Kalutara District
කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
களுத்துறை மாவட்டம்
Ingiriya
Location within Sri Lanka
Location within Sri Lanka
Coordinates: 06°35′N 80°10′E / 6.583°N 80.167°E / 6.583; 80.167
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern
CapitalKalutara
Largest CityKalutara
Major Cities
List
DS Division
Government
  District SecretaryS. K. Henadeera
Area
  Total1,598 km2 (617 sq mi)
  Land1,576 km2 (608 sq mi)
  Water22 km2 (8 sq mi)  1.38%
  Rank20th (2.44% of total area)
Population
 (2012 census)[2]
  Total1,217,260
  Rank5th (6.01% of total pop.)
  Density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity
(2012 census)[2]
  Sinhalese1,054,991 (86.67%)
  Sri Lankan Moors112,276 (9.22%)
  Sri Lankan Tamil24,362 (2.00%)
  Indian Tamil23,611 (1.94%)
  Other2,020 (0.17%)
Religion
(2012 census)[3]
  Buddhist1,016,632 (83.52%)
  Muslim114,422 (9.40%)
  Christian46,109 (3.79%)
  Hindu39,773 (3.27%)
  Other324 (0.03%)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Post Codes
12000-12999
Telephone Codes034, 038
ISO 3166 codeLK-13
Vehicle registrationWP
Official LanguagesSinhala, Tamil
WebsiteKalutara District Secretariat

Kalutara District (Sinhala: කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; Tamil: களுத்துறை மாவட்டம் 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 1,598 square kilometres (617 sq mi).[1] It is bounded by Colombo District from north, Ratnapura District from east, Galle District from south, and by the Indian Ocean from west.[4]

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).[5] The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 762 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).[5]

DS Division Main Town Divisional Secretary GN
Divisions
[5]
Area
(km2)
[6]
Population (2012 Census)[7] Population
Density
(/km2)
SinhaleseSri Lankan MoorsSri Lankan
Tamil
Indian
Tamil
OtherTotal
AgalawattaAgalawattaH. A. K. Pushpakumara348835,456711028101736,456414
BandaragamaBandaragamaM. A. T. Senarath595696,03211,887364378228108,8891,944
BeruwalaBeruwalaJanaka Sri Chandaguptha8269105,35156,7411,543666206164,5072,384
BulathsinhalaBulathsinhalaIrangani Weerasinghe5420654,6352,2234,2363,5132864,635314
DodangodaDodangodaThilanka Wettasinha4511456,405353,6363,5834663,705559
HoranaHoranaK. A. D. R. N. Jayasinghe61109110,122946981,329198112,4411,032
IngiriyaIngiriyaChampa Upasena319048,155131,9783,4524753,645596
KalutaraKalutaraWimal Gunathunga8769144,45712,4281,844159337159,2252,308
MadurawelaMadurawelaMenaka Priyantha Abeyrathna335931,34595062,3632234,245580
MatugamaMatugamaW. S. M. K. Silva5712870,6122,8195,3252,2099981,064633
MillaniyaMillaniyaWimal Gunathunga448150,46541801,4613152,078643
PalindanuwaraBaduraliyaTharani Anoja Gamage4327645,4925771,7552,5481050,382183
PanaduraPanaduraK. G. Wijayasiri7244153,84025,3281,556263737181,7244,130
WalallavitaWalallavitaDashitha Niroshana6020952,624107398771454,264260
Total7621,5981,054,991112,27624,36223,6112,0201,217,260762

Demographics

Population

Kalutara District's population was 1,217,260 in 2012.[2] The majority of the population are Sinhalese, with a minority Sri Lankan Moor and Sri Lankan Tamil population.

Ethnicity

Population of Kalutara District by ethnic group 1946 to 2012[2][8][9]
Year Sinhalese Sri Lankan Moors Sri Lankan Tamil Indian Tamil Other Total
No.
No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%
1946 Censusn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a456,572
1953 Censusn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a523,550
1963 Censusn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a631,457
1971 Censusn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a729,514
1981 Census723,48387.20%61,1597.37%9,7441.17%33,6594.06%1,6590.20%829,704
2001 Census928,91487.12%93,2938.75%12,6651.19%28,8952.71%2,4720.23%1,066,239
2012 Census1,054,99186.67%112,2769.22%24,3622.00%23,6111.94%2,0200.17%1,217,260

Religion

Religion in Kalutara District (2011)[10]

  Buddhism (83.5%)
  Islam (9.4%)
  Christianity (3.8%)
  Hinduism (3.3%)
Population of Kalutara District by religion 1981 to 2012[3][11]
Year Buddhist Muslim Christian[lower-alpha 1] Hindu Other Total
No.
No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%
1981 Census699,61384.32%62,6597.55%30,1213.63%37,0354.46%2760.03%829,704
2001 Census883,96882.91%105,9579.94%41,2143.87%34,6783.25%4220.04%1,066,239
2012 Census1,016,63283.52%114,4229.40%46,1093.79%39,7733.27%3240.03%1,217,260

See also

Notes

  1. Roman Catholic and Other Christian.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Sri Lanka by province and district" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  3. 1 2 "A3 : Population by religion according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Overview". Kalutara District Secretariat.
  5. 1 2 3 "Grama Niladhari Divisions". Kalutara District Secretariat. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
  6. "Land area by province, district and divisional secretariat division" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
  7. "A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  8. "Census of Population Sri Lanka 1971 - General Report". Census of Population & Housing, 1971. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 29.
  9. "Population by ethnic group and district, Census 1981, 2001" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-15.
  10. Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011
  11. "Population by religion and district, Census 1981, 2001" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
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