Kandy District

This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Kandy.
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; 80.750
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

DS Division Area
(km2)
[3] 		Population (2024 Census)[4] Population
Density
(/km2)
Akurana 31 71,010 2291
Delthota 49 31,904 651
Doluwa 95 52,784 556
Ganga Ihala Korale 94 59,145 629
Gagawata Korale[5] 59 153,329 2,599
Harispattuwa 49 94,021 1,919
Hatharaliyadda 62 31,141 502
Kundasale 81 144,383 1,783
Medadumbara - Teldeniya 196 64,539 329
Minipe 250 55,342 221
Panvila 93 25,650 276
Pasbage Korale 122 65,553 537
Pathadumbara 51 93,476 1,833
Pathahewaheta 84 60,639 722
Pujapitiya 59 60,316 1,022
Thumpane 54 38,776 718
Udapalatha 94 103,181 1,098
Ududumbara 277 23,046 83
Udunuwara 68 121,018 1,780
Yatinuwara 72 112,642 1,564
Total 1,940 1,461,895 754

Ethnic groups and religion

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

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

Big towns

Other towns

References

  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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