2.2 Classification of Cattle Farms by Herd Size (Province and District)

Province	District	Herd Size										Total
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		No.of Farms	Population	No.of Farms	Population	No.of Farms	Population	No.of Farms	Population	No.of Farms	Population	No.of Farms	Population
	Kandy	4,924	8,052	2,806	9,477	1,100	6,574	100	1,211	24	910	8,954	26,224
	Matale	2,024	3,325	1,462	5,043	1,272	8,186	390	4,891	68	2,113	5,216	23,558
	Nuwara Eliya	6,843	10,413	2,335	7,725	600	3,545	59	765	8	175	9,845	22,623
Central		13,791	21,790	6,603	22,245	2,972	18,305	549	6,867	100	3,198	24,015	72,405
	Ampara	3,343	5,594	2,606	9,040	2,669	17,401	1,341	17,620	938	39,277	10,897	88,932
	Batticaloa	1,102	1,934	1,198	4,144	1,322	8,499	916	11,716	865	44,466	5,403	70,759
	Trincomalee	957	1,603	944	3,298	1,388	9,256	1,056	14,217	1,167	52,194	5,512	80,568
Eastern		5,402	9,131	4,748	16,482	5,379	35,156	3,313	43,553	2,970	135,937	21,812	240,259
	Anuradhapura	3,390	5,558	3,553	12,329	4,521	29,604	2,868	37,378	2,012	75,002	16,344	159,871
	Polonnaruwa	1,490	2,444	1,174	4,056	1,191	7,843	498	6,504	286	14,096	4,639	34,943
North Central		4,880	8,002	4,727	16,385	5,712	37,447	3,366	43,882	2,298	89,098	20,983	194,814
	Kurunegala	6,511	11,102	6,888	23,842	6,072	38,676	1,883	23,835	483	15,027	21,837	112,482
	Puttalam	3,198	5,053	2,490	8,610	2,424	15,643	1,264	16,360	596	21,477	9,972	67,143
North Western		9,709	16,155	9,378	32,452	8,496	54,319	3,147	40,195	1,079	36,504	31,809	179,625
	Kegalle	2,577	3,931	1,066	3,559	437	2,656	73	878	8	215	4,161	11,239
	Ratnapura	1,403	2,134	680	2,322	498	3,149	162	2,040	54	1,691	2,797	11,336
Sabaragamuwa		3,980	6,065	1,746	5,881	935	5,805	235	2,918	62	1,906	6,958	22,575
	Galle	1,873	3,020	1,076	3,647	614	3,771	116	1,465	12	326	3,691	12,229
	Hambantota	921	1,526	718	2,478	719	4,673	343	4,482	363	20,283	3,064	33,442
	Matara	1,518	2,446	844	2,839	475	2,942	117	1,447	9	257	2,963	9,931
Southern		4,312	6,992	2,638	8,964	1,808	11,386	576	7,394	384	20,866	9,718	55,602
	Badulla	7,534	12,681	4,651	15,839	2,928	18,226	732	9,089	151	5,482	15,996	61,317
	Moneragala	2,856	5,041	2,717	9,583	2,839	18,185	853	10,655	235	8,893	9,500	52,357
Uva		10,390	17,722	7,368	25,422	5,767	36,411	1,585	19,744	386	14,375	25,496	113,674
	Colombo	560	928	381	1,305	329	2,085	125	1,605	30	838	1,425	6,761
	Gampaha	3,235	5,212	1,961	6,657	1,267	7,973	369	4,692	59	2,278	6,891	26,812
	Kalutara	805	1,325	607	2,079	508	3,283	168	2,099	32	904	2,120	9,690
Western		4,600	7,465	2,949	10,041	2,104	13,341	662	8,396	121	4,020	10,436	43,263
Sri Lanka (Without Northern Province)		57,064	93,322	40,157	137,872	33,173	212,170	13,433	172,949	7,400	305,904	151,227	922,217
Source:- Dept.of Animal Production and Health (Farm Registration Programme-2008)

Provincial DAPH

2.2 Classification of Cattle Farms by Herd Size (Province and District)