Kandy District

Kandy District
මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
கண்டி மாவட்டம்
Administrative District

Map of Sri Lanka with Kandy District highlighted
Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.250°N 80.750°E / 7.250; 80.750Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.250°N 80.750°E / 7.250; 80.750
Country Sri Lanka
Province Central Province
Largest city Kandy
Divisions
List
Government
 • District Secretary Gotabaya Jayarathna
 • Local
Area
 • Total 1,940 km2 (750 sq mi)
 • Land 1,917 km2 (740 sq mi)
 • Water 23 km2 (9 sq mi)
Population (2012)[1]
 • Total 1,369,899
 • Density 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
ISO 3166 code LK-21
Website ds.gov.lk/dist_kandy

Kandy District (Sinhalese: මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, Tamil: கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Its area is 1906.3 km².[2] The capital of the district is Kandy.

Administrative divisions

DS Division Area
(km2)
[3]		 Population (2012 Census)[4] Population
Density
(/km2)
Akurana3167,1952,135
Delthota4930,169616
Doluwa9549,480521
Ganga Ihala Korale9454,674582
Harispattuwa4988,0021,796
Hatharaliyadda6229,866482
Kandy Four Gravets59157,3302,667
Kundasale81127,2781,571
Medadumbara - Teldeniya19660,783310
Minipe25051,577206
Panvila9326,186282
Pasbage Korale12259,662489
Pathadumbara5188,5991,737
Pathahewaheta8458,031691
Poojapitiya5957,879981
Thumpane5437,356692
Udapalatha9491,230971
Ududumbara27722,40881
Udunuwara68110,2321,621
Yatinuwara72105,9621,472
Total1,9401,369,899706

Ethnic groups and religion

Religion in Kandy District (2011)[1]

  Buddhism (73.4%)
  Islam (14.8%)
  Hinduism (9.8%)
  Christianity (2.5%)
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%)
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

Suburbs of city of Kandy

Big towns

Other towns

References

  1. 1 2 Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011
  2. ↑ Kandy District Secretariat Archived 2009-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.


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