Province |
District |
Total Registerd |
Category |
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) |