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Vavuniya

District in Sri Lanka

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NameStatusNativePopulation
Census
2001-07-17
Population
Census
2012-03-20
Population
Census
2024-12-19
VavuniyaDistrictවවුනියාව / வவுனியா149,835172,115172,312
VavuniyaDivisional Secretariatවවුනියාව / வவூனியா116,441117,533116,991
Vavuniya NorthDivisional Secretariatවවුනියාව උතුර / வவூனியா வடக்கு...11,57814,709
Vavuniya SouthDivisional Secretariatවවුනියාව දකුණ / வவூனியா தெற்கு11,00013,11814,842
VengalacheddikulamDivisional Secretariatවෙන්ගලචෙඩ්ඩිකුලම / வெண்கலச்செட்டிக்குளம்...29,88625,770
Sri LankaRepublicශ්‍රී ලංකාව / இலங்கை18,797,25720,359,43921,781,800

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)
Males82,831
Females89,481
Age Groups (C 2024)
0-14 years38,718
15-64 years117,403
65+ years16,191
Ethnic Group (C 2024)
Sinhalese18,575
Sri Lankan Tamil135,164
Indian Tamil1,625
Sri Lankan Moor16,632
Other ethnic group316
Religion (C 2024)
Buddhists18,292
Hindus114,504
Muslims17,775
Christians21,680
Other religion61

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