Overview

• The official tally places strays at 47,126, or about 3.62% of the city’s roughly 1.3 million residents.
• The density equals 36 dogs per 1,000 people, higher than India’s average of 11 and near Odisha’s 39, according to BMC.
• The two-phase survey ran September 18–25 across all 67 wards between 5–7 am, using 410 teams supervised by senior veterinary officers.
• BMC reports 4,068 male and 3,335 female dogs sterilised so far, and says the data will be used to reduce dog bites, rabies risk and traffic conflicts.
• Some reports carry conflicting breakdowns of gender and sterilisation figures, with BMC’s released numbers cited as the reference for planning.