A survey carried out by the Central Bureau of Statistics revealed this. Similarly, the district earns around 58.6 million from egg, said Bureau Director Badri Karki.
The result of the survey of the commercial poultry farms carried out by the Bureau in 2014/15 was released on August 16 of the current fiscal year 2016/17. This is the first survey of the poultry forms carried out in Nepal.
There are 5 hundred 62 commercial poultry farms in the district. Of them, 5 hundred 40 are related to poultry farms of broiler chickens and there are 9 lakh 33 thausand broiler chickens.
Similarly, there are 22 commercial poultry farms of layer chickens and have 30 thausand chickens.
According to the survey, 2072 metric tonnes of chicken meat and 6.969 million eggs are produced in district annually.