Trincomalee District

Trincomalee District
திருகோணமலை மாவட்டம்
ත්‍රිකුණාමළය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Administrative District
Trincomalee Bay

Location within Sri Lanka

Administrative units of Trincomalee District in 2006
Coordinates: 08°35′N 81°05′E / 8.583°N 81.083°E / 8.583; 81.083Coordinates: 08°35′N 81°05′E / 8.583°N 81.083°E / 8.583; 81.083
Country Sri Lanka
Province Eastern
Capital Trincomalee
DS Division
Government
 • District Secretary Mr. H. A. A. Pushmakumara
 • MPs
 • MPCs
Area
 • Total 2,727 km2 (1,053 sq mi)
 • Land 2,529 km2 (976 sq mi)
 • Water 198 km2 (76 sq mi)  7.26%
Area rank 11th (4.16% of total area)
Population (2012 census)[1]
 • Total 378,182
 • Rank 21st (1.87% of total pop.)
 • Density 140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Ethnicity(2012 census)[1]
 • Moor 163,982 (40.43%)
 • Sri Lankan Tamil 115,549 (30.55%)
 • Sinhalese 101,991 (26.97%)
 • Indian Tamil 6,531 (1.73%)
 • Other 1,257 (0.33%)
Religion(2012 census)[2]
 • Muslim 166,200 (42.12%)
 • Buddhist 98,772 (26.12%)
 • Hindu 98,133 (25.95%)
 • Christian 21,892 (5.79%)
 • Other 134 (0.04%)
Time zone UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Post Codes 31000-31999
Telephone Codes 026
ISO 3166 code LK-53
Vehicle registration EP
Official Languages Tamil, Sinhala
Website Trincomalee District Secretariat

Trincomalee District (Tamil: திருகோணமலை மாவட்டம் Tirukŏṇamalai Māvaṭṭam; Sinhalese: ත්‍රිකුණාමළය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය Trikuṇāmalaya distrikkaya) 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 Trincomalee.

Geography

Trincomalee District is located in the east of Sri Lanka in the Eastern Province. It has an area of 2,727 square kilometres (1,053 sq mi).[3]

Administrative units

Trincomalee District is divided into 11 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent).[4] The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 230 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).[4]

DS Division Main Town Divisional Secretary GN
Divisions
 Area
(km2)
[5]		 Population (2012 Census)[6] Population
Density
(/km2)
Sri Lankan MoorsSri Lankan
Tamil		SinhaleseIndian
Tamil		OtherTotal
GomarankadawalaGomarankadawalaS. M. C. Samarakoon102881257,313007,33925
KantalaiKantalaiK. Premadasha234045,1081,53437,4482,4787346,641115
KinniyaKinniyaM. A. Anas3116558,4472,522193,4451864,451391
KuchchaveliKuchchaveliP. Thaneswaran2443821,30710,5531,19340733,10076
Morawewa (Muthalikkulam)MorawewaW. M. Bathiya Vijayantha103291,3008885,750357,94624
MutturMutturV. Yoosuf4219534,98420,93544441256,379289
Padavi SiripuraSiripuraV. P. S. Jinadrasena1015211011,8460111,85878
SeruvilaSeruvilaP. R. Jayarathna173112,4261,8169,2933813,54644
Thampalakamam (Thambalagamuwa)ThampalakamamJ. Sripathy1222616,1644,7017,47601528,356125
Trincomalee Town & GravetsTrincomaleeJ.H.Arulraj4214813,11361,28221,1795461,11497,234657
Verugal & EachchalampattuVerugalP. Thanesvaran971311,2833012411,332160
Total2302,727152,854115,549101,9916,5311,257378,182139

Demographics

Population

Trincomalee District's population was 378,182 in 2012.[1]

The population of the district, like the rest of the east and north, has been heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people.[7] Several hundred thousand Sri Lankan Tamils, possibly as much as one million, emigrated to the West during the war.[8] Many Sri Lankan Tamils also moved to the relative safety of the capital Colombo. The war also caused many people from all ethnic and religious groups who lived in the district to flee to other parts of Sri Lanka, though most of them have returned to the district since the end of the civil war.

Ethnicity

Population of Trincomalee District by ethnic group 1827 to 2012[1][9][10]
Year Muslim[lower-alpha 1] Tamil[lower-alpha 2] Sinhalese Other Total
No.
No.%No.%No.%No.%
18273,24516.94%15,66381.76%2501.30%00.00%19,158
1881 Census5,74625.89%14,30464.44%9354.21%1,2125.46%22,197
1891 Census6,42624.96%17,11766.49%1,1054.29%1,0974.26%25,745
1901 Census8,25829.04%17,06059.98%1,2034.23%1,9206.75%28,441
1911 Census9,70032.60%17,23357.92%1,1383.82%1,6845.66%29,755
1921 Census12,84637.66%18,58054.47%1,5014.40%1,1853.47%34,112
1946 Census23,21930.58%33,79544.51%11,60615.29%7,3069.62%75,926
1953 Census28,61634.10%37,51744.71%15,29618.23%2,4882.96%83,917
1963 Census40,77529.43%54,45239.30%39,92528.82%3,4012.45%138,553
1971 Census59,92431.83%71,74938.11%54,74429.08%1,8280.97%188,245
1981 Census75,03929.32%93,13236.39%85,50333.41%2,2740.89%255,948
2001 Census[lower-alpha 3]n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
2007 Enumeration151,69245.37%96,14228.75%84,76625.35%1,7630.53%334,363
2012 Census152,85440.42%122,08032.29%101,99126.97%1,2570.33%378,182

Religion

Population of Trincomalee District by religion 1981 to 2012[2][11]
Year Muslim Buddhist Hindu Christian[lower-alpha 4] Others Total
No.
No.%No.%No.%No.%No.%
1981 Census76,40429.85%82,60232.27%80,84331.59%15,5836.09%5160.20%255,948
2012 Census159,251642.11%98,77226.12%98,13325.95%21,8925.79%1340.04%378,182

Politics and government

Local government

Trincomalee District has 13 local authorities of which two are Urban Councils and the remaining 11 are Divisional Councils (Pradesha Sabhai or Pradeshiya Sabha).[12]

Local Authority Area Population Registered
Electors
(2011)		 Elected Members (2011)
UPFATNAUNPOtherTotal
Gomarankadawala Divisional Council5,83180109
Kantalai Divisional Council397.348,63230,898803011
Kinniya Divisional Council16,62650207
Kinniya Urban Council9.544,03421,06950117
Kuchchaveli Divisional Council333.329,96720,87262109
Morawewa Divisional Council116.010,0008,65960309
Muttur Divisional Council179.460,00037,731731011
Padavi Siripura Divisional Council217.113,0008,36260129
Seruvila Divisional Council277.013,8869,13071109
Thampalakamam Divisional Council244.033,96717,12560309
Trincomalee Town and Gravets Divisional Council31,79135109
Trincomalee Urban Council7.5101,95831,927281112
Verugal Divisional Council5,89415017
Total245,9157024195118

Notes

  1. ↑ Sri Lankan Moors and Indian Moors.
  2. ↑ Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian Tamil.
  3. ↑ 2001 Census was only carried out partially in Trincomalee District.
  4. ↑ Roman Catholic and Other Christian.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  2. 1 2 "A3 : Population by religion according to districts, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. 1 2 "Overview". Trincomalee District Secretariat.
  5. ↑ "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 2013-12-15.
  6. ↑ "A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Up to 100,000 killed in Sri Lanka's civil war: UN". ABC News (Australia). 20 May 2009.
  8. ↑ Harrison, Frances (23 July 2003). "Twenty years on - riots that led to war". BBC News.
  9. ↑ "Special Enumeration 2007, Trincomalee" (PDF). Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  10. ↑ "Demographic Changes by the LTTE Peace Secretariat, April 2008" (PDF). Sangam.
  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 2013-12-15.
  12. ↑ "Local Authorities". Trincomalee District Secretariat.
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