List of Indian cattle breeds

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List of Indian cattle breeds (short, easy version)

This page lists cattle breeds that are considered to be of Indian origin or partly native to India. Some breeds have mixed histories, but they are all associated with India. Cows from these breeds are often called Desi cows.

Breeds
- Alambadi — Tamil Nadu
- Amrit Mahal — Karnataka
- Bachaur — Bihar
- Badri — Uttarakhand
- Bargur — Tamil Nadu
- Belahi — Haryana, Chandigarh
- Binjharpuri — Odisha
- Dangi — Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
- Deoni — Maharashtra, Karnataka
- Devarakota — Tamil Nadu (variation of Ongole)
- Frieswal — composite breed
- Gangatiri — Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
- Gaolao — Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
- Gir — Gujarat
- Hallikar — Karnataka
- Hariana — Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
- Hissar — (various Hindi names; regionally used)
- Kangayam — Tamil Nadu
- Kankrej — Gujarat, Rajasthan
- Kasaragod Dwarf — Kerala
- Kenkatha — Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Khillari — Maharashtra, Karnataka
- Kosali — Chhattisgarh
- Krishnagiri — Tamil Nadu
- Krishna Valley — Karnataka
- Kumauni — northern Uttar Pradesh
- Ladakhi — Kashmir
- Malnad Gidda — Karnataka
- Malvi — Madhya Pradesh
- Mewati — Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
- Ongole — Andhra Pradesh
- Ponwar — Uttar Pradesh
- Pulikululam — Tamil Nadu
- Punganur — Andhra Pradesh
- Purnea — north-eastern Bihar
- Ramgarhi — Madhya Pradesh
- Rathi — eastern Rajasthan
- Red Kandhari — Maharashtra
- Red Sindhi — also called Sindhi or Red Karachi (origins linked to Sindh)
- Sahiwal — Punjab (India) and Rajasthan
- Siri — Sikkim, West Bengal
- Son Valley — Madhya Pradesh
- Sunandini — Kerala
- Tharparkar — Rajasthan
- Umblachery — Tamil Nadu
- Vechur — Kerala

See also
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute
- Indigenous cattle breeds of India
- Government Livestock Farm, Hisar
- National Dairy Research Institute

Notes
- This is a concise list of many well-known Indian-origin breeds. There are other regional and local breeds as well.