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The Eastern Himalayan foothill region of Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh is spotted with dairy farming units. The dairy units in the region are culturally dominated by the immigrants� Nepali community. Most of these Nepalese dairy units are located in the Tezu and the Sunpura circle of the district and there are also little and more dairy units are also entertained in the rest of the circles like, the Wakro, the Chongkham, the Lathao, Namsai, etc. The present study was conducted to assess the nature and functioning of this traditional form of dairy farming and to understand the socio-economic condition of the dairy owners of the study area. And cost-benefit analysis has been assessing according to the size of the dairy cow of different breeds (Jersey, Cross-breed, and Indigenous) to identify the total cost and profit of the farmers per year. Income from cattle herds, especially dairy cows was much higher than the dairy buffaloes. Moreover, buffalo� farming is not that much preferred by Nepali farmers in this region due to the unsuitability of climate. The Nepalese people mostly Practice agricultural activities in a complementary relationship with bovine economics where draught animals one used for ploughing the field.