The Aligarh city was also surveyed for monkey population estimation using method
mentioned above. Monkeys were also counted in places where they were being fed by
devotees. Twenty three monkey groups comprising of 1228 individuals were recorded at
different locations in the city area (Table 1). The maximum population of rhesus monkey was
found near Barahdwari-Guria bagh-Nandan cinema road (140), whereas, Dhorra Mafi
(wandering group) recorded minimum number of monkeys (19 individuals). Average group
size of monkeys found in city area was 53.