1. There are over 20 goat breeds found in India. The major goat farming regions are the northern temperate region, northern western arid and semi-arid region, and southern region. 2. Important goat breeds include the Jamunapari, known for its size and dual meat and milk purpose. The Beetal is considered superior to the Jamunapari for its prolificacy and adaptability. The Sirohi is native to Rajasthan and reared for both meat and milk. 3. Goat breeds are classified according to their functions which include milch breeds known for milk production like the Jamunapari and Mehsana, meat purpose breeds, and dual purpose breeds suitable for both

1. “IMPORTANT GOAT BREEDS IN
INDIA”
Presented by
A. S. Rathod
RMAC, Nabha, Jalna.

2.  There are twenty two breeds of goat found in India.
 The chromosome number of goat is 2n = 60.
 In India, the second position of goat.
 The average age at first service of goat is about 12-18 months.
 Breeding span of the goat is 5-8 years.

3. Details Expression Details Expression
Species called
as…
Caprine Castrated male … Castrated or
weather
Group of
animals…
Flock or band Castrated female…. Spayed
Adult male…. Buck Female with its
offspring
Suckling
Adult female … Doe Act of
parturition….
Kidding
Young male … Buckling Act of mating …. Serving
Young female
…
Goatling Sound produced …. BBleat
New born one
…
Kid Pregnancy …. gestation

4. Indian Goat Breeds
Northern
Temperature
Origin North-West and
Semiarid
Origin
Kashmiri/Pash
mina
Kashmir and
Tibet
Sirohi Rajasthan &
Gujarat
Gaddi H.P & U.P. Marwari Rajasthan& GJ
Changthangi Ladak Kohmi Gujarat
Chegu H.P & U.P. Jhakarana Rajasthan
Bhakarwal J&K Beetal Punjab and
Haryana
Pantja UP Barbari UP & Raj
Rohilkhandi U.P. Jamunapuri Uttar Pradesh
Mehsana Gujarat
Gohilwadi Uttar Pradesh
Zalwandi Gujrat
Surti Gujrat
Kutchi Gujrat

5. Indian Goat Breeds
Southern Origin Eastern Origin
Sangamneri Maharashtra Black Bengal West Bengal
Osmanabadi MH Ganjam Orissa
Kokan kanyal MH Teressa Andaman &
Nicobar
Berari MH Sumi-ne Nagaland
Kanni Tamil Nadu Assam Hill Assam
Kodi Adu TN
Salem Black TN
Malbari Kerala
Bidri Karnataka
Nandidurag Karnataka

6. Classification According to Functions
Milch Breed Meat purpose Dual purpose Fine hair /Fleece
Jamunapuri Black bengal Osmanabadi Kashmiri
Mehsana Red bangal Sangamneri Angora
Sirohi Ganjam Beetal Changthangi
Zalwandi Osmanabadi Marwari Chegu
Surti Malbari Kutchi
Sannen Chegu
Alpine
Anglo nubian
Toggenberg

7. Northern temperate region goat
This region comprises J & K,HP, & hilly areas or
part of UP.
The region has only 2.8 % of the total goat
population of the country including pashmina
producing goat.

8. Changthang
region of Leh
district in
Jammu and
Kashmir,
The breed is most often
white, but is also seen
in black, grey or brown.
They have large twisted
horns.
The breed is raised for
both meat and the
valuable cashmere also
known as pashmina.
The Changra are also
useful as pack
animals.
The goats are reared
under an open grazing
system throughout the
year.
Body wt. : Male : 31 kg
Female : 26
kg
Ave.pashmina
production –214 gm .
Kidding takes place
once a year and only
a single kid is born.
Mature does yield
200 – 300 ml of milk
a day once the kids
are weaned.
About 15 – 20% of
the goat population
is culled every year
and sold to butchers
for meat.
The National Bureau
of Animal Genetic
Resources has put
the Changthangi goat
breed on the
‘endangered species
1. Changthang

9. 1. Changthang Male

10. 2. Changthang Female

11. The
Gaddi
breed,
also
known
as the
White
Himalay
an,
distributed
throughout
Chamba,
Kangra, Kullu,
Bilaspur,
Simla, Kinnaur
and Lahaul and
Spiti in
Himachal
Pradesh and
Dehradun,
Nainital, Tehri
Garhwal and
the Chamoli
districts of
Uttarakhand.
They are well built and
sturdy animals and
have drooping and
pointed ears with long
pointed horns bending
upwards and
backwards.
Kidding takes place
once a year with single
births.
Body wt. : Male : 27kg
Female : 25
kg
Wool production-
The hair is about 17-
19 cm long and
lustrous.
one shearing yields ½
to 1 kg of wool.
The meat is coarse
and devoid of fat, and
milk yield averages
about 1.5 kg/day.
2. Gaddi

12. 2. Gaddi Male

13. Kangra Valley The Chgnu is found in the
region of India north of Uttar
Pradesh and northest of
Himachal Pradesh.
They are kept for the production
of cashmere fiber and for meat.
The breed is white with long
twisted horns.
Body wt. : Male : 28 kg
Female : 22 kg
Ave.pashmina
production –214 gm .
Fibre length – 5.9 cm
Ave. fibre diameter-
11.77 micron
3. Chigu

14. 3. Chigu Male

15. Cashmere goat, also called Kashmir
goat, a breed of domestic goat valued
for its soft wool, used for the
manufacture of cashmere shawls.
It varies in build and colour but the
most highly esteemed has large ears,
slender limbs, curved spreading horns
not spirally twisted, and a long,
straight, silky white coat.
the outer coat of coarse hair the fluffy,
soft underfur or pashm (present in all
goats) is particularly luxuriant and
forms the product for which the breed
is valued..
Body wt. : Male : 28 kg
Female : 22 kg
Ave.pashmina
production – 2 kg .
The breed is also called
as pashmina .
The outer coat used for
blanket and kashmiri
shawl.
4. Kashmiri

16. 4 Kashmiri Male

17. 4. Kashmiri female

18. Northern western arid and semi-aried region
Goat Breed .
This region comprises Punjab, Haryana,Rajastan,
Gujrat, and some parts of UP & MP.
The region has the largest number of goats
comprising 43% of the total goat population of the
country.

19. The
Jamnapari
originated
in
the Etawah
District of
Uttar
Pradesh,
and is
particularly
associated
with
the tehsil o
f Chakarna
gar
They are white with tan or
black markings on the neck
and ears;
They are beard is present in
both bucks and does with a
tuft of long hair on the hind
legs.
They are considered the
largest ,tallest and most
elegant of the long legged
goats of India.
They have long and
pendulous ears (26-28 cm),
tubular with the opening
towards the front.
The horns are short and
flat, horizontal and twisting
backwards.
Body wt. : Male : 45 kg
Female : 38 kg
The Jamunapari
breed is a dual
purpose breed with
good meat and skin.
The milk yield is 280
kgs in a lactation
period averaging 274
days;
the highest recorded
is 4 kg a day with a
lactation yield of 575
kg.
The fat content of
milk ranges from 5.2
to 7.8 percent.
1. Jamunapari

20. 1. Jamunapari Male

21. 1. Jamunapari Female

22. Those
breed
found in
Agra, Etah,
Uttar
Pradesh,
Gujarat
and
Bharatpur
district of
Rajasthan.
As well as
in Jhelum
and
Sargodha
districts in
Punjab
Province,
Pakistan.
Barbari goat is a small
sized meat goat breed
Barbari goat has unique
characteristics. It’s a pretty
small animal with medium
sized compact body.
They are alert and
attractive. And have bulging
eyes, because of their quite
prominent orbital bone.
Their ears are short, tubular,
almost double, with the slit
opening in front, erect,
directed upward and
outward.
Bucks have a large thick
beard.
Body wt. : Male : 38 kg
Female : 23kg
Barbari does have well set
udder with conical teats.
Both bucks and does
have twisted horns, which
are directed upward and
backward and are
medium in length.
Barbari goat has wide
variation in coat color.
But usually white with
small light brown patches
is the most common
color.
Barbari goats are well
known for their good meat
qualities and also for
triple kidding. Both bucks
and does mature early
and are resistant to
common goat diseases.
2. Barbari

23. 2. Barbari Male

24. 2. Barbari Female

25. native to
the Sirohi
district of
Rajasthan.
Sirohi goat is a medium
sized animals. It has
predominantly brown colored
coat with dark or light brown
patches. On occasion, the
color of a very few goats may
be completely white. The
body is covered with fairly
dense soft and coarse hair.
Sirohi goats have medium
sized flat dropping ears
(much like leaf), and most of
the goats are wattled. Both
Sirohi buck and doe have
small horns which is curved
upward and backward. Their
tail is curved upward and
medium in length. Their legs
are long and very strong.
The udder of Sirohi doe is
small and round, with
small teats placed
laterally.
Sirohi bucks are much
heavier than the does.
And the average body
weight of an adult buck is
up to 50 kg and doe is up
to 30 kg.
They are easily adaptable
to different climatic
conditions and are
resistant to major goat
diseases.
3. Sirohi

26. 3. Sirohi Male

27. 3. Sirohi kid

28. Marwar
region of
Rajastan.
Marwari goats are medium
sized animal with
predominantly black color.
But goats with brown and
white markings are also
found. Their coat contains
long hairs, and the coat is
shaggy and dull in
appearance.
They have long, flapping and
dropping ears. Both bucks
and does have medium
length horns. Their horns
are directed upward and
backward and pointed at
tips.
Body wt. : Male : 45 kg
Female : 38 kg
Average produce about 0.5 to 1
kg of milk daily when raised on
The Marwari goat is a
dual-purpose breed
of goats. It is raised
for both meat and
milk production.
Marwari goats are
very hardy and
strong animals. They
are well adapted to
the harsh
environment of the
Thar desert.
And also noted for
their disease
resistance power and
their capabilities of
thriving well in very
harsh nutritional
conditions.
4. Marwari

29. 4. Marwari Male

30. 4. Marwari Female

31.  The
Beetal is
native to
the
districts
of
Gurdaspu
r,
Amritsar
and
Ferozepur
in
Punjab.
 Beetal is second to the
Jamnapari in size but is
considered superior to it as it
is more prolific and adapts
more easily to different agro-
ecological conditions and stall
feeding.
 They are predominantly
black, but black, red, tan or
heavily spotted on white also
occur; males usually posses a
beard.
 They have long pendulous
drooping betel leaf shaped
pinna and horizontal with
backward and outward
twisting horns.
 Age at first kidding is about
600 days and kidding
intervals thereafter are of
about 368 days.
 Body wt. : Male : 50 kg
 Female : 38 kg
 The average milk
yield per lactation is
288 kg .
 In addition to being
considered a good
dairy breed,
 The Beetal is also
known for its good
quality meat and
skin.
5. Beetal

32. 5. Beetal Male

33. 5. Beetal Female

34.  The Surti
goat is
distribute
d in
surroundi
ng areas
of Surat,
Baroda
and Nasik
of
Maharash
tra.
 Surti goats are small to
medium sized animal with
compact body. Their coat is
predominantly white in color
with short and lustrous hairs.
They have medium sized
dropping ears. Their forehead
is prominent and face profile
is slightly raised.
 Both bucks and does usually
have medium sized horns.
Their horns are directed
upward and backward. Udder
of the does is well developed
with large conical teats. They
have relatively short legs, and
they usually unable to walk
long distances.
 The Surti does are pretty
large than the bucks.
 Body wt. : Male : 30 kg
 Female : 32 kg
 Surti goat is mainly
used for milk
production. But they
are also good for
meat production.
They are very well
suited for milk and
meat production.
 The does are
excellent milk
producers, and on
average they can
produce about 2.0 to
2.25 kg of milk daily
under stall fed
system with
supplementary feeds.
But under village
conditions with
grazing goat
farming system, they
can produce about
1.2 kg of milk daily.
6. Surti

35. 6. Surti Male

36. 6. Surti Female

37.  The
Mehsan
a is a
dual
purpose
breed
and is
mainly
found in
the
Mehsan
a,
Banaska
ntha,
Gandhin
agar and
Ahmeda
bad
districts
of
 The Mehsana is a large
sized breed.
 The colour of the coat is
black with white spots at
the base of the ear.
The Milk yield averages
one kg/day.
 The litter size is mostly
single. Average yield of
hair per goat per year is
200 grams.
 hair coat is long and
coarse.
 Ears are always white.
Both sexes have twisted
horns curved upward and
backward.
 The udder is moderately
developed having large and
conical teats.
 Body wt. : Male : 38 kg
 The Mehsana goat
is a dual purpose
breed of domestic
goat which is
raised primarily for
meat and milk
production.
 The Mehsana does
are pretty good
milk producers.
And they produce
about 1.3 kg of
milk daily. Their
first kidding age
vary from 600 to
650 days.
Single kidding is
common, and
twinning is low
and ranges from
7. Mehsana

38. 7. Mehsana Male

39. 7. Mehsana Female

40.  The
breed
derives
its name
from the
Jakhran
a village
in Alwar
district
where it
is found
in its
purest
form.
 They are large animals.
 The coat is predominantly
black with white spots on
the ears and the muzzle is
short and lustrous. The
face line is straight, with a
narrow and slightly
bulging forehead.
 The breed looks similar to
the Beetal, the major
difference being that the
Jakhrana is taller.
 The ear length is medium
and the udder is large,
with conical teats. Does
are reared for milk.
 A majority of the bucks are
sold for meat, with a small
number retained for
breeding.
 Body wt. : Male : 55kg
 Jakhrana goats graze
on natural pastures
but can also be
managed on stall
feeding. This breed is
well known for its
milk potential
averaging a daily
yield between 2 to 5
litres. The milk has
a relatively higher fat
content (5.06%), SNF
(8.60%) and protein
(3.70%).
 These goats show
good prolificacy and
the kidding
percentage is 90.
Kidding takes place
twice a year (June –
July and October -
November), with a
twinning percentage
8. Jhakrana

41. 8. Jhakrana Male

42. 8. Jhakrana Female

43.  Native to
the
Kutch
district
of
Gujarat.
 The Kutchi or Kathiawari, is
an important dual-purpose
(meat and milk) goat breed.
 They are medium-sized
animals.
 The coat is predominantly
black, but a few white spotted
animals are also found.
 Ears are medium in size,
floppy and drooping with
typical white markings.
 The coat is shaggy and dull in
appearance with medium to
long coarse hair.
 The annual yield of hair is
about 200 gms when shorn
twice a year. Both sexes have
short, thick horns pointed
upward.
 Body wt. : Male : 48 kg
 Female : 40 kg
 Average milk yield
is around 2
kg/day under stall
fed conditions and
0.5 to 1 kg on
grazing resources.
The lactation
length is about 6
to 7 months.
Generally there is
one kidding
annually with a
twinning
percentage of 11,
which increases
with
supplementary
feeding under stall
fed conditions.
9. Kutchi

44. 9. Kutchi Male

45. 9. Kutchi Female

46.  Zalawadi
goats
are
native to
Gujarat.
They are
large
animals.
 They are medium-sized
animals.
 The coat is black and
comprises long coarse
hair.
 Ears are long, wide, leaf-
like and drooping.
 Both sexes have long
twisted horns, pointed
upward.
 The kidding percentage is
78% and the litter size is
mainly single (82%) and
sometimes twins (18%).
 Body wt. : Male : 40 kg
 Female : 33 kg
 The average daily
milk yield is 2 kg
and the lactation
period is about
200 days.
 The average
annual yield of
hair is 245 gms.
10. Zalwandi

47. 10. Zalwandi Male

48. 10. Zalwandi Female

49. Southern region Goat Breed .
This region comprises Maharashtra, Karnataka,
AP,TN,Kerala.
It has about 43% of the total goat population of
the country.

50.  Latur,
Tuljapur
and
Udgir
taluks of
Osmana
bad
district
of
Maharas
htra.
 Tall animals. Of animals
surveyed, 73% were black
and the rest were white,
brown or spotted.
 Ears are medium long.
 Most males (89.5%) are
horned; females may be
horned or polled, in
almost equal proportions.
 Tail is medium long and
thin.
 The udder is small and
round with small teats
placed laterally.
 In farmers' flocks: kidding
percentage: 80 to 90%;
 litter size: singles: 50%;
 twins: 40%; triplets: 10%.
 Body wt. : Male : 33 kg
 Female : 32 kg
 . In farmers' flocks:
average daily yield:
0.5 to 1.5 kg;
 lactation length: 3
to 5 months.
1. Osmanabadi

51. 1. Osmanabadi Male

52. 1. Osmanabadi Female

53.  Poona
and
Ahmedn
agar
districts
of
Maharas
htra.
 Medium-sized animals.
Body colour may be white,
black or brown, with spots
of the other colours.
 Ears are medium-sized
and drooping.
 Both sexes have horns,
directed backward and
upward; horn length:
12.cm.
 Tail is thin and short.
 The hair coat is extremely
coarse and short.
 kidding percentage: 103
%;
 litter size: singles: 75%;
twins: 21.5%; triplets:
3.4%.
 Body wt. : Male : 38 kg
 Female : 28 kg
 In farmers' flocks:
average daily yield:
0.819 ± 0.353 kg;
 Average lactation
length: 165 ± 25
days.
2. Sangamneri

54. 2. Sangamneri Male

55. 2. Sangamneri Female

56.  Calicut,
Cannan
nore and
Malapur
am
districts
of
Kerala.
 Medium-sized animals.
Coat colour varies widely
from completely white to
completely black. 31% of
the goats have long hair.
 Males and a small
percentage of females
(13%) are bearded.
 Both sexes have small,
slightly twisted, horns,
directed outward and
upward.
 Ears are medium-sized,
directed outward and
downward. Tail is small
and thin.
 Udder is small and round,
with medium-sized teats.
 Body wt. : Male : 38 kg
 Female : 31 kg
 Under farm
conditions: age at
first kidding 609
days.
 kidding interval
286 days .
 litter size = singles:
50.5%; twins:
42.4%;
 triplets: 6.6%; .
3. Malbari

57. 3. Malbari Male

58. 3. Malbari Female

59.  They
are
also
know
n
locall
y as
Pullai
adu
and
Karap
uadu.
 The
Kanni-
Adu
breed is
found in
Tamil
Nadu in
south
India.
 They are tall animals,
predominantly black or
black with white spots.
 The ears are medium
long, males are horned
and females are polled.
The tail is medium-sized
and thin; the udder is
small and round, with
small teats placed
laterally.
 Body wt. : Male : 38 kg
 Female : 28 kg
 The kidding
percentage is 80 to
85%; the litter size
is primarily single
(90%) and
sometimes twins.
 The Kanni-Adu is
maintained
primarily for meat
and is not milked .
4. Kannai-adu

60. 4. Kannai-adu Male

61. 4. Kannai-adu Female

62.  They are
native to
the
Konkan
region of
Maharas
htra,.
 Konkan Kanyal goats were
registered as a distinct breed
by the National Bureau of
Animal Genetic Resources in
May 2012.
 These goats are mainly black
with a white marking in a
specific pattern–the ventral
surface of the body is white
and the legs have white
‘stockings’.
 Konkan Kanyal goats have
bilateral white strips from
nostrils to ears; a flat and
broad forehead; flat, long
drooping ears; backward,
straight, pointed, cylindrical
horns; white muzzle and long
legs, laterally black, medially
white from knee to the fetlock
joint.
 Konkan Kanyal
goats are regular
breeders and breed
round the year,
with a twinning
percentage of
about 66%.
 Those breed
reared mostly by
the Dhangar and
Maratha
communities for
meat.
 Body wt. : Male :
35kg
 Female :
30 kg
5. Kokan kanyal

63. 5. Kokan kanyal Male

64. 5. Kokan kanyal Female

65. Eastern region Goat Breed .
This region comprises Bihar , West Bengal, Orissa,
Assam , Meghalaya , Arunachal Pradesh , Mizoram
,Tripura , Nagaland and Sikkim.
It has about 25% of the total goat population of
the country.

66. The Black
Bengal goa
t is a breed
of goat fou
nd
throughout
Banglades
h, West
Bengal, Bi
har, Assam
,
and Odisha
 This breed is usually
colored black but it is also
found in brown, white or
gray. The Black Bengal
goat is small in size but its
body structure is tight.
 Its horns are small and
legs are short.
 The Black Bengal goats
gain sexual maturity at
earlier age than most
other breeds.
 The female goat becomes
pregnant twice a year and
gives birth to one to three
kids.
 This breed can adapt to
any environment easily
and its disease resistance
is very high.
 An adult male
goat weights about
25 to 30 kg and
female 20 to 25 kg.
It is poor in milk
production.
 It produces high-
quality meat and
skin, and is
preferred for the
skin and high
prolificacy rate
1. Black Bengal

67. 1. Black Bengal Male

68. 1. Black Bengal Female

69. The
Ganjam
breed,
also
known
as
Dalua,
Those
breed
found in
eastern
India,
primarily
in the
Gajapati,
Rayagada
and
Koraput
districts of
Odisha.
 A small number are also
found in Sikkim.
 They are tall, leggy
animals.
 The coat may be black,
white, brown or spotted,
but black predominates.
 The hair is short and
lustrous. Ears are
medium sized and both
bucks and does have long,
straight horns, directed
upward with a medium-
length tail.
 The kidding percentage is
82 and the litter size is
primarily single (98.4%).
 Kidding takes place once a
year.
 Milk yield is about
3 kgs a day and
the average
lactation period is
150 days.
Body wt. :
Male : 44 kg
Female : 32 kg
2. Ganjam

70. 2. Ganjam Male

71. 2. Ganjam Female