|
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
|
- Sources [21, 22]
- NA data not available
- aEstimated using annual buffalo milk production and number of milking buffaloes
- bProvincial
