Kandy District
මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය கண்டி மாவட்டம் | |
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Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.250°N 80.750°E | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Province | Central Province |
Largest City | Kandy |
Large Towns | List |
Divisions | List
|
Government | |
• District Secretary | Mr. Chandana Tennakoon |
• Local | List
|
Area | |
• Administrative District | 1,940 km2 (750 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,917 km2 (740 sq mi) |
• Water | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[1] | |
• Administrative District | 1,369,899 |
• Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
• Urban | 170,544 (12.4%) |
• Rural | 1,119,221 (81.4%) |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
ISO 3166 code | LK-21 |
Website | District Secretariat - Kandy |
Kandy District (Sinhala: මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය, Tamil: கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka.[2] Its area is 1,940 km2 (750 sq mi).
Administrative divisions
DS Division | Area (km2) [3] |
Population (2019 Census)[4] | Population Density (/km2) |
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Akurana | 31 | 68,018 | 2,194 |
Delthota | 49 | 32,557 | 664 |
Doluwa | 95 | 53,475 | 563 |
Ganga Ihala Korale | 94 | 59,281 | 631 |
Gagawata Korale[5] | 59 | 170,118 | 2,883 |
Harispattuwa | 49 | 94,604 | 1,931 |
Hatharaliyadda | 62 | 32,172 | 519 |
Kundasale | 81 | 136,332 | 1,683 |
Medadumbara - Teldeniya | 196 | 65,482 | 334 |
Minipe | 250 | 55,665 | 223 |
Panvila | 93 | 28,210 | 303 |
Pasbage Korale | 122 | 64,284 | 527 |
Pathadumbara | 51 | 95,192 | 1,867 |
Pathahewaheta | 84 | 62,429 | 743 |
Poojapitiya | 59 | 62,135 | 1,053 |
Thumpane | 54 | 40,386 | 748 |
Udapalatha | 94 | 98,401 | 1,047 |
Ududumbara | 277 | 24,145 | 87 |
Udunuwara | 68 | 118,988 | 1,750 |
Yatinuwara | 72 | 113,755 | 1,580 |
Total | 1,940 | 1,475,627 | 761 |
Ethnic groups and religion
Religion in Kandy District (2011)[1]
Buddhism (73.4%)
Islam (13.98%)
Hinduism (10.46%)
Christianity (2.5%)
Ethnic groups | |||
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Sinhalese | 947,900 | (74%) | |
Sri Lankan Moor | 169,968 | (13.27%) | |
Indian Tamil | 103,622 | (8.09%) | |
Sri Lankan Tamil | 52,052 | (4.06%) | |
Sri Lankan Malay | 2,668 | (0.21%) | |
Burgher | 2,128 | (0.17%) | |
Other | 2,609 | (0.2%) |
Religions | |||
---|---|---|---|
Buddhism | 937,001 | (72.92%) | |
Islam | 179,590 | (13.98%) | |
Hinduism | 134,438 | (10.46%) | |
Roman Catholic | 23,232 | (1.81%) | |
Other Christian | 10,330 | (0.8%) | |
Other | 437 | (0.03%) |
Major cities
City | Population |
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Kandy | 98,828 |
Gampola | 38,871 |
Nawalapitiya | 13,338 |
Teldeniya | 13,059 |
Kadugannawa | 12,654 |
Wattegama | 8,157 |
Suburbs of city of Kandy
Big towns
- Gampola urban council
- Nawalapitiya UC
Other towns
- Akurana
- Alawatugoda
- Ankubura
- Ambatenna
- Daskara
- Daulagala
- Galagedara
- Galhinna
- Gelioya
- Hanguranketa
- Hapugastalawa
- Kadugannawa UC
- Katugastota
- Kundasale
- Madawala
- Menikdiwela
- Pilimatalawa
- Pussellawa
- Talatuoya
- Teldeniya
- Ulapane
- Watadeniya
- Wattegama UC
- Welamboda
- Weligalla
- Udadumbara
References
- ^ a b Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011 Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "District Secretariat - Kandy". www.kandy.dist.gov.lk. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Land area by province, district and divisional secretariat division" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2019. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Population and Population Density by D.S. Division - 2019" (PDF). Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Administrative Structure by D.S. Division - 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/abstract2019/CHAP2/2.4