District/Season-wise Estimated Milk Production

of Buffaloes in Tamil Nadu

(2004-2005)

(' 000 Tonnes)

District Summer Rainy Winter Total

Chennai    6.145 6.143 5.238 17.526

Coimbatore    19.886 21.633 20.036 61.555

Cuddalore    24.701 16.198 17.060 57.959

Dharmapuri    24.045 24.858 17.811 66.714

Dindigul   25.107 23.306 14.947 63.360

Erode   43.546 48.229 48.995 140.770

Kancheepuram    28.993 29.448 27.147 85.588

Kanyakumari   1.299 1.982 1.484 4.765

Karur    14.695 15.668 16.437 46.800

Krishnagiri 4.131 7.853 5.472 17.456

Madurai   13.237 13.154 10.202 36.593

Nagapattinam    13.312 13.973 8.253 35.538

Namakkal    36.204 47.361 35.110 118.675

Perambalur    10.953 13.317 7.763 32.033

Pudukottai    14.534 14.656 14.453 43.643

 Source : Directorate of Veterinary Services, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

TABLE 2

Estimated Milk Production in Tamil Nadu

(2004-2005)

(In 000 ' Tonne)

Exotic and Total Cow's Buffaloes Total Milk

Season Indigenous
Cross Milk Milk Production
Summer 661.563 394.983 1056.546 456.344 1512.890

Rainy 730.956 455.245 1186.201 509.369 1695.570

Winter 709.773 414.480 1124.253 451.038 1577.291

Annual for (2004-05) 2102.292 1264.708 3367.000 1416.751 4783.751

Annual for (2003-04) 2044.449 1278.582 3323.031 1426.699 4752.730

% of Increase (or) Decrease

2.83% (-) 1.09% 1.32% (-) 0.91% 0.65%
over 2004-05

% Contribution of Milk 2004-05 44 26 70 30 100%

Source : Directorate of Veterinary Services, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

TABLE 3

Distribution of Buffaloes in Milk (Daily Yield) in Tamil

Nadu
(2004-2005)

Class Interval
Summer Rainy Winter Total
(Kgs.)

0 to 0.999 - - - -

1 to 1.999 7 3 - 10

2 to 2.999 122 129 76 327

3 to 3.999 170 226 135 531

4 to 4.999 312 455 307 1074

5 to 5.999 264 377 229 870

6 to 6.999 158 210 65 433

Total 1033 1400 812 3245

TABLE 4

District/Season-wise Estimated Milk Production

of Indigenous Cows in Tamil Nadu
(2004-2005)

( ' 000 Tonnes)

District Summer Rainy Winter Total

Chennai    1.483 1.542 1.810 4.835

Coimbatore    8.361 10.827 5.207 24.395

Cuddalore    17.505 16.644 16.341 50.490

Dharmapuri    12.133 13.136 13.152 38.421

Dindigul   8.855 9.807 7.054 25.716

Erode   14.375 16.296 16.545 47.216

Kancheepuram    27.938 31.894 30.949 90.781

Kanyakumari   2.393 1.975 1.799 6.167

Karur    5.972 7.899 6.980 20.851

Krishnagiri 12.057 14.316 11.332 37.705

Madurai   10.499 12.887 13.405 36.791

Nagapattinam    18.686 18.774 15.449 52.909

Namakkal    7.075 8.707 8.803 24.585

Perambalur    11.757 10.747 14.063 36.567

Pudukottai    18.318 18.107 17.825 54.250

Ramnad 9.363 10.487 10.510 30.360

Salem    13.832 17.532 15.990 47.354

Sivagangai   10.979 15.988 15.016 41.983

Thanjavur    8.397 12.337 13.078 33.812

The Nilgiris 1.082 1.516 0.000 2.598

Theni   8.256 8.784 7.689 24.729

Thiruvallur    16.427 19.475 15.514 51.416

Thiruvannamalai 31.707 33.733 25.969 91.409

Thiruvarur 13.135 16.841 13.238 43.214

Thoothukkudi 6.362 7.526 7.335 21.223

Tiruchirapalli 15.697 18.603 16.805 51.105

Tirunelveli   10.387 11.871 9.829 32.087

Vellore    19.163 24.553 26.340 70.056

Villupuram    48.326 56.476 50.433 155.235

Virudhunagar  4.463 5.965 6.020 16.448

Tamil Nadu 394.983 455.245 414.480 1264.708

% Contribution of Milk 31 36 33 100

Source : Directorate of Veterinary Services, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

 TABLE 5

District-wise Annual Milk Production in Tamil Nadu

(2003-2004 and 2004-2005)

(' 000 Tonnes)

District 2004-05 Rank 2003-04 Rank

Chennai    27.336 30 34.280 29

Coimbatore    247.782 6 255.774 4

Cuddalore    211.674 8 243.657 7

Dharmapuri    155.324 14 225.765 8

Dindigul   191.697 11 216.355 10

Erode   287.248 2 246.744 6

Kancheepuram    231.233 7 216.206 11

Kanyakumari   66.681 28 79.546 26

Karur    93.292 24 91.916 23

Krishnagiri 91.999 25 Newly Created  

Madurai   153.211 15 167.910 14

Nagapattinam    120.111 20 134.166 17

Namakkal    205.448 9 195.348 12

Perambalur    129.425 18 136.903 16

Pudukottai    146.775 16 121.140 19

Ramnad 72.406 27 74.114 27

Salem    248.009 5 254.628 5

Sivagangai   80.197 26 89.668 25

Thanjavur    131.079 17 129.730 18

The Nilgiris 60.257 29 60.293 28

Theni   121.204 19 117.781 20

Thiruvallur    202.038 10 223.590 9

Thiruvannamalai 269.117 4 258.975 3

Thiruvarur 111.693 21 93.709 21

Thoothukkudi 105.956 22 90.959 24

Tiruchirapalli 163.289 12 172.476 13

Tirunelveli   160.855 13 153.499 15

Vellore    320.425 1 306.402 1

Villupuram    275.643 3 267.661 2

Virudhunagar  102.347 23 93.535 22

Tamil Nadu 4783.751   4752.730  

Source : Directorate of Veterinary Services, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

TABLE 6

Estimated Average Milk Yield Per Day by Milk and

Milch Animal in Tamil Nadu
(2004-2005)

(in Kgs.)
 Indigenous Exotic and Cross Buffalo
Season
In Milk Milch In Milk Milch In Milk Milch

Summer 2.536 1.647 6.075 4.449 4.011 2.946

Rainy 2.767 1.963 6.300 4.535 4.323 3.267

Winter 2.741 2.031 6.325 4.427 4.272 3.210

Overall (2004-05) 2.680 1.885 6.244 4.470 4.200 3.138

Overall (2003-04) 2.663 1.750 6.177 4.837 4.125 3.094

% of Increase (or) Decrease (-) 0.64 7.71 1.08 (-)7.59 1.82 1.42

Source : Directorate of Veterinary Services, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

TABLE 7

District/Season-wise Estimated Milk Production

of Indigenous Cows in Tamil Nadu
(2004-2005)

( ' 000 Tonnes)

District Summer Rainy Winter Total

Chennai    1.483 1.542 1.810 4.835

Coimbatore    8.361 10.827 5.207 24.395

Cuddalore    17.505 16.644 16.341 50.490

Dharmapuri    12.133 13.136 13.152 38.421

Dindigul   8.855 9.807 7.054 25.716

Erode   14.375 16.296 16.545 47.216

Kancheepuram    27.938 31.894 30.949 90.781

Kanyakumari   2.393 1.975 1.799 6.167

Karur    5.972 7.899 6.980 20.851

Krishnagiri 12.057 14.316 11.332 37.705

Madurai   10.499 12.887 13.405 36.791

Nagapattinam    18.686 18.774 15.449 52.909

Namakkal    7.075 8.707 8.803 24.585

Perambalur    11.757 10.747 14.063 36.567

Pudukottai    18.318 18.107 17.825 54.250

Ramnad 9.363 10.487 10.510 30.360

Salem    13.832 17.532 15.990 47.354

Sivagangai   10.979 15.988 15.016 41.983

Thanjavur    8.397 12.337 13.078 33.812

The Nilgiris 1.082 1.516 0.000 2.598

Theni   8.256 8.784 7.689 24.729

Thiruvallur    16.427 19.475 15.514 51.416

Thiruvannamalai 31.707 33.733 25.969 91.409

Thiruvarur 13.135 16.841 13.238 43.214

Thoothukkudi 6.362 7.526 7.335 21.223

Tiruchirapalli 15.697 18.603 16.805 51.105

Tirunelveli   10.387 11.871 9.829 32.087

Vellore    19.163 24.553 26.340 70.056

Villupuram    48.326 56.476 50.433 155.235

Virudhunagar  4.463 5.965 6.020 16.448

Tamil Nadu 394.983 455.245 414.480 1264.708

 % Contribution of Milk 31 36 33 100

Source : Directorate of Veterinary Services, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.

TABLE 8

State-wise Estimates of Milk Production in Southern India

(2000-2001 to 2007-2008)

( ' 000 Tonne)

2000- 2001- 2002- 2003- 2004- 2005- 2006- 2007-

States/UTs
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

Andhra Pradesh 5521 5814 6584 6959 7257 7624 7939 8925

Karnataka 4599 4797 4539 3857 3917 4022 4124 4244

Kerala 2605 2718 2419 2111 2025 2063 2119 2253

Tamil Nadu 4910 4988 4622 4752 4784 5474 5560 5586

Pondicherry 37 37 37 40 41 43 45 46

Southern India 17672 18354 18201 17719 18024 19226 19787 21054

India 80607 84406 86159 88082 92484 97066 100869 104840

 Source : Compiled from various official sources.

TABLE 9

District-wise Milk Production in Tamil Nadu

(2005-2006)

(In ' 000 Tonne)

Cow's Milk
Previous
Total Milk Year
District Buffalo Productio Production
Exotic & n 2004-
Indigenous Crossbre Total 2005
d

Chennai 0.851 1.344 2.195 2.133 4.328 27.336

Coimbatore 9.602 303.379 312.981 19.002 331.983 247.782

Cuddalore 35.115 145.58 180.695 16.838 197.533 211.674

Dharmapuri 16.894 131.642 148.536 60.364 208.9 155.324

Dindigul 11.258 135.368 146.626 31.601 178.227 191.697

Erode 19.589 185.488 205.077 120.685 325.762 287.248

Kancheepuram 58.985 48.106 107.091 34.592 141.683 231.233

Kanyakumari 0.735 99.274 100.009 2.053 102.062 66.681

Karur 14.957 53.154 68.111 31.042 99.153 93.292

Krishnagiri 38.363 130.828 169.191 9.251 178.442 91.999

Madurai 16.653 146.753 163.406 7.414 170.82 153.211

Nagapattinam 38.291 78.873 117.164 23.389 140.553 120.111

Namakkal 13.996 141.222 155.218 113.278 268.496 205.448

Perambalur 27.473 121.662 149.135 0 149.135 129.425

Pudukottai 54.524 46.779 101.303 14.347 115.65 146.775

Ramanathapuram 19.345 43.994 63.339 0.847 64.186 72.406

Salem 34.93 308.838 343.768 90.692 434.46 248.009

Sivagangai 43.576 48.439 92.015 1.976 93.991 80.197

Thanjavur 26.002 150.915 176.917 12.02 188.937 131.079

The Nilgiris 0 45.564 45.564 0 45.564 60.257

Theni 6.517 81.914 88.431 3.718 92.149 121.204

Thiruvallur 46.319 58.576 104.895 64.894 169.789 202.038

Thiruvannamalai 45.274 190.88 236.154 12.294 248.448 269.117

Thiruvarur 45.041 113.216 158.257 8.515 166.772 111.693

Thoothukudi 13.716 77.065 90.781 8.975 99.756 105.956

Thiruchirapalli 27.037 175.048 202.085 20.496 222.581 163.289

Thirunelveli 24.173 230.623 254.796 29.06 283.856 160.855

Vellore 41.95 305.37 347.32 17.227 364.547 320.425

Villupuram 74.616 133.236 207.852 3.314 211.166 275.643

Virudhunagar 7.115 156.815 163.93 10.756 174.686 102.347

Tamil Nadu 812.897 3889.945 4702.842 770.773 5473.615 4783.751

% Contribution of
Milk During 2005- 15 71 86 14 100  
06
% Contribution of
Milk During 2004- 26 44 70 30 100  
05

Source : Directorate of Veterinary Services, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.