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Fundamentals of Geography

  • Highest livestock population: UP, Rajasthan, MP, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Highest cattle density W. Bengal 173/sq km; all India average: 59/sq km.
  • Buffalos: Haryana 76/sq km; Punjab 91/sqkm; all India average density: 21/sq km.
  • Sheep: Jammu and Kashmir (highest) : 42/sq km; all India average: 15/sqkm.
  • Goats: W. Bengal 123/sq km; all India average density 29/sq km.
  • Female Buffalos (milk and dry) Chandigarh: 114/sq km. ; Punjab 41 sq km. and all India average 111 sq km.

Cattle

  • India has largest number in the world, total 20% of world.
  • Maximum cattle is in MP -14% of total Indian cattle.
  • Second is UP; third is Bihar; fourth is West Bengal; fifth is Maharashtra.
  • Sixth Orissa; seventh Karnataka and eighth Rajasthan.
  • Average yield of cow is 1 It. per day, whereas New Zealand produces 3040 It. per day, therefore Indian cow is called ‘TeaCup Cow’ .
  • Highest density is in W. Bengal (173 cattle/sq. km.) , then UP, Bihar, Assam, Kerala, Orissa.
  • Minimum in Nagaland.
  • Milch breed cattle in India are Gir, Sindhi, Red Sindhi, Sahiwal, Thar Parkar and Deoni.
  • Gir is in Saurashtra, Sindhi in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, Red Sindhi in Sindh (Pakistan) , Sahiwal in Pakistan, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, Deoni is found in Andhra Pradesh.
  • Drought breeds include Nagori in Jodhpur, Haryana, U. P and M P
  • Bauchaur in Bihar, Mahi in M P, Kenkatha or Kenwaria in Banda dist. of U. P, Kherigarh in Kheri dist. of U. P, Halikar and Amritmahal in Tumken, Hassan and Mysore.
  • Khillari in Sholapur and Satara, Bargur and Kangyam in Coimbatore, Siri in Darjeeling and Sikkim.
  • Dual purpose breed i.e. both Milch and drought breeds are Thar Parkar in Sindh , Gujarat and Rajasthan, Mewati in Mathura, Bharatpur and Alwar, Kankrej in Gujarat, Rath in Haryana, Nimari in Narmada (M. P) , Dhangi in Nasik, Ahmadnagar, Thane, Claba, Gaobao in Chindwara, Wardha and Nagpur, Ongole in Nellore and Guntur.
  • Overall density of cattle is 59 per sq. km.

Buffalo

  • 10% of the total buffalo of the world is India and it is 18% of total livestock of India.
  • Highest density of buffalo is in Punjab (104) , Haryana (98) , U. P (68) .
  • All India density of Buffalo is 25 per sq. km.
  • Highest number of Buffaloes are in Andhra Pradesh, M P, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat, Punjab. Name of Breed and Place l. Murrah (draught breed) : Rohtak, Hissar, Gurgaon. 2. Bhadwari: Agra and Etawa, some parts of M. P and Rajasthan; 3. Jafrabadi: Gir in Gujarat; 4. Surti: Gujarat; 5. Nagpuri: Nagpur; 6. Nilirani: Ferozpur (Punjab) ; 7. Mehsana (Gujarat)
  • There are 7 cattle breeding forms in India: Suratgarh (Rajasthan) , Dhamrod (Gujarat) , Alamadhi (T N) , Chiplima (Orissa) , Simligurhi (Orissa) , Andesh Nagar (U. P) , Hisargatha (Karnataka) .
  • Important fodder production termology centres are at Hissar, Kalyani (W Bengal) , Gandhinagar, Alamadhi, Suratgarh and Shehoma (J K) .

Sheep

  • All India average is 15% .
  • India has 6th position in the world.