Census of Population and Housing - 2001
Sri Lanka, 2001
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPH-2001-v1.0
Producer(s)
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- Data files
- POPULATION
- HOUSING_UNIT
- HOUSEHOLD
Province & District (A01)
Data file: POPULATION
Overview
Valid:
18600807
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
11
Maximum:
92
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
2
End:
3
Width:
2
Range:
11 - 92
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Province and District
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Colombo | 2501085 |
13.4%
|
| 12 | Gampaha | 2260270 |
12.2%
|
| 13 | Kalutara | 1165951 |
6.3%
|
| 21 | Kandy | 1398727 |
7.5%
|
| 22 | Matale | 490034 |
2.6%
|
| 23 | Nuwara Eliya | 767083 |
4.1%
|
| 31 | Galle | 1107052 |
6%
|
| 32 | Matara | 840064 |
4.5%
|
| 33 | Hambantota | 585635 |
3.1%
|
| 52 | Ampara | 634917 |
3.4%
|
| 61 | Kurunegala | 1598271 |
8.6%
|
| 62 | Puttalam | 785501 |
4.2%
|
| 71 | Anuradhapura | 825041 |
4.4%
|
| 72 | Polonnaruwa | 398821 |
2.1%
|
| 81 | Badulla | 844818 |
4.5%
|
| 82 | Moneragala | 436017 |
2.3%
|
| 91 | Ratnapura | 1098007 |
5.9%
|
| 92 | Kegalle | 863513 |
4.6%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.