As per the Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024, the country’s total milk production is 239.30 million tonnes.
The percentage of total milk production contributed by cows and buffaloes is 53.12% and 43.62%, respectively.
The State-wise cows & buffaloes milk production is placed at Annexure-I.
MILK OBTAINED FROM COWS AND BUFFALOES
ANNEXURE-I
| State-wise Cows & Buffaloes Milk Production 2023-24 figure in ‘000 Tonnes | |||
| S.No. | State/UTs | Cows | Buffalo |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 6,078.68 | 7,912.45 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 19.49 | 0.24 |
| 3 | Assam | 960.16 | 111.2 |
| 4 | Bihar | 8,304.00 | 4,268.88 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 1,592.50 | 447.32 |
| 6 | Goa | 53.26 | 9.94 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 9,685.54 | 8,215.93 |
| 8 | Haryana | 2,929.11 | 9,228.6 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 1,234.27 | 461.14 |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 2,480.23 | 312.11 |
| 11 | Jharkhand | 2,301.32 | 466.31 |
| 12 | Karnataka | 10,589.94 | 2,833.08 |
| 13 | Kerala | 2,430.08 | 14.76 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 10,086.07 | 10,197.1 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 10,354.23 | 5,334.62 |
| 16 | Manipur | 54.69 | 8.34 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 96.05 | 0.99 |
| 18 | Mizoram | 25.43 | 0.00 |
| 19 | Nagaland | 49.90 | 1.78 |
| 20 | Odisha | 2,575.77 | 55.73 |
| 21 | Punjab | 6,087.47 | 7,824.43 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 14,806.90 | 16,789.55 |
| 23 | Sikkim | 80.07 | 0.3 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | 10,426.18 | 250.66 |
| 25 | Telangana | 1,926.39 | 3,905.9 |
| 26 | Tripura | 226.64 | 3.07 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 13,106.39 | 24,351.54 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand | 1,128.10 | 718.1 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 7,167.23 | 274.09 |
| 30 | A&N Islands | 15.24 | 1.15 |
| 31 | Chandigarh | 24.43 | 34.13 |
| 32 | Ladakh | 26.37 | 0.00 |
| 33 | Daman & Diu and D.& N. Haveli | 1.44 | 0.32 |
| 34 | Delhi | 134.21 | 352.07 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| 36 | Puducherry | 47.29 | 2.46 |
| Total | 1,27,105.15 | 1,04,388.29 | |
Source: Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024.
This information was given by Union Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, in a written reply in Lok Sabha on 12th August, 2025:
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
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