3.1 Herd Composition of Buffalo Farms by Province and District

Province	District	No.of Farms	Female				Male			Total Buffalo Population
Province	District	No.of Farms	Milch*	Heifers	Calves	Total	Calves	Bulls	Total	Total Buffalo Population
	Kandy	764	594	689	189	1,472	193	393	586	2,058
	Matale	1,180	1,800	1,237	697	3,734	639	947	1,586	5,320
	Nuwara Eliya	727	422	580	216	1,218	254	226	480	1,698
Central		2,671	2,816	2,506	1,102	6,424	1,086	1,566	2,652	9,076
	Ampara	846	8,818	7,499	4,611	20,928	3,762	667	4,429	25,357
	Batticaloa	703	6,391	6,506	3,415	16,312	2,769	787	3,556	19,868
	Trincomalee	964	12,905	14,458	6,982	34,345	5,371	1,030	6,401	40,746
Eastern		2,513	28,114	28,463	15,008	71,585	11,902	2,484	14,386	85,971
	Anuradhapura	1,644	19,317	16,540	8,257	44,114	7,325	3,330	10,655	54,769
	Polonnaruwa	366	4,246	2,511	1,639	8,396	1,396	715	2,111	10,507
North Central		2,010	23,563	19,051	9,896	52,510	8,721	4,045	12,766	65,276
	Kurunegala	2,647	7,688	5,183	2,707	15,578	2,447	1,720	4,167	19,745
	Puttalam	552	4,369	3,446	1,927	9,742	1,727	643	2,370	12,112
North Western		3,199	12,057	8,629	4,634	25,320	4,174	2,363	6,537	31,857
	Kegalle	1,410	1,313	1,197	373	2,883	360	524	884	3,767
	Ratnapura	415	2,682	2,479	1,247	6,408	1,040	1,062	2,102	8,510
Sabaragamuwa		1,825	3,995	3,676	1,620	9,291	1,400	1,586	2,986	12,277
	Galle	965	2,921	1,487	1,050	5,458	1,052	898	1,950	7,408
	Hambantota	1,443	14,289	10,848	5,921	31,058	4,453	1,124	5,577	36,635
	Matara	520	1,852	1,392	762	4,006	656	401	1,057	5,063
Southern		2,928	19,062	13,727	7,733	40,522	6,161	2,423	8,584	49,106
	Badulla	133	420	370	130	920	160	299	459	1,379
	Moneragala	549	9,407	10,521	4,679	24,607	3,438	1,593	5,031	29,638
Uva		682	9,827	10,891	4,809	25,527	3,598	1,892	5,490	31,017
	Colombo	522	1,426	1,140	692	3,258	550	335	885	4,143
	Gampaha	1,122	1,919	1,545	717	4,181	690	757	1,447	5,628
	Kalutara	714	2,833	2,155	1,128	6,116	1,172	1,050	2,222	8,338
Western		2,358	6,178	4,840	2,537	13,555	2,412	2,142	4,554	18,109
Sri Lanka (Without Northern Province)		18,186	105,612	91,783	47,339	244,734	39,454	18,501	57,955	302,689
* Milch - Once calved and having potential of milking
Source:- Dept.of Animal Production and Health (Farm Registration Programme-2008)

Provincial DAPH

3.1 Herd Composition of Buffalo Farms by Province and District