2.1 Herd Composition of Cattle Farms by Province and District

Province	District	No.of Farms	Female				Male			Total Cattle Population
Province	District	No.of Farms	Milch*	Heifers	Calves	Total	Calves	Bulls	Total
	Kandy	8,954	11,470	5,924	3,832	21,226	3,807	1,191	4,998	26,224
	Matale	5,216	9,487	5,325	3,566	18,378	3,502	1,678	5,180	23,558
	Nuwara Eliya	9,845	9,093	6,513	3,398	19,004	2,819	800	3,619	22,623
Central		24,015	30,050	17,762	10,796	58,608	10,128	3,669	13,797	72,405
	Ampara	10,897	30,222	23,717	15,519	69,458	13,047	6,427	19,474	88,932
	Batticaloa	5,403	22,780	22,618	12,121	57,519	10,417	2,823	13,240	70,759
	Trincomalee	5,512	24,916	26,010	15,332	66,258	11,475	2,835	14,310	80,568
Eastern		21,812	77,918	72,345	42,972	193,235	34,939	12,085	47,024	240,259
	Anuradhapura	16,344	54,365	44,964	25,260	124,589	23,558	11,724	35,282	159,871
	Polonnaruwa	4,639	13,083	9,310	4,584	26,977	4,664	3,302	7,966	34,943
North Central		20,983	67,448	54,274	29,844	151,566	28,222	15,026	43,248	194,814
	Kurunegala	21,837	46,688	26,078	17,384	90,150	17,113	5,219	22,332	112,482
	Puttalam	9,972	23,665	19,287	10,738	53,690	9,636	3,817	13,453	67,143
North Western		31,809	70,353	45,365	28,122	143,840	26,749	9,036	35,785	179,625
	Kegalle	4,161	4,678	2,729	1,617	9,024	1,354	861	2,215	11,239
	Ratnapura	2,797	3,641	3,220	1,604	8,465	1,596	1,275	2,871	11,336
Sabaragamuwa		6,958	8,319	5,949	3,221	17,489	2,950	2,136	5,086	22,575
	Galle	3,691	4,935	2,876	1,812	9,623	1,857	749	2,606	12,229
	Hambantota	3,064	11,437	10,951	5,326	27,714	4,358	1,370	5,728	33,442
	Matara	2,963	3,506	2,797	1,463	7,766	1,341	824	2,165	9,931
Southern		9,718	19,878	16,624	8,601	45,103	7,556	2,943	10,499	55,602
	Badulla	15,996	22,568	9,198	7,077	38,843	6,470	16,004	22,474	61,317
	Moneragala	9,500	10,981	14,086	6,493	31,560	6,054	14,743	20,797	52,357
Uva		25,496	33,549	23,284	13,570	70,403	12,524	30,747	43,271	113,674
	Colombo	1,425	2,665	1,649	1,184	5,498	994	269	1,263	6,761
	Gampaha	6,891	10,347	6,618	4,444	21,409	3,820	1,583	5,403	26,812
	Kalutara	2,120	3,695	2,499	1,531	7,725	1,355	610	1,965	9,690
Western		10,436	16,707	10,766	7,159	34,632	6,169	2,462	8,631	43,263
Sri Lanka (Without Northern Province)		151,227	324,222	246,369	144,285	714,876	129,237	78,104	207,341	922,217
* Milch - Once calved and having potential of milking
Source:- Dept.of Animal Production and Health (Farm Registration Programme-2008)

Provincial DAPH

2.1 Herd Composition of Cattle Farms by Province and District