Kandy District

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This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Kandy.

Administrative District in Central Province, Sri Lanka






























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; 80.750Coordinates: 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


  • Divisional Secretariats: 20

  • Grama Niladhari: 1,188


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
Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
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.




Contents





  • 1 Administrative divisions


  • 2 Ethnic groups and religion


  • 3 Major cities


  • 4 Suburbs of city of Kandy


  • 5 Big towns


  • 6 Other towns


  • 7 References




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



  • Kandy municipal council


Suburbs of city of Kandy


  • Peradeniya

  • Katugastota

  • Pallekele


Big towns



  • Gampola urban council


  • Nawalapitiya UC


Other towns


  • Akurana

  • Alawatugoda

  • Ambatenna

  • Daskara

  • Daulagala

  • Galagedara

  • Galhinna

  • Hanguranketa

  • Hapugastalawa


  • Kadugannawa UC

  • Katugastota

  • Kundasale

  • Madawala

  • Menikdiwela

  • Pilimatalawa

  • Pussellawa

  • Talatuoya

  • Teldeniya

  • Ulapane

  • Watadeniya


  • Wattegama UC

  • Welamboda

  • Udadumbara


References




  1. ^ ab 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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