author(s)
Raj Kumar, MC Sharma, ML Gurjar and Rohitash Kumar

abstract
The present study was conducted in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan selected purposely keeping in view the fact that the district has highest population of tribal’s and goat population. Out of Five tehsils two tehsils i.e. Bichhiwara and Dungarpur were purposively selected. Two villages were selected from each panchayats thus total eight villages were selected. Therefore 20 respondents were randomly selected from each selected villages. The total sample size for this study was 160 goat keepers. The study revealed that the majority (61.88%) of the respondents had middle age group followed by youth, 23.12 per cent and veteran’s age group 15.00 per cent. Majority (96.88%) of the respondents were male and while only 3.12 per cent were female. It was observed that the majority (68.75%) of respondents were illiterate followed by above primary level 21.88 per cent and up to primary level 9.37 per cent. The average family size was 5.76 ± 0.12 members. The study revealed that majority (95.00%) of the respondents belongs to the nuclear family composition, while as 5.00 per cent had joint family in the study sample. Average land holding was 5.88±0.26 hectares. It was observed that almost (91.88%) respondents had Agriculture + Animal husbandry followed by Animal husbandry (8.12%) as their occupation for their livelihood. The average flock size was 16.89±0.36 in the study sample. Majority (68.75%) of the respondents had low income, whereas, 21.88 per cent had medium income and remaining 9.37 per cent respondents had high income from goats rearing practices in the study area. The overall average goats per household in the study area were 16.89±0.36.