pathanamthitta 	303 36 9 	348	
4 Alappuzha 	720 185 28 	933	
5 Kottayam 	675 103 18 	796	
6 Idukki 	629 45 15 	689	
7 Ernakula m 	1590 454 57 	2101	
8 Thrissur 	1380 296 50 	1726	
9 Palakkad 	1081 213 55 	1349	
10 Malappuram 	1724 439 88 	2251	
11 Kozhikode 	1060 40 30 	1130	
12 Wayand 	422 73 115 	610	
13 Kannur 	1087 103 73 	1263	
14 Kasargod 	591 72 11 	674	
 
Total 	12531 2389 760 15680
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 2- Number of Units According to Type of Ownership  
Sl No  Name of District  Owned Rented Others  Total	
1 Thiruvananthapura	m 	384 651 218 1253 	
2 Kolla m 	229 278  50 557 	
3 Pathanamthitta 	115 224  9 348 	
4 Alappuzha 	631 243  59 933 	
5 Kottaya	m 	289 462  45 796 	
6 Idukki 	160 473  56 689 	
7 Ernakula	m 	858 1114  129 2101 	
8 Thrissur 	804 845  77 1726 	
9 Palakka	d 	525 695 129 1349 	
10 Malappura	m	251 1797  203 2251 	
11 Kozhikode 	158 927  45 1130 	
12 Wayan	d 	150 343 117 610 	
13 Kannur 	418 766  79 1263 	
14 Kasargo	d 	228 407  39 674 	
 
Total 	5200 9225 1255 15680

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Table 3- Number of Units According to Registration  
Sl 
No Name of District Without 
Registration Registered in
Grand 
Total 	
Local 
Body 
only Food 
Safety 
Dept. 
only Both Others  Total 	
1 Thiruvananthapura	m 	855 312 48 20 18 	398 	1253 	
2 Kolla m 	324 206  1  11  15 	233 	557 	
3 Pathanamthitta 	115 161 8 59 5 	233 	348 	
4 Alappuzha 	620 275  9  16  13 	313 	933 	
5 Kottaya	m 	382 332 20 23 39 	414 	796 	
6 Idukki 	404 228 25 12 20 	285 	689 	
7 Ernakula	m 	1360 603 57 42 39 	741 	2101 	
8 Thrissur 	1071 578 22 39 16 	655 	1726 	
9 Palakka	d 	875 358 58 32 26 	474 	1349 	
10 Malappura	m 	1616 578  3  4  50 	635 	2251 	
11 Kozhikode 	316 604  80 125  5 	814 	1130 	
12 Wayan	d 	318 153 53 67 19 	292 	610 	
13 Kannur 	639 469  111  42  2 	624 	1263 	
14 Kasargo	d 	331 307 7 21 8 	343 	674 	
 
Total 	9226 5164 502 513 275 6454 15680 	
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 4 - Number of Units According to Licence  
Sl No  Name of District  With Licence Without Licence  Total	
1 Thiruvananthapura	m 260 993 	1253 	
2 Kollam  157 400 	557 	
3 Pathanamthitta  210 138 	348 	
4 Alappuzha  181 752 	933 	
5 Kottaya	m 292 504 	796 	
6 Idukki  218 471 	689 	
7 Ernakula	m 362 1739 	2101 	
8 Thrissur  365 1361 	1726 	
9 Palakka	d 243 1106 	1349 	
10 Malappura	m	278 1973 	2251 	
11 Kozhikode  554 576 	1130 	
12 Wayan	d 197 413 	610 	
13 Kannur  317 946 	1263 	
14 Kasargo	d 239 435 	674 	
 
Total 	3873 11807 15680

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Table 5 - Number of Units According to Nature Licence  
Sl 
No Name of District With Licence 
Without 
Licence Total 	
Butcher 
Shop only Meat 
Stall 
only Bot	
h	
Butcher 
Shop & 
Meat 
Stall Poultry 
Stall Poultry 
& Meat 
Stall Slaughter 
House Others Total 	
1 Thiruvananthapuram 
26 59 7 150 9 5 4
260 
993
1253 	
2 Kolla
m
11 30 1 94 7 10 4
157 
400
557 	
3 Pathanamthitta 15 38
 
144 12 
 
1
210 
138
348 	
4 Alappuzha 3 30 8 126 3  10 1
181 
752
933 	
5 Kottaya
m
20 50 8 174 28 6 6
292 
504
796 	
6 Idukki 1 51 1 124 28  5 8
218 
471
689 	
7 Ernakula
m
4 89 25 203 33 4 4
362 
1739
2101 	
8 Thrissur
 
58 62 214 13 
 
18
365 
1361
1726 	
9 Palakka
d
15 41 3 147 17 4 16
243 
1106
1349 	
10 Malappura
m
9 41 4 203 16 
 
5
278 
1973
2251 	
11 Kozhikode 18 73 33 401 23 
 
6
554 
576
1130 	
12 Wayan
d
11 60 2 115 4 4 1
197 
413
610 	
13 Kannur 12 38 9 170 48  2 38
317 
946
1263 	
14 Kasargo
d
3 27 5 170 22 3 9
239 
435
674 	
 
Total
148 685  168  2435  263  53  121 3873  11807 15680

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Table 6 - Number of Units According to Type of Operation  
Sl No  Name of District  Permanent Temporary  Total	
1 Thiruvananthapura	m 1031 222 	1253 	
2 Kollam  394 163 	557 	
3 Pathanamthitta  311 37 	348 	
4 Alappuzha  834 99 	933 	
5 Kottaya	m 686 110 	796 	
6 Idukki  622 67 	689 	
7 Ernakula	m 1805 296 	2101 	
8 Thrissur  1576 150 	1726 	
9 Palakka	d 1205 144 	1349 	
10 Malappura	m	1837 414 	2251 	
11 Kozhikode  1065 65 	1130 	
12 Wayan	d 449 161 	610 	
13 Kannur  1069 194 	1263 	
14 Kasargo	d 611 63 	674 	
 
Total 	13495 2185 15680 	
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 7 - Number of Units According to Nature of functioning  
Sl 
No Name of District  Daily  Weekly  Monthly  Occasional Festival 
Season Total 	
1 Thiruvananthapura	m 	784 389  7  45  28 1253 	
2 Kolla m 	407 96  1  31  22 557 	
3 Pathanamthitta 	299 30  1  16  2 348 	
4 Alappuzha 	672 201  1  44  15 933 	
5 Kottaya	m 	619 153  1  20  3 796 	
6 Idukki 	512 128  13  16  20 689 	
7 Ernakula	m 	1412 593  6  60  30 2101 	
8 Thrissur 	1166 424  2  102  32 1726 	
9 Palakka	d 	1067 218  5  44  15 1349 	
10 Malappura	m 	1604 517  32  69  29 2251 	
11 Kozhikode 	994 86  6  19  25 1130 	
12 Wayan	d 	381 100  20  82  27 610 	
13 Kannur 	976 118  7  99  63 1263 	
14 Kasargo	d 	605 21   32  16 674 	
 
Total 	11498 3074  102  679  327 15680

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Table 8 - Number of Units According to Nature functioning  
Sl 
No Name of District Slaugh-
ter 
House Meat 
Stall Poultry 
Stall Poultry 
& Meat 
Stall Butcher 
shop & 
Meat 
Stall Others Total 
1 Thiruvananthapuram 	15 313  632  87  199  7 1253 	
2 Kolla	m 	25 70  305  92  55  10 557 	
3 Pathanamthitta 	1 60 231 33 21 2 348 	
4 Alappuzha 	6 186  633  49  59   933 	
5 Kottaya	m 	11 154  415  99  101  16  796 	
6 Idukki 	13 93  379  46  145  13 689 	
7 Ernakula	m 	4 219  1186  101  587  4 2101 	
8 Thrissur 	1 198  1021  53  423  30 1726 	
9 Palakka	d 	4 193  865  90  183  14 1349 	
10 Malappura	m 	17 557  1107  197  352  21 2251 	
11 Kozhikode 	8 159 632 108  199  24 1130 	
12 Wayan	d 	60 130 186 108  105  21 610 	
13 Kannur 	7 102 625 314  185  30 1263 	
14 Kasargo	d 	10 48 490 104  18  4 674 	
 Total 	182 2482 8707 1481  2632  196 15680 	
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 9 - Number of Units According to Waste Disposal System  
Sl 
No Name of District Without 
any 
System Open 
Pit Closed 
Pit Treat-
ment 
Plant By 
product 
Plant Oth 
ers Total 	
1 Thiruvananthapuram 	149  32  484  39  77 472 1253 	
2 Kolla	m 	69 13  277  18  33 147 557 	
3 Pathanamthitta 	19 26  124  17  12 150 348 	
4 Alappuzha 	92 90  302  26  19 404 933 	
5 Kottaya	m 	29 15  102  19  16 615 796 	
6 Idukki 	22 4  97  6  32 528 689 	
7 Ernakula	m 	70 44  418  40  103 1426 2101 	
8 Thrissur 	57  34  429  166  189 851 1726 	
9 Palakka	d 	104  74  302  27  108 734 1349 	
10 Malappura	m 	67 78  618  87  172 1229 2251 	
11 Kozhikode 	20  12  240  59  49 750 1130 	
12 Wayan	d 	32 10  157  19  10 382 610 	
13 Kannur 	58  28  244  97  76 760 1263 	
14 Kasargo	d 	21 30  310  46  15 252 674 	
 Total 	809  490  4104  666  911 8700 15680

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Table 10 - Number of Units According to Service of Veterinary Surgeon Available   
Sl 
No Name of District Ante 
mortem Post 
mortem Ante mortem 
& 
 Postmorte m Service  
Not 
Available Total
1 Thiruvananthapuram 	42 4  30 1177 1253 	
2 Kolla	m 	33 2  16 506 557 	
3 Pathanamthitta 	9 1   338 348 	
4 Alappuzha 	11 6  10 906 933 	
5 Kottaya	m 	52 2  28 714 796 	
6 Idukki 	7 5  70 607 689 	
7 Ernakula	m 	17 15  18 2051 2101 	
8 Thrissur 	60 5  16 1645 1726 	
9 Palakka	d 	42 1  10 1296 1349 	
10 Malappura	m 	62 51  33 2105 2251 	
11 Kozhikode 	49 3  8 1070 1130 	
12 Wayan	d 	106 10  12 482 610 	
13 Kannur 	98 10  23 1132 1263 	
14 Kasargo	d 	10   6  658  674 	
 Total 	598 115  280 14687 15680 	
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Table 11- No of Animals Slaughtered per Year (Districtwise) 
Sl 
No. District Cattle Buffalo Goat/ 
Sheep Pig   Rabbit 	
1 Thiruvananthapura	m 43259	39987 56583 	434 0	
2 Kolla	m 30279	46413 13392 	40 80	
3 Pathanamthitta 8901	4217 2852 	0 0	
4 Alappuzha  12256	38250 7226 	90 210	
5 Kottaya	m 29200	43209 19057 	3779 799	
6 Idukki  13170	23561 7616 	3110 1907	
7 Ernakula	m 60311	129388 55217 	5892 4201	
8 Thrissur  38018	71156 41737 	10524 637	
9 Palakka	d 35488	31014 46702 	928 3478	
10 Malappura	m 26835	63281 21817 	700 15	
11 Kozhikode  16053	67633 19292 	2076 87	
12 Wayan	d 6210	40444 12224 	16003 1592	
13 Kannur  12699	44139 16375 	5689 390	
14 Kasargo	d 1078	11697 18046 	715 225	
 Total  333757	654389 338136 	49980 13621

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Table 12- Cattle Slaughtered per Year 
Sl 
No. Item No of cattle Slaughtered % of cattle Slaughtered	
In 
licenced 
units In
Units 
without 
Licence Total In 
licenced 
units In 
Units 
without 
Licence Total 	
1 Young  26004  34587	60591 	7.79 10.36 18.15	
2 Adult  115455  157711	273166 	34.59 47.25 81.85	
3 Male  107766  139013	246779 	32.29 41.65 73.94	
4 Female  33693  53285	86978 	10.10 15.97 26.06	
5 From 
Outside t he 
State 78284 94253	172537 	23.46 28.24 51.70	
6 From Within 
the  State  63175  98045	161220 	18.93 29.38 48.30	
7 Non 
Descript 107830 149644	257474 	32.31 44.84 77.14	
8 Cross/ High 
breed 33629 42654	76283 	10.08 12.78 22.86	
 Total  141459 192298	333757 	42.38 57.62 100.00	
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 13- Buffalo Slaughtered per Year 
Sl 
No. Item No of Buffalo Slaughtered % of buffalo Slaughtered	
In 
licenced 
units In
Units 
without 
Licence Total In 
licenced 
units In 
Units 
without 
Licence Total 	
1 Young 	49854 63039 112893 	7.62 9.63 17.25	
2 Adult 	176375 365121 541496 	26.95 55.80 82.75	
3 Male 	181404 311237 492641 	27.72 47.56 75.28	
4 Female 	44825 116923 161748 	6.85 17.87 24.72	
5 From 
Outside t he 
State 	132459 269588 402047 	20.24 41.20 61.44	
6 From Within 
the  State 	93770 158572 252342 	14.33 24.23 38.56	
7 Non 
Descript 	177460 349897 527357 	27.12 53.47 80.59	
8 Cross/ High 
breed 	48769 78263 127032 	7.45 11.96 19.41	
 Total 	226229 428160 654389 	34.57 65.43 100.00

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Table 14- Sheep/ Goat Slaughtered per Year 
Sl 
No. Item No of Sheep/ Goat Slaughtered % of Sheep/ Goat Slaughtered	
In 
licenced 
units In
Units 
without 
Licence Total In 
licenced 
units In 
Units 
without 
Licence Total 	
1 Young 	40283 38817 79100 	11.91 11.48 23.39	
2 Adult 	141816 117220 259036 	41.94 34.67 76.61	
3 Male 	143212 120881 264093 	42.35 35.75 78.10	
4 Female 	38887 35156 74043 	11.50 10.40 21.90	
5 From 
Outside t he 
State 	45132 21057 66189 	13.35 6.23 19.57	
6 From Within 
the  State 	136967 134980 271947 	40.51 39.92 80.43	
7 Non 
Descript 	149401 132062 281463 	44.18 39.06 83.24	
8 Cross/ High 
breed 	32698 23975 56673 	9.67 7.09 16.76	
 Total 	182099 156037 338136 	53.85 46.15 100.00	
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 15- Pig Slaughtered per Year 
Sl 
No. Item No of Pig Slaughtered % of Pig Slaughtered 	
In 
licenced 
units In
Units 
without 
Licence Total In 
licenced 
units In 
Units 
without 
Licence Total 	
1 From 
Outside t he 
State 	2890 3578 6468 	5.78 7.16 12.94	
2 From Within 
the  State 	12001 31511 43512 	24.01 63.05 87.06	
3 Non 
Descript 	5055 16041 21096 	10.11 32.09 42.21	
4 Cross/ High 
breed 	9836 19048 28884 	19.68 38.11 57.79	
 Total 	14891 35089 49980 	29.79 70.21 100.00

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Table 16- Rabbit Slaughtered per Year 
Sl 
No. Item No of Rabbit Slaughtered % of Rabbit Slaughtered	
In 
licenced 
units In
Units 
without 
Licence Total In 
licenced 
units In 
Units 
without 
Licence Total 	
1 From 
Outside t he 
State 	342 240 582 	2.51 1.76 4.27	
2 From Within 
the  State 	8434 4605 13039 	61.92 33.81 95.73	
3 Non 
Descript 	6399 1204 7603 	46.98 8.84 55.82	
4 Cross/ High 
breed 	2377 3641 6018 	17.45 26.73 44.18	
 Total 	8776 4845 13621 	64.43 35.57 100.00	
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 17- Average Weight of animal 
   Cattle Buffalo Sheep/ 
Goat Pig Rabbit 
Non Descript/ 
Local From  
Outside 
the State Male Young	
77.79 99.06 12.61 	
93.85 3.50 	Adult	145.48 172.91 17.25 	
Female Young	71.20 94.23 12.81 	
Adult 	141.23 167.98 17.59 	
From  
Within 
the  State Male Young 	75.44 94.82 13.97 	
90.97 2.77 	Adult	152.12 181.12 19.31 	
Female Young	73.71 94.97 12.55 	
Adult	152.57 183.11 17.41 	
Cross/ 
High breed From  
Outside 
the State Male Young 	
85.17 102.77 13.59 	
103.90 2.00 	Adult 	154.77 179.12 22.53 	
Female Young	89.78 106.88 13.75 	
Adult	153.64 209.27 24.32 	
From  
Within 
the  State Male Young	87.99 101.79 12.57 	
101.30 2.57 	Adult 	157.29 184.01 21.03 	
Female Young 	88.05 94.04 10.28 	
Adult	174.23 185.15 18.77

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Table 18- Average Price of animal  
   	
Cattle Buffalo Sheep/ 
Goat Pig Rabbit 	
Non 
Descript/ 
Local From 
Outside 
the State Male Young	
9721.19 10667.27 4511.11 	
11507.10 245.00 	Adult	13884.06 15616.41 5621.09 	
Female Young 	
9463.00 10023.75 4273.33 	
Adult 	13402.67 14850.37 6181.45 	
From  
Within 
the  State Male Young	9337.85 10513.24 3805.84 	
9885.80 246.22 	Adult	14807.11 16207.89 5957.78 	
Female Young	
8565.66 10324.02 3616.67 	
Adult 	14025.06 16715.48 6179.67 	
Cross/ 
High 
breed From 
Outside 
the State Male Young 	
9320.78 12318.92 3634.50 	
12261.90 270.00 	Adult	15290.78 17103.66 6646.20 	
Female Young	
9937.50 12925.00 4030.00 	
Adult 	15270.23 18887.42 6550.00 	
From 
Within 
the  State Male Young 	9276.61 11731.48 2975.86 	
11383.00 347.27 	Adult 	15676.18 18176.22 6832.54 	
Female Young	
9519.12 10500.00 2755.26 	
Adult	15906.72 19003.05 6951.71 	
 
 
 
Table 19- Organ wise price of animals (Rs/Kg)  
Sl No.  Organs  Cattle  Buffalo Sheep/  
Goat Pig 	
1  Meat including Heart and Kidney	170.31 179.52  392.77 187.21 	
2 Bone only 	21.14 26.57  299.87 73.42 	
3 Brain/Liver 	151.98 162.64  376.13 144.82 	
4  Head without brain 	27.15 29.97  189.88 69.36 	
5 Legs 	20.98 22.91  191.27 93.78 	
6 Edible Fats 	27.58 37.38  202.21 38.54 	
7 Skin/ Hides 	53.12 57.1  101.01 52.14 	
8 Hoofs 	10.68 10.8  26.99 6.44 	
9 Horns 	13.47 14.33  28.07 4.71 	
10 Guts 	60.26 60.32  133.51  49 	
11 Tail Stumps 	47.05 73.22  199.02 50.59 	
12 Bloo	d 	18.11 17.71  50.06 46.67 	
13 Others 	41.03 38.86  80.01 72.27

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Table 20 Percentage Weight of Organs of animals of average size 	Sl 
No. Organs Cattle Buffalo Sheep/ Goa
t
Pig	
Youn
g Adult Youn
g
Adult Youn
g
Adult Youn
g
Adult 	
Local H
ybrid Local H
ybrid Local H
ybrid Local H
ybrid Local H
ybrid Local H
ybrid Local H
ybrid Local H
ybrid 	
1 Meat 
including 
Heart and 
Kidney 59.69 62.87 65.82 63.12 59.17 61.06 64.50 63.44 55.51 64.21 56.56 60.88 75.02 75.08 79.60 81.40 	2 Bone only 12.85  11.82 10.59 10.94 12.98 13.01 10.63 11.95 11.72 9.85 10.46 11.15 9.04 9.19 6.78 5.48 	3 Brain/Liver 0.89  0.67  0.63 0.75 0.92 0.78 0.77 0.74 2.34 1.32 2.47 1.44 1.19 1.00 1.25 1.19 	4 Head 
without 
brain 3.77 3.52 3.44 3.80 3.69 3.38 3.15 3.91 4.57 2.45 4.20 3.09 2.40 2.30 2.28 1.81 	5 Legs  4.83  4.49  3.61 3.99 4.95 4.42 3.86 3.84 3.40 2.64 3.33 3.04 1.30 1.37 1.23 1.06 	6 Edible Fats 2.43  2.32  3.01 3.07 3.57 2.65 4.02 3.09 2.75 2.92 2.83 2.63 1.32 1.45 1.23 1.54 	7 Skin/ 
Hides 8.88 8.03 7.07 8.22 7.63 7.68 7.42 6.99 8.21 6.41 8.27 6.79 3.62 4.60 2.84 3.38 	8 Hoofs 0.67  0.53  0.65 0.67 0.71 0.64 0.57 0.60 1.41 1.37 1.37 1.56 0.72 0.33 0.59 0.43 	9 Horns 0.52  0.47  0.88 0.73 0.88 0.94 0.79 0.78 1.11 1.18 1.23 1.15 0.00 0.17 0.13 0.27 	10 Guts  0.75  0.81  0.59 0.72 0.76 0.69 0.59 1.07 2.34 1.79 2.33 1.77 1.50 1.12 1.25 0.89 	11 Tail 
Stumps 0.41 0.40 0.35 0.41 0.40 0.47 0.44 0.40 0.59 0.52 0.59 0.45 0.27 0.22 0.24 0.18 	12 Bloo
d
1.98 1.93 1.71 1.82 2.14 2.00 1.76 1.68 3.93 4.43 3.93 4.03 1.81 1.55 1.46 1.22 	
13 Others 2.34  2.13  1.66 1.76 2.20 2.28 1.49 1.52 2.11 0.90 2.42 2.02 1.81 1.62 1.11 1.15 	
   100  100 
100  100 100  100 100  100 100  100 100  100 100  100 100  100

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Table 21- District wise Number of Birds Slaughtered per Year  
Sl 
No. District Spent 
Chicken Chicken Duck Turkey Quail Others 
1 Thiruvananthapura	m 	159988 5924726 1866 305 1200 159988 	
2 Kolla	m 	237438 3528172  2228  3734  0 237438 	
3 Pathanamthitta 	20820 2068266  11995  0  4900 20820 	
4 Alappuzha 	81928 3864668 290625  2500  1000 81928 	
5 Kottaya	m 	21011 4845554  70777  360  8500 21011 	
6 Idukki 	57736 2103934  628  15  10633 57736 	
7 Ernakula	m 	142533 10032939  279412  1421  30843 142533 	
8 Thrissur 	2880 7969628 556074  2764  88401  2880 	
9 Palakka	d 	56684 7131557  2202  152  38498 56684 	
10 Malappura	m 	2072815 18525376  79383  0  229857 2072815 	
11 Kozhikode 	985902  8342715 229437  0 424852 985902 	
12 Wayan	d 	60040 3437517  3952  120 186588 60040 	
13 Kannur 	263185 7255420 16350  5 13849 263185 	
14 Kasargo	d 	0 3884080 0 0 0 0 	
 Total 	4162960  88914552 1544929  11376 1039121 4162960 	
 
 
Table 22- Number of Birds slaughtered per year 
Sl No. Category of 
Birds From Outside the State From Within the State	
Desi Improved Desi Improved	
1 Spent Chicken	100073 2686232 164506 1212149	
2 Chicken 	1467852 40423457 2498372 44524871	
3 Duc	k 	85810 165692 981187 312240	
4 Turkey 	0 741 1169 9466	
5 Quail 	6305 468479 127441 436896	
 
 
Table 23- Average weight of Birds (in KG) 
Sl No.  Category of Birds From Outside the State From Within the State	
Desi Improved Desi Improved	
1 Spent Chicken 	1.55 1.5 1.9 1.8 	
2 Chicken  1.6 1.9 2  2
3 Duc	k 2 2.13 1.6 1.96	
4 Turkey 	0 3.83 4.8 4.6 	
5 Quail 	0.33 0.2 0.3 0.4 	
 
 
Table 24- Average Price of Birds (Per KG) 
Sl No.  Category of Birds From Outside the State From Within the State	
Desi Improved Desi Improved	
1 Spent Chicken 	128.50 87.72 145.28 87.17 	
2 Chicken 	111.05 96.65 143.47 96.15 	
3 Duc	k 	203.75 150.83 181.01 171.76 	
4 Turkey 	0.00 152.50 129.50 145.13 	
5 Quail 	181.43 188.88 210.67 198.84

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Table 25 – Monthly Expenditure of all Units 
Sl 
No Name of 
District 	
No of Units 
Licence fee 
Other fees 
Electricity charge 
Phone charge 
Water charges 
Wages 
Transportation 
Waste management 
Rent 
Others 
Total 	
1 Thiruvanantha
puram 1255 50828 16312 167835 76665 63311 4545815 841980 366700 790245 303980 7223671 	2 Kolla
m
557 152964 29125 84460 42200 36355 2467550 443750 391880 298140 415150 4361574 	
3 Pathanamthitta 348  64137 244235 116155 40860 10663 2468750 546170 313250 1183142 265550 5252912 	4 Alappuzha 933  27534 12055 140929 95200 16385 3037100 881375 103930 238970 263350 4816828 	5 Kottaya
m
796 129991 34060 411329 120329 54390 5732250 946600 355250 983170 625090 9392459 	
6 Idukki 689  71992 56810 194091 53340 34286 2587815 817905 61123 685370 322650 4885382.5 	7 Ernakula
m
2101 95813 141082 801125 207788 131913 13067364 2503523 792329 2018830 1618625 21378393 	
8 Thrissur 1726  41039 57782 335855 119016 27868 5610455 1012815 643115 1100305 811668 9759918 	9 Palakka
d
1349 43966 29310 215887 132336 36529 3399805.5 787140 483600 971221 2308630 8408424.5 	
10 Malappura
m
2251 131630 50980 318695 290592 146181 14922487 2443242 2434929 2943689 1559731 25242156 	
11 Kozhikode 1130  55581 28932 182391 138455 38868 9135820 923455 1441083 1718940.6 751160 14414686 	12 Wayan
d
610 33839 4963 76693.25 45705 26015 3196485 651028 276227 759130 252040 5322125.8 	
13 Kannur 1263  77007 10845 260804 152722 12457 4873828 990866 320607 1196383 2411567 10307086 	14 Kasargo
d
674 27879 7804 156547 36445 15845 2053250 234310 332555 789831 913830 4568296 	
 Total  15682 1004202 724295 3462796 1551653 651066 77098775 14024159 8316578 15677367 12823021 135333911

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GOVERNMENT OF 	KERALA	 
D	EPARTMENT 	OF ECONOMICS AND 	STATISTICS	 	
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Block .01. Identification Particulars. 	
1  Name of District     2  District Code     
3  Name of Block     4  Block Code         
5  Name of Pancha yat/ Municipality/ Corporation    
6  Panchayat/ Municipality/ Corporation Code             
7  Ward number    8  Name of Taluk   
9 Name of the Unit or Owner    	
Place  	
10 Mobile No  or 
Phone                   
11 Type of Structure of the Unit 	(Permanent-1, Temporary-2, No Structure-3) 	 12 Ownership of the Structure  	(Owned-1, Rented-2, Others-9)	  	
13 Whether Registere	
d	
 (No registration-1, Local body-2,  Food 
Safety Department-3, Both-4, Others-9)	
   14 Whether Licensed 
 	(Yes-1,No-2)	  	
15 If code 1 in item 14, Nature of Licence 	(Butcher shop-1, Meat stall-2, Both-3, Poultry 
stall-4,  Meat stall and Poultry stall-5, 
Slaughter House-6, Others-9  )	
  16 Type of operations  	
(Permanent-1, Temporary-2)	  	
17 Nature of functioning (Daily-1, weekly-2, 
monthly-3, Occasional-4, Festival season-
5)  18 Type of Unit
 	(Slaughtering-1, Meat stall-2, Poultry -
3, Meat stall and Poultry stall -4, 
Slaughtering & Meat stall-5, Others-9)	
  	
19 Waste Disposal system 	(No System-1, Open Pit-2, Closed Pit-3, 
Treatment Plant-4, By-Product Plant-5, 
Others-9)	
  20 Weather service of the Veterinary 
Surgeon is using  	
(Antemortem-1, Postmortem-2, 
Antemortem & Post mortem-3,No-4)	
  	
21 Distance of the nearest Veterinary 
Dispensary/ Hospital 	(KM)	  22 Total No. of Working Days during 
last 365 days  	
23 Informant Name  24 Informant Cod	e	
(Owner-1, Worker-2, Others-9	)  	
 
 25 Date of visit
    
 
 
Block .02. Monthly Expenditure (`)  
26  License Fee Paid     27  Any other fees paid     
28 Electricity charges   29 Phone charges   
30  Water charges    31  Wages to workers   
32 Transportation    33 Waste Management  
34 Rent    35 Others

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Block 03. Number of Animals Slaughtered on the Last Operational Day 
Category of 
Animals Item Non Descript Cross/High Breed 	
Outside
the state Within 
the state Outside 
the state Within 
the state 
M FMFMF M F	
1  2  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 	
Cattle Young      	Adult     	
Buffalo Young      	Adult     	
Sheep/ Goat Young    
  	Adult     	
Pig     
Rabbit     
Others (Specify)       
 
Block 04. Number of Animals Slaughtered during the Last Month 
Category of 
Animals Item Non Descript Cross/High Breed 	
Outside
the state Within 
the state Outside 
the state Within 
the state 
M FMFMF M F	
1  2  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 	
Cattle Young      	Adult     	
Buffalo Young      	Adult     	
Sheep/ Goat Young    
  	Adult     	
Pig     
Rabbit     
Others (Specify)       
 
Block 05. Number of Animals Slaughtered during the Last 365 days 
Category of 
Animals Item Non Descript Cross/High Breed 	
Outside
the state Within 
the state Outside 
the state Within 
the state 
M FMFMF M F	
1  2  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 	
Cattle Young      	Adult     	
Buffalo Young      	Adult     	
Sheep/ Goat Young    
  	Adult     	
Pig     
Rabbit     
Others (Specify)

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Block 06. Weight of an Animal of average size (in Kg) 
Category of 
Animals Item Non Descript Cross/High Breed 	
Outside
the state Within 
the state Outside 
the state Within 
the state 
M FMFMF M F	
1  2  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 	
Cattle Young      	Adult     	
Buffalo Young      	Adult     	
Sheep/ Goat Young    
  	Adult     	
Pig     
Rabbit     
Others (Specify)       
 
 
 
 
 
Block 07. Purchase Price of an Animal of Average Size (`) 
Category of 
Animals Item Non Descript Cross/High Breed 	
Outside
the state Within 
the state Outside 
the state Within 
the state 
M FMFMF M F	
1  2  3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 	
Cattle Young      	Adult     	
Buffalo Young      	Adult     	
Sheep/ Goat Young    
  	Adult     	
Pig     
Rabbit     
Others (Specify)       
 
M-Male, F- Female

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Block.08 Organ wise Price and Weight of an Animal of Average size.  
Sl No  Item Price/ Kg 
( ` ) Organ wise weight (In Kg) 	
Cattle Buffalo 	
Young Adult Young Adult 
ND C/ H ND C/ H ND C/ H ND C/ H 	
1  2  3a 3b 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
1 Meat  including 
heart and Kidney       
2 Bone Only         
3 Brain/Liver         
4  Head without brain         
5 Legs         
6 Edible fats         
7 Skin/ Hides         
8 Hoofs         
9 Horns         
10 Guts         
11 Tail stumps         
12 Bloo	d      	
13 Others         
 
Block.08 (contd..) 
Sl No  Item Price/ Kg 
(`) Organ wise weight (In Kg) 	
Sheep/ Goat  Pig 	
Young Adult Young Adult 
ND C/ H ND C/ H ND C/ H ND C/ H 	
1  2  3a 3b 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
1 Meat  including 
heart and Kidney       
2 Bone Only         
3 Brain/Liv	er      	
4  Head without brain         
5 Legs         
6 Edible fats         
7 Skin/ Hides         
8 Hoofs         
9 Horns         
10 Guts         
11 Tail stumps         
12 Bloo	d      	
13 Others         
ND- Non Descript, C/H- Cross/High Breed

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Block 09. Number of Birds Slaughtered  
Category 
of Birds On the Last Operational 
day During the Last Month  Last 365 days 	
Outside
the state Within 
the state Outside
the state Within the 
state Outside 
the state Within the 
state 	
Desi Impr- 
oved Desi Impr-
oved DesiImpr-
oved DesiImpr-
oved Desi Impr- 
oved Desi Impr-
oved 	
1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 	
Spent 
Chicken             
Chicken             
Duck              
Turkey             
Quail              
Others 
(Specify)             
 
 
Block 10. Average weight (in Kgs) and Price (` /Kg) of a Bird purchased 
Category of Birds Outside t he stat	
e	Within the state 	
Desi Improve	d	Desi Improve	d	
Weight  Price   Weight Price  Weight Price   Weight  Price 	
1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 	
Spent Chicken         
Chicken          
Duck          
Turkey          
Quail          
Others (Specify)

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Block 11. Weight of a Bird of Average size and selling Price /Kg 
Category of Birds Outside t he stat	
e	Within the state 	
Desi Improved Desi Improved 	
Weight  
(in Kg) Price 
 ( ` ) Weight 
(in Kg) Price 
( ` ) Weight 
(in Kg) Price  
( ` ) Weight  
(in Kg) Price 
( ` ) 	
Spent Chicken         
Chicken          
Duck          
Turkey           
Quail          
Others (Specify)         
 
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