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Buffalo Breeds

The Indian water buffalo contributes nearly half of the country's milk. Buffalo milk is far richer in fat and solids than cow milk, making it the first choice for ghee, khoa, paneer and curd across India.

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MURRAH Milk

Murrah

Haryana, Punjab +1

The world's best dairy buffalo breed and the most widely used for grading up local buffalo across India and abroad. Murrah semen is the backbone of buffalo artificial insemination.

1,500–2,500 kg per lactation; 7% fat

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Nili Ravi Milk

Nili-Ravi

Punjab

A top-tier milch buffalo, second only to Murrah in yield, recognised instantly by its wall eyes and five white markings.

1,500–1,850 kg per lactation; 6.5% fat

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Jaffarabadi Milk

Jaffarabadi

Gujarat

The heaviest and most massive buffalo breed in India. Its huge, drooping horns and enormous frame make it unmistakable.

1,000–1,800 kg per lactation; 8% fat

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Mehsana Milk

Mehsana

Gujarat

Developed by crossing Murrah with Surti, Mehsana combines high yield with a persistent, long lactation — a favourite of Gujarat's cooperative dairies.

1,200–1,500 kg per lactation; 7% fat

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Surti Milk

Surti

Gujarat

A medium-sized, well proportioned buffalo famous for the highest fat content among common dairy buffalo and its two distinctive white collars.

900–1,300 kg per lactation; 7.5–8.5% fat

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Bhadawari Milk

Bhadawari

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh

A copper-coloured buffalo of the Chambal ravines, producing the highest fat milk of any buffalo in the world — up to 13% in some animals.

800–1,000 kg per lactation; 6–13% fat

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Banni Milk

Banni

Gujarat

The buffalo of the Banni grasslands, herded by the Maldhari pastoralists. It is famous for grazing at night over long distances and returning to the settlement by morning.

1,200–1,800 kg per lactation; 6.6% fat

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Pandharpuri Milk

Pandharpuri

Maharashtra, Karnataka

Instantly recognisable by its extraordinarily long, sword-like horns, this buffalo of western Maharashtra is a hardy migratory milker.

1,200–1,700 kg per lactation; 8% fat

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Nagpuri Dual Purpose

Nagpuri

Maharashtra

A light, agile buffalo of the Vidarbha region used both for milk and for draught work in the black cotton soil belt.

700–1,200 kg per lactation; 7.7% fat

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Marathwadi Dual Purpose

Marathwadi

Maharashtra

A medium-sized buffalo of the Marathwada region, kept by smallholders for both milk and light draught power.

600–1,200 kg per lactation; 7% fat

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Chilika Milk

Chilika

Odisha

A unique coastal buffalo that grazes on the saline marshes and islands of Chilika lake, tolerating brackish water that other livestock cannot.

500–800 kg per lactation; 7–13% fat

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Toda Milk

Toda

Tamil Nadu

A semi-wild buffalo of the Nilgiris, reared exclusively by the Toda tribe, for whom the animal holds deep ritual and religious importance.

500 kg per lactation; 8% fat

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Kalahandi Draught

Kalahandi

Odisha

A small, hardy hill buffalo of southern Odisha, used mainly for draught in tribal farming systems and for a modest amount of household milk.

350–500 kg per lactation

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Draught

Luit (Swamp Buffalo)

Assam

India's only registered swamp buffalo type, genetically distinct from the river buffalo of the mainland and central to paddy cultivation in the Brahmaputra floodplain.

300–500 kg per lactation (kept mainly for draught)

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