Province | District | No. of buffaloes | No. of milking buffaloes | Annual buffalo milk production (L) | Milk production per buffalo per year (L)a |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western | Colombo | 7425 | 1794 | 1,370,443 | 763.9 |
Gampaha | 9977 | 2436 | 1,245,435 | 511.3 | |
Kalutara | 18,508 | 4897 | 3,845,038 | 785.2 | |
Central | Kandy | 6113 | 1547 | 255,180 | 165.0 |
Matale | 7805 | 1874 | 498,847 | 266.2 | |
Nuwara Eliya | 1531 | 201 | 76,736 | 381.8 | |
Southern | Galle | 11,698 | 2365 | 1,804,029 | 762.8 |
Matara | 9830 | 2647 | 2,004,029 | 757.1 | |
Hambantota | 51,158 | 17,849 | 8,366,093 | 468.7 | |
Northern | Jaffna | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Kilinochchi | 2211 | 495 | 287,147 | 580.1 | |
Mannar | 3168 | 498 | 62,048 | 124.6 | |
Vavuniya | 4302 | 1047 | 423,300 | 404.3 | |
Mullathivu | 6576 | 1,599 | 612,333 | 382.9 | |
Eastern | Batticaloa | 36,019 | 11,874 | 3,006,043 | 253.2 |
Ampara | 38,511 | 11,046 | 8,718,130 | 789.3 | |
Trincomalee | 48,969 | 13,487 | 9,454,873 | 701.0 | |
North-western | Kurunegala | 25,608 | 6897 | 14,509,231 | 2103.7 |
Puttalam | 10,815 | 1584 | 1,160,622 | 732.7 | |
North-central | Anuradhapura | 45,175 | 12,658 | 7,830,858 | 618.6 |
Polonnaruwa | 26,480 | 7849 | 5,353,690 | 682.1 | |
Uva | Badulla | 4545 | 925 | 130,673 | 141.3 |
Monaragala | 51,443 | 15,614 | 6,617,871 | 423.8 | |
Sabaragamuwa | Ratnapura | 11,747 | 2425 | 311,799 | 128.6 |
Kegalle | 5298 | 757 | 144,188 | 190.5 |