1.1 Total Registered Farms and Category by Province and District

Province	District	Total Registerd	Category
Province	District	Total Registerd	Cattle*	Buffalo*	Swine*	Goat*	Sheep*	Mixed**
	Kandy	11,157	8,113	428	22	1,688	2	904
	Matale	6,915	4,473	654	225	708	2	853
	Nuwara Eliya	12,122	9,393	472	15	1,762	2	478
Central		30,194	21,979	1,554	262	4,158	6	2,235
	Ampara	12,869	10,219	548	11	1,323	7	761
	Batticaloa	6,952	4,164	270	5	1,232	0	1,281
	Trincomalee	7,217	4,688	589	6	1,067	2	865
Eastern		27,038	19,071	1,407	22	3,622	9	2,907
	Anuradhapura	18,724	14,859	804	168	1,268	0	1,625
	Polonnaruwa	5,197	4,299	146	57	206	0	489
North Central		23,921	19,158	950	225	1,474	0	2,114
	Kurunegala	24,062	19,312	998	354	750	83	2,565
	Puttalam	12,725	8,360	274	1,523	834	7	1,727
North Western		36,787	27,672	1,272	1,877	1,584	90	4,292
	Kegalle	6,327	3,343	895	68	1,149	0	872
	Ratnapura	4,197	2,533	287	59	1,036	0	282
Sabaragamuwa		10,524	5,876	1,182	127	2,185	0	1,154
	Galle	4,511	3,238	549	32	176	0	516
	Hambantota	4,132	2,432	830	50	172	0	648
	Matara	3,537	2,666	282	19	254	2	314
Southern		12,180	8,336	1,661	101	602	2	1,478
	Badulla	16,679	15,695	51	10	523	0	400
	Moneragala	10,032	9,211	371	22	129	0	299
Uva		26,711	24,906	422	32	652	0	699
	Colombo	1,801	1,009	176	78	108	0	430
	Gampaha	8,550	6,025	510	424	522	3	1,066
	Kalutara	2,942	1,623	328	106	372	1	512
Western		13,293	8,657	1,014	608	1,002	4	2,008
Sri Lanka (Without Northern Province)		180,648	135,655	9,462	3,254	15,279	111	16,887
* Farms maintaining one type of animals (ie - cattle only)
** Farms maintaining different types of animals (ie - cattle and buffalo, cattle, swine and goat)
Source:- Dept.of Animal Production and Health (Farm Registration Programme-2008)