Question

Which state has the maximum number of cow and buffalo in india?

Answer 1

Uttar Pradesh has the largest number of over 18.9 million buffaloes which is over 21 per cent of the total buffaloes of India.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:State wise Distribution of Livestock in India!

1. Cattle:

India has the largest number of cattle in the world. In 1997, India had 198,882 thousand cattle which account for about one fifth of the world’s total number of cattle and about 41 per cent of the total livestock population of India. Thus the number of cattle possessed by India is simply amazing.

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Further the cattle have registered an increase of 28 per cent from 155.3 million in 1951 to 198.9 million in 1997. Bihar and Jharkhand have the largest number of 24.6 million cattle which is about 12.4 per cent of the total cattle in India. Next in descending order are Uttar Pradesh (20 million), Madhya Pradesh (19.5 million), Maharashtra (18 million), West Bengal (17.8 million), Orissa (13.8 million), Rajasthan (12.1 million), Karnataka (10.8 million) and Andhra Pradesh (10.6 million). The other states with considerable number of cattle are Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.

Distribution of Cattle

It has already been mentioned that Indian cattle are, by and large, of poor quality. The average yield of milk per cow is just one litre per day whereas this yield is 30-40 litres in some of the advanced countries like New Zealand, Denmark and Holland. This is the reason that Indian cow is often called tea-cup-cow.

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Although majority of Indian cattle are of poor quality, there are 14 well defined excellent breeds of milch cattle and 12 well known draught and disease resisting breeds of cattle. Most of the good milch, draught or dual purpose breeds are found in dry northern, north-western and southern parts of the country. The humid regions generally do not support good breeds of cattle.

Milch Breeds:

Gir, Sindhi, Red Sindhi, Sahiwal, Tharparkar and Deoni are some of the outstanding breeds of milch cattle. The Gir is a native of Saurashtra and is now found in several parts of Gujarat and adjoining Rajasthan. The Sindhi breed is mainly raised in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra although it can be raised in several other parts of the country