Nili Ravi buffalo breeds originated around the river Ravi. This breed is found in Sutlej valley in Ferozpur district of Punjab and the Sahiwal (Pakistan) of undivided India. The peculiarity of the Nili Ravi buffalo breeds is the walleyes. Head is small, elongated, bulging at top and depressed between eyes. Horns are very small and tightly coiled. Nili Ravi buffalo breeds Bullocks are good for heavy trotting work. The milk yield is 1500-1850 kgs per lactation. The inter calving period is 500 to 550 days. The age at first calving is 45 to 50 months. The Nili Ravi buffalo breeds bullocks are good for heavy trotting work.

The home tract of Nili-Ravi buffaloes ranges in the belt between the Sutlej and Ravi rivers of the undivided Punjab Province. Nili & Ravi were two different breeds long before, but due to the passage of time and intensive crossbreeding, the two breeds converted into a single breed named Nili-Ravi. Nili-Ravi buffaloes are found in almost all the districts, with a major concentration in Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Ferozepur districts of Indian Punjab and Lahore, Sheikhupura, Faizabad, Okora, Sahiwal, Multan, Bohawalpur and Bahwalnagar districts of Pakistan Punjab. However, due to the good dairy characteristics of this breed in Pakistan, Nili-Ravi buffaloes are found in the whole of Pakistan with a major concentration in the buffalo colony at Karachi, where a large number of Nili Ravi buffaloes are procured from the breeding tract for the supply of fresh milk to city residents.