Matale

District in Sri Lanka

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Name	Status	Native	Population Census 2001-07-17	Population Census 2012-03-20	Population Census 2024-12-19
Matale	District	මාතලේ / மாத்தளை	441,328	484,531	526,870
Ambanganga Korale	Divisional Secretariat	අඹන්ගඟ කෝරළේ / அம்பன்கங்க கோரளை	15,515	15,643	15,876	→
Dambulla	Divisional Secretariat	දඹුල්ල / தம்புல்ல	60,976	72,306	81,239	→
Galewela	Divisional Secretariat	ගලේවෙල / கலேவெல	61,842	70,042	78,639	→
Laggala-Pallegama	Divisional Secretariat	ලග්ගල-පල්ලේගම / லக்கல பல்லேகம	12,399	12,110	16,300	→
Matale	Divisional Secretariat	මාතලේ / மாத்தளை	68,451	74,864	80,376	→
Naula	Divisional Secretariat	නාඋල / நாவூல	28,157	30,884	30,718	→
Pallepola	Divisional Secretariat	පල්ලේපොල / பல்லேபொல	27,520	29,565	31,629	→
Rattota	Divisional Secretariat	රත්තොට / ரத்தொட்ட	49,382	51,354	53,650	→
Ukuwela	Divisional Secretariat	උකුවෙල / உகுவெல	61,568	68,027	72,313	→
Wilgamuwa	Divisional Secretariat	විල්ගමුව / வில்கமுவ	26,870	29,494	33,715	→
Yatawatta	Divisional Secretariat	යටවත්ත / யட்டவத்த	28,648	30,242	32,415	→
Sri Lanka	Republic	ශ්‍රී ලංකාව / இலங்கை	18,797,257	20,359,439	21,781,800

Source: Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.

Explanation: The area figures of divisional secretariats are calculated from geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2024)
Males	255,221
Females	271,649

Age Groups (C 2024)
0-14 years	115,358
15-64 years	344,001
65+ years	67,511

Ethnic Group (C 2024)
Sinhalese	424,788
Sri Lankan Tamil	42,172
Indian Tamil	7,716
Sri Lankan Moor	51,471
Other ethnic group	723

Religion (C 2024)
Buddhists	418,608
Hindus	46,181
Muslims	52,224
Christians	9,823
Other religion	34

Located in:

Central province