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Kalutara District

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களுத்துறை மாவட்டம்
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area_total_km21598
area_land_km21576
area_water_km222
area_water_percent1.38
area_rank20th (2.44% of total area)
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population_total1217260
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demographics1_title1Sinhalese
demographics1_info11,054,991 (86.67%)
demographics1_title2Sri Lankan Moors
demographics1_info2112,276 (9.22%)
demographics1_title3Sri Lankan Tamil
demographics1_info324,362 (2.00%)
demographics1_title4Indian Tamil
demographics1_info423,611 (1.94%)
demographics1_title5Other
demographics1_info52,020 (0.17%)
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demographics2_title1Buddhist
demographics2_info11,016,632 (83.52%)
demographics2_title2Muslim
demographics2_info2114,422 (9.40%)
demographics2_title3Christian
demographics2_info346,109 (3.79%)
demographics2_title4Hindu
demographics2_info439,773 (3.27%)
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postal_code12000-12999
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களுத்துறை மாவட்டம் | * Panadura | * Beruwala}} Kalutara District (; Kaḷuttuṟai Māvaṭṭam) 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 Kalutara .

Geography

Kalutara District is located in the south-west of Sri Lanka and has an area of 1598 km2. It is bounded by Colombo District in the north, Ratnapura District in the east, Galle District in the south, and the Indian Ocean in the west.

Administrative units

Kalutara 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 762 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).

DS DivisionMain TownDivisional SecretaryGN
Divisions
Area
(km2)
Population (2012 Census)Population
Density
(/km2)Sinhalesestyle="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;"Sri Lankan Moorsstyle="width:70px;"Sri Lankan
Tamilstyle="width:70px;"Indian
Tamilstyle="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;"Otherstyle="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;"Total
AgalawattaAgalawattaH. A. K. Pushpakumara348835,45671102
BandaragamaBandaragamaM. A. T. Senarath595696,03211,887364
BeruwalaBeruwalaJanaka Sri Chandaguptha8269105,35156,7411,543
BulathsinhalaBulathsinhalaIrangani Weerasinghe5420654,6352,2234,236
DodangodaDodangodaThilanka Wettasinha4511456,405353,636
HoranaHoranaK. A. D. R. N. Jayasinghe61109110,12294698
IngiriyaIngiriyaChampa Upasena319048,155131,978
KalutaraKalutaraWimal Gunathunga8769144,45712,4281,844
MadurawelaMadurawelaMenaka Priyantha Abeyrathna335931,3459506
MatugamaMatugamaW. S. M. K. Silva5712870,6122,8195,325
MillaniyaMillaniyaWimal Gunathunga448150,4654180
PalindanuwaraBaduraliyaTharani Anoja Gamage4327645,4925771,755
PanaduraPanaduraK. G. Wijayasiri7244153,84025,3281,556
WalallavitaWalallavitaDashitha Niroshana6020952,62410739
Total7621,5981,054,991112,27624,36223,6112,020

Demographics

Population

Kalutara District's population was 1,217,260 in 2012. The majority of the population are Sinhalese, with a minority Sri Lankan Moor and Sri Lankan Tamil population.

Ethnicity

| other-label = Others | other-color = grey

YearSinhaleseSri Lankan MoorsSri Lankan TamilIndian TamilOtherTotal
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;"%
1946 Censusn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
1953 Censusn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
1963 Censusn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
1971 Censusn/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
1981 Census723,48387.20%61,1597.37%9,7441.17%33,659
2001 Census928,91487.12%93,2938.75%12,6651.19%28,895
2012 Census1,054,99186.67%112,2769.22%24,3622.00%23,611

Religion

YearBuddhistMuslimChristianHinduOtherTotal
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 Census699,61384.32%62,6597.55%30,1213.63%37,035
2001 Census883,96882.91%105,9579.94%41,2143.87%34,678
2012 Census1,016,63283.52%114,4229.40%46,1093.79%39,773

Notes

References

References

  1. "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  2. "Overview". Kalutara District Secretariat.
  3. "Grama Niladhari Divisions". Kalutara District Secretariat.
  4. "Land area by province, district and divisional secretariat division". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  5. "A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  6. (2024). "Population by ethnicity according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024".
  7. "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  8. "Census of Population Sri Lanka 1971 - General Report". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  9. "Population by ethnic group and district, Census 1981, 2001". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  10. (2024). "Population by religion according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024".
  11. "A3 : Population by religion according to districts, 2012". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  12. "Population by religion and district, Census 1981, 2001". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
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