The change in the total livestock population over past 3 livestock censuses is depicted below:
CattleThe total cattle population is 9.59 million numbers in the state. There is a 14.50% decrease in number of cattle during the inter census period (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012).The above graph shows that the total exotic/crossbreed cattle population has increased from 1.10 million in 2003 to 2.39millionin census-2012. The indigenous cattle population has decreased from 8.19 million in 2003 to 7.19 million in 2012.The exotic/crossbred and indigenous cattle population has shown percentage changes of 26.34% and -22.81% respectively during the inter censuses period (2007-2012).