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Kandy District

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Kandy District
මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
கண்டி மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
Map of Sri Lanka with Kandy District highlighted
Map of Sri Lanka with Kandy District highlighted
Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.250°N 80.750°E / 7.250; 80.750
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province
Largest CityKandy
Large Towns
List
Divisions
List
Government
 • District SecretaryMr. Indika Udawaththa
 • Local
List
  • Municipal Councils: 1
  • Urban Councils: 3
  • Pradeishiya Sabhas: 17
Area
1,940 km2 (750 sq mi)
 • Land1,917 km2 (740 sq mi)
 • Water23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
1,461,895
 • Density762.6/km2 (1,975/sq mi)
 • Urban
170,544 (12.4%)
 • Rural
1,119,221 (81.4%)
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 codeLK-21
WebsiteDistrict 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

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DS Division Area
(km2)
[3]		 Population (2024 Census)[4] Population
Density
(/km2)
Akurana3171,0102291
Delthota4931,904651
Doluwa9552,784556
Ganga Ihala Korale9459,145629
Gagawata Korale[5]59153,3292,599
Harispattuwa4994,0211,919
Hatharaliyadda6231,141502
Kundasale81144,3831,783
Medadumbara - Teldeniya19664,539329
Minipe25055,342221
Panvila9325,650276
Pasbage Korale12265,553537
Pathadumbara5193,4761,833
Pathahewaheta8460,639722
Pujapitiya5960,3161,022
Thumpane5438,776718
Udapalatha94103,1811,098
Ududumbara27723,04683
Udunuwara68121,0181,780
Yatinuwara72112,6421,564
Total1,9401,461,895754

Ethnic groups and religion

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Ethnicity in Kandy District (2024)[6]
  1. Sinhala (73.7%)
  2. Sri Lankan Moors (15.0%)
  3. Sri Lankan Tamils (8.40%)
  4. Hill Tamils (2.62%)
  5. Others (0.25%)
Religion in Kandy district (2024)[7]
Religion Percent
Buddhism
 
 72.75%
Islam
 
 15.32%
Hinduism
 
 9.89%
Catholicism
 
 1.27%
Other Christianity
 
 0.75%
Other or not stated
 
 0.02%
Ethnic groups
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%)

The population of the district is 1,461,895.

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

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City Population
Kandy 98,828
Gampola 38,871
Nawalapitiya 13,338
Teldeniya 13,059
Kadugannawa 12,654
Wattegama 8,157

Suburbs of city of Kandy

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Big towns

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Other towns

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References

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  1. ↑ Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011 Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "District Secretariat - Kandy". www.kandy.dist.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Population and Population Density by D.S. Division - 2019" (PDF). Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ "Administrative Structure by D.S. Division - 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  6. ↑ "Population by ethnicity according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2024.
  7. ↑ "Population by religion according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024". Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2024.
  8. "Population of Municipal Councils and Urban Councils by sex - Census, 2012". Archived from the original on 2020-10-14.


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