Milk yielding                                                  Over 53% of milk produced in India is from
                                                               the water buffalo and a majority of milk
India is the world’s largest producer of milk.                 processing plants in the country depend upon
                                                               buffalo milk.
The majority of the milk consumed is also in
liquid form in India.
                                         Major Indian Cattle Breeds
        Breed Name                 Geographical range
        Dangi                      Western Maharashtra
        Gir                        Saurashtra, Gujarat
        Hallikar                   Hassan, Mysore, Tunkur districts of Karnataka
        Hariana                    Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan
        Kangayam                   Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
        Kankrej                    Bhuj, North Gujarat, Rajasthan
        Kasaragod                  Kerala
        Kenkatha                   Banda, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.
        Malvi                      Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan
        Mewati                     Rajasthan
        Ongole                     Guntur, Ongole in Andhra Pradesh
        Ponwar                     Pilbhit, Uttar Pradesh
        Red Sindhi                 Originated in Sindh, Pakistan. Now widespread.
        Sahiwal                    Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana
        Siri                       Hills around Darjeeling and Sikkim. Originally from Bhutan
        Tharparkar                 Sindh (Pakistan), Kutch, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur
                                       Major Indian Buffaloes Breeds
              Breed Name                      Geographical range
              Bhadawari                       Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
              Jaffarabadi                     Gujarat
              Mehsana                         Gujarat (cross breed between Surti and Murrah)
              Murrah                          Haryana and Punjab
              Nagpuri                         Maharastra
              Nill Ravi                       Punjab
              Porlakmedi                      Odisha
              Surti                           Gujarat
                                          Major Indian Sheep Breeds
                  Breed Name                           Geographical range
                  Bellary, Hassan, Mandya              Karnataka
                  Chokla                               Rajasthan
                  Hissardale                           Himachal Pradesh and Haryana
                  Jaisalmeri                           Rajasthan
                  Magra                                Rajasthan
                  Malpura                              Rajasthan
                  Marwari                              Rajasthan and Gujarat
                  Mecheri, Kalikarsal, Vembur          Tamil Nadu
                  Muzaffararanagari                    Haryana
                  Nellore                              Andhra Pradesh
                  Nial                                 Rajasthan and Haryana
                  Potanwadi                            Uttar Pradesh and Delhi
                  Pugul                                Bikaner (Rajasthan)
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