| Province | District | No.of Farms | Female | Male | Total Buffalo Population | |||||
| Milch* | Heifers | Calves | Total | Calves | Bulls | Total | ||||
| 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) | ||||||||||
