State-Wise Incidents of Dog Bite
DOG BITES: STATISTICS
Dog bite cases are on the rise in the country in recent months as several incidents of pets or stray animals mauling individuals have come to the fore. Responding to a query in parliament on 16 December 2022, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister of State Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar disclosed the following state-wise figures of dog bite incidents in the last four years.
S.No. | State | Year 2019 | Year 2020 | Year 2021 | Year 2022 |
1 | Andaman andNicobar | 475 | 354 | 149 | 306 |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | 373121 | 294006 | 169238 | 169378 |
3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3186 | 2919 | 1193 | 2161 |
4 | Assam | 107258 | 33309 | 10041 | 34071 |
5 | Bihar | 328096 | 120993 | 44602 | 118354 |
6 | Chandigarh | 18378 | 13447 | 6306 | 4735 |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 50529 | 45040 | 14835 | 17956 |
8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 2668 | 2187 | 1201 | 3697 |
9 | Daman Diu | 3038 | 1739 | 1140 |
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10 | Delhi | 45052 | 53093 | 13704 | 5559 |
11 | Goa | 22090 | 14547 | 3208 | 7220 |
12 | Gujarat | 480424 | 431425 | 192364 | 144855 |
13 | Haryana | 142910 | 102528 | 36328 | 31113 |
14 | Himachal Pradesh | 36227 | 17292 | 7658 | 14009 |
15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 29263 | 18764 | 4947 | 19890 |
16 | Jharkhand | 71727 | 35988 | 11564 | 7130 |
17 | Karnataka | 312216 | 217645 | 90323 | 146094 |
18 | Kerala | 81407 | 81118 | 51018 | 3776 |
19 | Ladakh | 1568 | 1193 | 613 | 1988 |
20 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Madhya Pradesh | 249270 | 176347 | 64827 | 56042 |
22 | Maharashtra | 625193 | 508620 | 210262 | 346318 |
23 | Manipur | 5596 | 3266 | 1072 | 3840 |
24 | Meghalaya | 11249 | 8504 | 2509 | 4702 |
25 | Mizoram | 1658 | 4778 | 660 | 827 |
26 | Nagaland | 470 | 543 | 212 | 418 |
27 | Odisha | 177474 | 155031 | 59085 | 57354 |
28 | Puducherry | 22968 | 22580 | 7084 | 10633 |
29 | Punjab | 98880 | 33934 | 9245 | 14300 |
30 | Rajasthan | 450558 | 324500 | 113916 | 78814 |
31 | Sikkim | 5886 | 5315 | 2411 | 3580 |
32 | Tamil Nadu | 836329 | 754457 | 228625 | 330264 |
33 | Telangana | 167774 | 66782 | 24124 | 80281 |
34 | Tripura | 8660 | 7665 | 3616 | 2650 |
35 | Uttar Pradesh | 2023293 | 628712 | 93033 | 13455 |
36 | Uttarakhand | 38864 | 22959 | 10122 | 162422 |
37 | West Bengal | 443768 | 421913 | 209898 | 18671 |