Census of Population and Housing -1971
Sri Lanka, 1970 - 1971
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPH-1971-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics, ,
Metadata
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- POP71
District (DISTRICTQ_0)
Data file: POP71
Overview
Valid:
12618543
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
22
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
2
End:
3
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 22
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombo | 2672225 |
21.2%
|
| 2 | Kalutara | 729494 |
5.8%
|
| 3 | Kandy | 1187925 |
9.4%
|
| 4 | Matale | 243467 |
1.9%
|
| 5 | Nuwara Eliya | 450278 |
3.6%
|
| 6 | Galle | 735153 |
5.8%
|
| 7 | Matara | 586443 |
4.6%
|
| 8 | Hambantota | 340254 |
2.7%
|
| 9 | Jaffna | 701603 |
5.6%
|
| 10 | Mannar | 77780 |
0.6%
|
| 11 | Vavuniya | 95243 |
0.8%
|
| 12 | Batticaloa | 256721 |
2%
|
| 13 | Amparai | 272605 |
2.2%
|
| 14 | Trincomalee | 188245 |
1.5%
|
| 15 | Kurunegala | 1025633 |
8.1%
|
| 16 | Puttalam | 378430 |
3%
|
| 17 | Anuradhapura | 388770 |
3.1%
|
| 18 | Polonnaruwa | 163653 |
1.3%
|
| 19 | Badulla | 615405 |
4.9%
|
| 20 | Moneragala | 193020 |
1.5%
|
| 21 | Ratnapura | 661344 |
5.2%
|
| 22 | Kegalle | 654852 |
5.2%
|
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.