Administrative Division of Sri Lanka: Districts and Divisional Secretariats

Contents: Districts and Divisional Secretariats

The population of the districts and divisional secretariats of Sri Lanka.

Name	Status	Population census 2001-07-17	Population census 2012-03-20
Ampara	District	592,997	648,057	o
Addalachchenai	Divisional Secretariat	36,020	42,165	o
Akkaraipattu	Divisional Secretariat	34,939	39,223	o
Alayadiwembu	Divisional Secretariat	22,627	22,411	o
Ampara	Divisional Secretariat	38,166	43,720	o
Damana	Divisional Secretariat	35,343	38,489	o
Dehiattakandiya	Divisional Secretariat	63,908	59,628	o
Eragama	Divisional Secretariat	11,344	14,373	o
Kalmunai (incl. Tamil Division with 29,713 pop. in 2011)	Divisional Secretariat	70,465	74,222	o
Karativu	Divisional Secretariat	16,365	16,781	o
Lahugala	Divisional Secretariat	7,623	8,900	o
Mahaoya	Divisional Secretariat	18,123	20,715	o
Navithanveli	Divisional Secretariat	17,065	18,672	o
Ninthavur	Divisional Secretariat	24,625	26,329	o
Padiyathalawa	Divisional Secretariat	15,971	18,209	o
Pothuvil	Divisional Secretariat	28,480	34,749	o
Sainthamarathu	Divisional Secretariat	24,114	25,412	o
Samanthurai	Divisional Secretariat	51,510	60,596	o
Thirukkovil	Divisional Secretariat	23,700	25,187	o
Uhana	Divisional Secretariat	52,609	58,276	o
Anuradhapura	District	745,693	856,232	o
Galenbindunuwewa	Divisional Secretariat	40,888	46,527	o
Galnewa	Divisional Secretariat	30,344	34,718	o
Horowpothana	Divisional Secretariat	29,642	36,714	o
Ipalogama	Divisional Secretariat	32,933	38,688	o
Kahatagasdigiliya	Divisional Secretariat	33,572	40,137	o
Kebithigollewa	Divisional Secretariat	19,457	22,227	o
Kekirawa	Divisional Secretariat	52,107	58,879	o
Maha Vilachchiya	Divisional Secretariat	18,557	22,183	o
Medawachchiya	Divisional Secretariat	40,469	46,743	o
Mihinthale	Divisional Secretariat	26,786	35,160	o
Nachchadoowa	Divisional Secretariat	21,772	25,259	o
Nochchiyagama	Divisional Secretariat	41,601	49,730	o
Nuwaragam Palatha Central	Divisional Secretariat	53,665	60,828	o
Nuwaragam Palatha East	Divisional Secretariat	65,671	69,590	o
Padaviya	Divisional Secretariat	21,146	22,924	o
Palagala	Divisional Secretariat	29,837	33,740	o
Palugaswewa	Divisional Secretariat	14,635	15,557	o
Rajanganaya	Divisional Secretariat	30,186	33,434	o
Rambewa	Divisional Secretariat	31,604	36,426	o
Thalawa	Divisional Secretariat	50,919	57,663	o
Thambuttegama	Divisional Secretariat	36,524	42,143	o
Thirappane	Divisional Secretariat	23,378	26,962	o
Badulla	District	779,983	811,758	o
Badulla	Divisional Secretariat	70,230	74,751	o
Bandarawela	Divisional Secretariat	60,269	65,111	o
Ella	Divisional Secretariat	42,894	44,763	o
Haldummulla	Divisional Secretariat	38,223	37,482	o
Hali-Ela	Divisional Secretariat	87,476	90,179	o
Haputale	Divisional Secretariat	50,735	48,485	o
Kandaketiya	Divisional Secretariat	22,494	23,189	o
Lunugala	Divisional Secretariat	33,079	31,092	o
Mahiyanganaya	Divisional Secretariat	67,301	75,327	o
Meegahakivula	Divisional Secretariat	18,650	19,540	o
Passara	Divisional Secretariat	49,190	48,576	o
Rideemaliyadda	Divisional Secretariat	45,759	51,435	o
Soranathota	Divisional Secretariat	22,760	22,495	o
Uva Paranagama	Divisional Secretariat	76,524	78,899	o
Welimada	Divisional Secretariat	94,399	100,434	o
Batticaloa	District	486,447	525,142	o
Eravur Pattu	Divisional Secretariat	...	75,136	o
Eravur Town	Divisional Secretariat	22,133	24,632	o
Kattankudy	Divisional Secretariat	35,088	40,237	o
Koralai Pattu (Valachenai)	Divisional Secretariat	...	23,317	o
Koralai Pattu Central	Divisional Secretariat	...	25,643	o
Koralai Pattu North (Vaharai)	Divisional Secretariat	...	21,512	o
Koralai Pattu South	Divisional Secretariat	...	26,061	o
Koralai Pattu West (Oddamavadi)	Divisional Secretariat	...	22,144	o
Manmunai North	Divisional Secretariat	80,313	86,028	o
Manmunai Pattu (Araipattai)	Divisional Secretariat	25,908	30,583	o
Manmunai South & Eruvil Pattu	Divisional Secretariat	53,896	60,694	o
Manmunai South-West	Divisional Secretariat	...	24,673	o
Manmunai West	Divisional Secretariat	...	28,392	o
Porativu Pattu	Divisional Secretariat	...	36,090	o
Colombo	District	2,251,274	2,309,809	o
Colombo	Divisional Secretariat	380,946	318,048	o
Dehiwala	Divisional Secretariat	101,830	87,834	o
Hanwella	Divisional Secretariat	94,001	113,477	o
Homagama	Divisional Secretariat	186,050	236,179	o
Kaduwela	Divisional Secretariat	209,251	252,057	o
Kesbewa	Divisional Secretariat	209,619	244,062	o
Kolonnawa	Divisional Secretariat	161,247	190,817	o
Maharagama	Divisional Secretariat	185,193	195,355	o
Moratuwa	Divisional Secretariat	177,563	167,160	o
Padukka	Divisional Secretariat	54,338	65,167	o
Rathmalana	Divisional Secretariat	108,716	95,162	o
Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte	Divisional Secretariat	116,366	107,508	o
Thimbirigasyaya	Divisional Secretariat	266,154	236,983	o
Galle	District	990,487	1,058,771	o
Akmeemana	Divisional Secretariat	63,881	78,051	o
Ambalangoda	Divisional Secretariat	...	56,783	o
Baddegama	Divisional Secretariat	68,634	74,732	o
Balapitiya	Divisional Secretariat	65,346	67,207	o
Benthota	Divisional Secretariat	46,442	49,733	o
Bope-Poddala	Divisional Secretariat	41,612	50,050	o
Elpitiya	Divisional Secretariat	60,292	64,418	o
Galle Four Gravets	Divisional Secretariat	103,246	101,159	o
Gonapinuwala	Divisional Secretariat	...	21,686	o
Habaraduwa	Divisional Secretariat	59,041	62,095	o
Hikkaduwa	Divisional Secretariat	98,589	101,382	o
Imaduwa	Divisional Secretariat	39,944	44,703	o
Karandeniya	Divisional Secretariat	56,128	62,278	o
Nagoda	Divisional Secretariat	52,414	53,467	o
Neluwa	Divisional Secretariat	27,501	28,541	o
Niyagama	Divisional Secretariat	34,330	35,238	o
Thawalama	Divisional Secretariat	31,803	32,442	o
Welivitiya-Divithura	Divisional Secretariat	26,599	29,123	o
Yakkalamulla	Divisional Secretariat	43,638	45,683	o
Gampaha	District	2,063,684	2,294,641	o
Attanagalla	Divisional Secretariat	154,967	178,816	o
Biyagama	Divisional Secretariat	161,300	186,862	o
Divulapitiya	Divisional Secretariat	128,048	143,871	o
Dompe	Divisional Secretariat	130,021	153,137	o
Gampaha	Divisional Secretariat	171,040	196,445	o
Ja-Ela	Divisional Secretariat	184,666	201,154	o
Katana	Divisional Secretariat	222,683	233,854	o
Kelaniya	Divisional Secretariat	134,364	134,693	o
Mahara	Divisional Secretariat	176,870	207,230	o
Minuwangoda	Divisional Secretariat	151,661	178,401	o
Mirigama	Divisional Secretariat	143,663	164,166	o
Negombo	Divisional Secretariat	144,274	141,676	o
Wattala	Divisional Secretariat	160,127	174,336	o
Hambantota	District	526,414	596,617	o
Ambalantota	Divisional Secretariat	64,361	72,664	o
Angunakolapelessa	Divisional Secretariat	42,426	48,010	o
Beliatta	Divisional Secretariat	52,283	55,743	o
Hambantota	Divisional Secretariat	46,757	57,053	o
Katuwana	Divisional Secretariat	...	46,548	o
Lunugamvehera	Divisional Secretariat	25,226	31,424	o
Okewela	Divisional Secretariat	18,247	18,919	o
Sooriyawewa	Divisional Secretariat	35,529	43,002	o
Tangalle	Divisional Secretariat	62,800	71,920	o
Thissamaharama	Divisional Secretariat	60,982	67,805	o
Walasmulla	Divisional Secretariat	...	42,099	o
Weeraketiya	Divisional Secretariat	...	41,430	o
Jaffna	District	490,621	583,378	o
Delft	Divisional Secretariat	...	3,819	o
Islands North (Kayts)	Divisional Secretariat	...	9,997	o
Islands South (Velanai)	Divisional Secretariat	...	16,525	o
Jaffna	Divisional Secretariat	...	50,759	o
Karainagar	Divisional Secretariat	...	9,544	o
Nallur	Divisional Secretariat	...	68,048	o
Thenmaradchi (Chavakachcheri)	Divisional Secretariat	...	64,685	o
Vadamaradchi (Point Pedro)	Divisional Secretariat	...	47,389	o
Vadamaradchi East (Maruthnkerny)	Divisional Secretariat	...	12,738	o
Vadamaradchi South-West (Karaveddy)	Divisional Secretariat	...	45,628	o
Valikamam East (Kopay)	Divisional Secretariat	...	73,298	o
Valikamam North (Tellippalai)	Divisional Secretariat	...	29,546	o
Valikamam South (Uduvil)	Divisional Secretariat	...	52,833	o
Valikamam South-West (Sandilipay)	Divisional Secretariat	...	52,226	o
Valikamam West (Chankanai)	Divisional Secretariat	...	46,343	o
Kalutara	District	1,066,239	1,217,260	o
Agalawatta	Divisional Secretariat	33,962	36,456	o
Bandaragama	Divisional Secretariat	86,886	108,889	o
Beruwala	Divisional Secretariat	144,733	164,507	o
Bulathsinhala	Divisional Secretariat	59,787	64,635	o
Dodangoda	Divisional Secretariat	55,052	63,705	o
Horana	Divisional Secretariat	90,690	112,441	o
Ingiriya	Divisional Secretariat	45,726	53,645	o
Kalutara	Divisional Secretariat	141,829	159,225	o
Madurawala	Divisional Secretariat	29,750	34,245	o
Mathugama	Divisional Secretariat	73,269	81,064	o
Millaniya	Divisional Secretariat	44,476	52,078	o
Palindanuwara	Divisional Secretariat	45,911	50,382	o
Panadura	Divisional Secretariat	163,492	181,724	o
Walallavita	Divisional Secretariat	50,676	54,264	o
Kandy	District	1,279,028	1,369,899	o
Akurana	Divisional Secretariat	55,744	63,195	o
Delthota	Divisional Secretariat	29,917	30,169	o
Doluwa	Divisional Secretariat	45,270	49,480	o
Ganga Ihala Korale	Divisional Secretariat	51,130	54,674	o
Harispattuwa	Divisional Secretariat	78,880	88,002	o
Hatharaliyadda	Divisional Secretariat	29,107	29,866	o
Kandy Four Gravets & Gangawata Korale	Divisional Secretariat	160,630	157,330	o
Kundasale	Divisional Secretariat	107,180	127,278	o
Medadumbara	Divisional Secretariat	58,721	60,783	o
Minipe	Divisional Secretariat	48,338	51,577	o
Panvila	Divisional Secretariat	26,680	26,186	o
Pasbage Korale	Divisional Secretariat	57,365	59,662	o
Pathadumbara	Divisional Secretariat	80,558	88,599	o
Pathahewaheta	Divisional Secretariat	53,843	58,031	o
Poojapitiya	Divisional Secretariat	54,172	57,879	o
Thumpane	Divisional Secretariat	35,447	37,356	o
Udadumbara	Divisional Secretariat	22,831	22,408	o
Udapalatha	Divisional Secretariat	86,145	91,230	o
Udunuwara	Divisional Secretariat	99,235	110,232	o
Yatinuwara	Divisional Secretariat	97,835	105,962	o
Kegalle	District	785,524	836,603	o
Aranayaka	Divisional Secretariat	66,198	68,147	o
Bulathkohupitiya	Divisional Secretariat	45,573	46,813	o
Dehiovita	Divisional Secretariat	73,991	81,441	o
Deraniyagala	Divisional Secretariat	44,735	45,479	o
Galigamuwa	Divisional Secretariat	69,104	73,942	o
Kegalle	Divisional Secretariat	87,637	90,494	o
Mawanella	Divisional Secretariat	100,192	111,307	o
Rambukkana	Divisional Secretariat	75,925	82,373	o
Ruwanwella	Divisional Secretariat	58,892	63,313	o
Warakapola	Divisional Secretariat	106,038	112,583	o
Yatiyanthota	Divisional Secretariat	57,239	60,711	o
Kilinochchi	District	127,263	112,875	o
Kandavalai	Divisional Secretariat	...	23,003	o
Karachchi	Divisional Secretariat	...	61,137	o
Pachchilaipalli	Divisional Secretariat	...	8,510	o
Poonakary	Divisional Secretariat	...	20,225	o
Kurunegala	District	1,460,215	1,610,299	o
Alawwa	Divisional Secretariat	59,082	63,381	o
Ambanpola	Divisional Secretariat	19,964	22,833	o
Bamunakotuwa	Divisional Secretariat	20,702	36,023	o
Bingiriya	Divisional Secretariat	55,763	61,976	o
Ehetuwewa	Divisional Secretariat	23,076	25,695	o
Galgamuwa	Divisional Secretariat	47,844	54,910	o
Ganewatta	Divisional Secretariat	36,812	39,909	o
Giribawa	Divisional Secretariat	28,093	31,320	o
Ibbagamuwa	Divisional Secretariat	76,344	84,083	o
Kobeigane	Divisional Secretariat	32,230	35,797	o
Kotavehera	Divisional Secretariat	19,273	21,171	o
Kuliyapitiya East	Divisional Secretariat	46,966	53,827	o
Kuliyapitiya West	Divisional Secretariat	71,483	77,222	o
Kurunegala	Divisional Secretariat	88,944	80,395	o
Mahawa	Divisional Secretariat	50,576	56,985	o
Mallawapitiya	Divisional Secretariat	46,575	52,398	o
Maspotha	Divisional Secretariat	18,850	34,116	o
Mawathagama	Divisional Secretariat	56,820	65,555	o
Narammala	Divisional Secretariat	51,244	55,931	o
Nikaweratiya	Divisional Secretariat	36,370	40,203	o
Panduwasnuwara	Divisional Secretariat	69,888	63,492	o
Panduwasnuwara East (Katupotha)	Divisional Secretariat	27,575	32,291	o
Pannala	Divisional Secretariat	114,438	123,551	o
Polgahawela	Divisional Secretariat	58,762	64,917	o
Polpithigama	Divisional Secretariat	67,263	75,119	o
Rasnayakapura	Divisional Secretariat	18,814	21,838	o
Rideegama	Divisional Secretariat	80,473	88,076	o
Udubaddawa	Divisional Secretariat	48,800	51,972	o
Wariyapola	Divisional Secretariat	56,880	61,141	o
Weerambugedara	Divisional Secretariat	30,311	34,172	o
Mannar	District	151,577	99,051	o
Madhu	Divisional Secretariat	...	7,631	o
Mannar Town	Divisional Secretariat	...	50,937	o
Manthai West	Divisional Secretariat	...	14,630	o
Musalai	Divisional Secretariat	...	8,009	o
Nanaddan	Divisional Secretariat	...	17,844	o
Matale	District	441,328	482,229	o
Ambaganga Korale	Divisional Secretariat	15,515	15,567	o
Dambulla	Divisional Secretariat	60,976	72,082	o
Galewela	Divisional Secretariat	61,842	69,715	o
Laggala-Pallegama	Divisional Secretariat	12,399	12,087	o
Matale	Divisional Secretariat	68,451	74,529	o
Naula	Divisional Secretariat	28,157	30,652	o
Pallepola	Divisional Secretariat	27,520	29,488	o
Rattota	Divisional Secretariat	49,382	51,156	o
Ukuwela	Divisional Secretariat	61,568	67,542	o
Wilgamuwa	Divisional Secretariat	26,870	29,298	o
Yatawatta	Divisional Secretariat	28,648	30,113	o
Matara	District	761,370	809,344	o
Akuressa	Divisional Secretariat	49,806	52,676	o
Athuraliya	Divisional Secretariat	30,179	32,173	o
Devinuwara	Divisional Secretariat	44,199	47,979	o
Dickwella	Divisional Secretariat	51,314	54,370	o
Hakmana	Divisional Secretariat	30,201	31,464	o
Kamburupitiya	Divisional Secretariat	37,347	40,803	o
Kirinda Puhulwella	Divisional Secretariat	19,483	20,135	o
Kotapola	Divisional Secretariat	64,012	63,072	o
Malimbada	Divisional Secretariat	31,524	34,735	o
Matara Four Gravets	Divisional Secretariat	108,238	114,970	o
Mulatiyana	Divisional Secretariat	46,066	49,943	o
Pasgoda	Divisional Secretariat	56,142	58,869	o
Pitabeddara	Divisional Secretariat	49,320	50,827	o
Thihagoda	Divisional Secretariat	30,909	33,202	o
Weligama	Divisional Secretariat	66,459	72,511	o
Welipitiya	Divisional Secretariat	46,171	51,615	o
Moneragala	District	397,375	448,142	o
Badalkumbura	Divisional Secretariat	36,784	39,880	o
Bibile	Divisional Secretariat	35,490	40,132	o
Buttala	Divisional Secretariat	47,324	52,476	o
Katharagama	Divisional Secretariat	16,297	18,148	o
Madulla	Divisional Secretariat	28,358	31,188	o
Medagama	Divisional Secretariat	32,467	35,611	o
Moneragala	Divisional Secretariat	42,457	49,631	o
Sevanagala	Divisional Secretariat	36,820	41,639	o
Siyambalanduwa	Divisional Secretariat	47,438	53,059	o
Thanamalvila	Divisional Secretariat	23,172	26,608	o
Wellawaya	Divisional Secretariat	50,768	59,770	o
Mullaitivu	District	121,667	91,947	o
Manthai East (Pandiyankulam)	Divisional Secretariat	...	6,929	o
Maritimepattu	Divisional Secretariat	...	28,909	o
Oddusuddan	Divisional Secretariat	...	15,658	o
Puthukudiyiruppu	Divisional Secretariat	...	23,770	o
Thunukkai	Divisional Secretariat	...	9,732	o
Welioya	Divisional Secretariat	...	6,949	o
Nuwara Eliya	District	703,610	706,588	o
Ambagamuwa	Divisional Secretariat	203,717	203,976	o
Hanguranketha	Divisional Secretariat	87,760	88,055	o
Kothmale	Divisional Secretariat	97,509	100,437	o
Nuwara Eliya	Divisional Secretariat	208,190	210,968	o
Walapane	Divisional Secretariat	106,434	103,152	o
Polonnaruwa	District	358,984	403,335	o
Dimbulagala	Divisional Secretariat	63,349	79,234	o
Elahera	Divisional Secretariat	39,908	43,499	o
Hingurakgoda	Divisional Secretariat	60,869	63,720	o
Lankapura	Divisional Secretariat	33,676	36,424	o
Medirigiriya	Divisional Secretariat	57,899	64,926	o
Thamankaduwa	Divisional Secretariat	74,224	82,138	o
Welikanda	Divisional Secretariat	29,059	33,394	o
Puttalam	District	709,677	759,776	o
Anamaduwa	Divisional Secretariat	33,302	38,171	o
Arachchikattuwa	Divisional Secretariat	38,092	40,737	o
Chilaw	Divisional Secretariat	59,890	62,475	o
Dankotuwa	Divisional Secretariat	59,386	62,196	o
Kalpitiya	Divisional Secretariat	81,780	86,019	o
Karuwalagaswewa	Divisional Secretariat	20,225	23,376	o
Madampe	Divisional Secretariat	43,522	47,832	o
Mahakumbukkadawala	Divisional Secretariat	16,905	18,576	o
Mahawewa	Divisional Secretariat	48,861	50,628	o
Mundalama	Divisional Secretariat	56,294	61,374	o
Nattandiya	Divisional Secretariat	57,686	62,106	o
Nawagattegama	Divisional Secretariat	12,956	14,412	o
Pallama	Divisional Secretariat	22,410	24,379	o
Puttalam	Divisional Secretariat	71,091	82,041	o
Vanathavilluwa	Divisional Secretariat	16,460	17,399	o
Wennappuwa	Divisional Secretariat	70,817	68,055	o
Ratnapura	District	1,015,807	1,082,277	o
Ayagama	Divisional Secretariat	28,637	30,584	o
Balangoda	Divisional Secretariat	77,303	81,105	o
Eheliyagoda	Divisional Secretariat	63,870	70,713	o
Elapatha	Divisional Secretariat	36,322	37,606	o
Embilipitiya	Divisional Secretariat	119,563	133,600	o
Godakawela	Divisional Secretariat	69,123	75,885	o
Imbulpe	Divisional Secretariat	55,546	59,283	o
Kahawatta	Divisional Secretariat	42,468	43,026	o
Kalawana	Divisional Secretariat	48,669	50,968	o
Kiriella	Divisional Secretariat	30,881	32,457	o
Kolonna	Divisional Secretariat	43,693	45,709	o
Kuruvita	Divisional Secretariat	85,882	95,280	o
Nivithigala	Divisional Secretariat	59,092	59,973	o
Opanayaka	Divisional Secretariat	25,470	26,531	o
Pelmadulla	Divisional Secretariat	84,966	89,411	o
Ratnapura	Divisional Secretariat	115,223	119,368	o
Weligepola	Divisional Secretariat	29,099	30,778	o
Trincomalee	District	340,158	378,182	o
Gomarankadawala	Divisional Secretariat	5,174	7,339	o
Kantalai	Divisional Secretariat	41,139	46,641	o
Kinniya	Divisional Secretariat	55,468	64,451	o
Kuchchaveli	Divisional Secretariat	21,590	33,100	o
Morawewa	Divisional Secretariat	4,877	7,946	o
Muttur	Divisional Secretariat	...	56,379	o
Padavi Sri Pura	Divisional Secretariat	10,996	11,858	o
Seruvila	Divisional Secretariat	...	13,546	o
Thambalagamuwa	Divisional Secretariat	25,538	28,356	o
Trincomalee Town and Gravets	Divisional Secretariat	...	97,234	o
Verugal (Echchilampattai)	Divisional Secretariat	...	11,332	o
Vavuniya	District	149,835	171,511	o
Vavuniya	Divisional Secretariat	116,441	117,153	o
Vavuniya North	Divisional Secretariat	...	11,518	o
Vavuniya South	Divisional Secretariat	11,000	13,070	o
Vengalacheddiculam	Divisional Secretariat	...	29,770	o

Source: Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka (web).

2012-10-13WWW.CITYPOPULATION.DE

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Contents: Districts and Divisional Secretariats