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Batticaloa District
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Batticaloa District |
| native_name | மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் |
| මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික්කය | |
| settlement_type | Administrative District |
| image_skyline | Sunset - Kumburumoolai, Batticaloa.jpg |
| image_caption | Sunset at Kumburumoolai |
| image_map | Sri Lanka districts Batticaloa.svg |
| map_caption | Location within Sri Lanka |
| image_map1 | Batticaloa District.png |
| map_caption1 | Administrative units of Batticaloa District in 2007 |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Sri Lanka |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Eastern |
| established_title | Created |
| seat_type | Capital |
| seat | Batticaloa |
| parts_type | DS Division |
| parts_style | coll |
| p1 | Eravurpattu |
| p2 | Eravur Town |
| p3 | Kattankudy |
| p4 | Koralaipattu |
| p5 | Koralaipattu Central |
| p6 | Koralaipattu North |
| p7 | Koralaipattu South |
| p8 | Koralaipattu West |
| p9 | Manmunai North |
| p10 | Manmunaipattu |
| p11 | Manmunai S & Eruvilpattu |
| p12 | Manmunai South West |
| p13 | Manmunai West |
| p14 | Porativupattu |
| leader_title | District Secretary |
| leader_name | Kalamathi Pathmaraja |
| leader_title1 | MPs |
| leader_name1 | {{Collapsible list |
| title | List |
| leader_title2 | MPCs |
| leader_name2 | {{Collapsible list |
| title | List |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 2854 |
| area_land_km2 | 2610 |
| area_water_km2 | 244 |
| area_water_percent | 8.55 |
| area_rank | 9th (4.35% of total area) |
| population_total | 525142 |
| population_rank | 17th (2.59% of total pop.) |
| population_as_of | 2012 census |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| demographics_type1 | Ethnicity |
| demographics1_footnotes | (2012 census) |
| demographics1_title1 | Sri Lankan Tamil |
| demographics1_info1 | 381,285 (72.61%) |
| demographics1_title2 | Moor |
| demographics1_info2 | 133,844 (25.49%) |
| demographics1_title3 | Sinhalese |
| demographics1_info3 | 6,127 (1.17%) |
| demographics1_title4 | Burgher |
| demographics1_info4 | 2,794 (0.53%) |
| demographics1_title5 | Other |
| demographics1_info5 | 1,092 (0.21%) |
| demographics_type2 | Religion |
| demographics2_footnotes | (2012 census) |
| demographics2_title1 | Hindu |
| demographics2_info1 | 338,983 (64.55%) |
| demographics2_title2 | Muslim |
| demographics2_info2 | 133,939 (25.51%) |
| demographics2_title3 | Christian |
| demographics2_info3 | 46,300 (8.82%) |
| demographics2_title4 | Buddhist |
| demographics2_info4 | 5,787 (1.10%) |
| demographics2_title5 | Other |
| demographics2_info5 | 133 (0.03%) |
| timezone1 | Sri Lanka |
| utc_offset1 | +05:30 |
| postal_code_type | Post Codes |
| postal_code | 30000-30999 |
| area_code_type | Telephone Codes |
| area_code | 065 |
| iso_code | LK-51 |
| registration_plate | EP |
| blank_name_sec1 | Official Languages |
| blank_info_sec1 | Tamil, Sinhala |
| website |
මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්රික්කය
| S. Viyalendran | Nazeer Ahamed | G. Karunaharan | S. Chanthirakantyan | Sanakkitan Rajaputhiran | Ali Ameer | S. Chandrakanthan | N. Indirakumar | G. Karunakaran | G. Krishnapillai | M. Nadarajah | A. F. M. Shibly | M. S. Subair | K. Thurairajasingam | R. Thurairatnam | A. N. Zainulabdeen | Batticaloa District ( ; ) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Batticaloa. Ampara District was carved out of the southern part of Batticaloa District in April 1961.
Geography
Batticaloa District is located in the east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province. It has an area of 2854 km2.
Administrative units
Batticaloa District is divided into 14 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent). The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 346 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).
| DS Division | Main Town | Divisional Secretary | GN | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisions | |||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
| (km2) | |||||||||||||||
| Population (2012 Census) | Population | ||||||||||||||
| Density | |||||||||||||||
| (/km2) | Sri Lankan | ||||||||||||||
| Tamil | style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;" | Sri Lankan Moors | style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;" | Sinhalese | style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;" | Burgher | style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;" | Other | style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;" | Total | |||||
| Eravurpattu | Chenkalady | U. Uthayashreethar | 39 | 695 | 60,278 | 12,617 | 2,040 | ||||||||
| Eravur Town | Eravur | S. L. M. Haneefa | 15 | 3 | 3,287 | 21,075 | 191 | ||||||||
| Kattankudy | Kattankudy | S. H. Muzammil | 18 | 6 | 14 | 40,201 | 11 | ||||||||
| Koralaipattu | Valaichchenai | T. Dinesh | 12 | 35 | 22,799 | 77 | 339 | ||||||||
| Koralaipattu Central | Pasikudah | Nihara Mowjood | 9 | 80 | 583 | 24,961 | 57 | ||||||||
| Koralaipattu North | Vakarai | S. R. Rahulanayahi | 16 | 589 | 20,519 | 698 | 288 | ||||||||
| Koralaipattu South | Kiran | K. Thanapalasundaram | 18 | 582 | 25,820 | 18 | 87 | ||||||||
| Koralaipattu West | Oddamavadi | M. C. Ansar | 8 | 17 | 65 | 22,070 | 7 | ||||||||
| Manmunai North | Batticaloa | Srineevasan Gridaran | 48 | 68 | 76,898 | 4,569 | 1,340 | ||||||||
| Manmunaipattu | Araiyampathy | V. Arulrajah | 27 | 37 | 22,994 | 7,520 | 35 | ||||||||
| Manmunai South & Eruvilpattu | Kaluvanchikudy | S. Suthakar | 45 | 63 | 60,457 | 12 | 192 | ||||||||
| Manmunai South West | Kokkadichcholai | V. Thavarajah | 24 | 145 | 23,653 | 5 | 1,005 | ||||||||
| Manmunai West | Vavunathivu | V. Thavarajah | 24 | 352 | 28,199 | 13 | 180 | ||||||||
| Porativupattu | Vellavely | Nallaiya Vilvaretnam | 43 | 182 | 35,719 | 8 | 355 | ||||||||
| Total | 346 | 2,854 | 381,285 | 133,844 | 6,127 | 2,794 | 1,092 |
Demographics
Population
Batticaloa District's population was 525,142 in 2012. The population of the district mostly Sri Lankan Tamil.
The population of the district, like the rest of the east and north, was affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to the West during the war. Many Sri Lankan Tamils also moved to the relative safety of the capital Colombo. The war also caused many people from all ethnic and religious groups who lived in the district to flee to other parts of Sri Lanka, though most of them have returned to the district since the end of the civil war.
Ethnicity
| other-label = Others | other-color = grey
| Year | Tamil | Moor | Sinhalese | Other | Total | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | style="width:60px;" | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | style="width:60px;" | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | style="width:60px;" | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | |||||||
| 1881 Census | 61,014 | 57.80% | 37,255 | 35.29% | 5,012 | 4.75% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1891 Census | 69,584 | 56.71% | 44,780 | 36.50% | 6,403 | 5.22% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1901 Census | 79,857 | 55.01% | 54,190 | 37.33% | 7,575 | 5.22% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1911 Census | 83,948 | 54.53% | 60,695 | 39.43% | 5,771 | 3.75% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1921 Census | 84,665 | 53.35% | 63,146 | 39.79% | 7,243 | 4.56% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1946 Census | 102,264 | 50.33% | 85,805 | 42.23% | 11,850 | 5.83% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1953 Census | 130,381 | 48.20% | 106,706 | 39.45% | 31,174 | 11.52% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1963 Census | 141,110 | 71.93% | 46,038 | 23.47% | 6,715 | 3.42% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971 Census | 181,527 | 70.71% | 60,889 | 23.72% | 11,548 | 4.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 Census | 237,787 | 71.98% | 78,829 | 23.86% | 11,255 | 3.41% | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 Census | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 Enumeration | 381,984 | 74.05% | 128,964 | 25.00% | 2,397 | 0.46% | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 Census | 382,300 | 72.80% | 133,844 | 25.49% | 6,127 | 1.17% |
Religion
| Year | Hindu | Islam | Christian | Buddhist | Others | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | style="width:60px;" | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | style="width:60px;" | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | style="width:60px;" | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | style="width:60px;" | No. | style="width:50px;" | % | |||||||||
| 1981 Census | 218,812 | 66.24% | 78,810 | 23.86% | 23,499 | 7.11% | 9,127 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 Census | 338,983 | 64.55% | 133,939 | 25.51% | 46,300 | 8.82% | 5,787 |
Poverty
In 2016 the district was one of the poorest in Sri Lanka and had the fourth-highest incidence of extreme poverty according to the World Bank.
Politics and government
Local government
Batticaloa District has 12 local authorities of which one is a Municipal Council, two are Urban Councils and the remaining nine are Divisional Councils (Pradesha Sabhai or Pradeshiya Sabha).
| Local Authority | Area | Population | Registered | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (2008) | Elected Members (2008) | TMVP | style="width:50px;" | UPFA | style="width:50px;" | SLMC | style="width:50px;" | UNP | style="width:50px;" | Other | style="width:50px;" | Total | Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal}}" | United People's Freedom Alliance}}" | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress}}" | United National Party}}" | |||||||||
| Batticaloa Municipal Council | 54,948 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eravurpattu Divisional Council | 585.70 | 77,203 | 45,336 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eravur Urban Council | 4.90 | 40,819 | 16,522 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kattankudy Urban Council | 6.50 | 46,597 | 26,454 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Koralaipattu Divisional Council | 242.00 | 125,000 | 41,858 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Koralaipattu North Divisional Council | 645.00 | 21,202 | 12,419 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Koralaipattu West Divisional Council | 25.00 | 29,614 | 17,885 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Manmunaipattu Divisional Council | 21.50 | 30,218 | 18,759 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Manmunai South & Eruvilpattu Divisional Council | 44.17 | 70,256 | 38,386 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Manmunai South West Divisional Council | 161.60 | 25,279 | 14,880 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Manmunai West Divisional Council | 292.65 | 30,026 | 15,771 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Porativupattu Divisional Council | 176.00 | 49,066 | 28,116 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 61 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 128 |
Notes
References
References
- "Overview". Ampara District Secretariat.
- Mohideen, M. I. M.. (27 December 2007). "Sinhalisation of East: A reply to Minister Champika Ranawaka". [[The Island (Sri Lanka)]].
- "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
- "Divisions". Batticaloa District Secretariat.
- "Land area by province, district and divisional secretariat division". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
- "A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
- (20 May 2009). "Up to 100,000 killed in Sri Lanka's civil war: UN". [[ABC News (Australia)]].
- Harrison, Frances. (23 July 2003). "Twenty years on - riots that led to war". [[BBC News]].
- (2024). "Population by ethnicity according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024".
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- "Demographic Changes by the LTTE Peace Secretariat, April 2008". Sangam.
- 2001 Census was only carried out partially in Batticaloa District.
- (2024). "Population by religion according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024".
- "A3 : Population by religion according to districts, 2012". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
- "Population by religion and district, Census 1981, 2001". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
- "Geospatial Poverty Portal: Interactive Maps".
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