Census of Population and Housing - 1981
Volume(A) - Includes Microdata of Districts 01 to 15
Sri Lanka, 1981
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPHA-1981-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
Metadata
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Last modified
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- Data files
- Colombo_HH
- Colombo_POP
- 02 Gampaha_HH
- 02 Gampaha_POP
- 03 Kalutara_HH
- 03 Kalutara_POP
- 04 Kandy_HH
- 04 Kandy_POP
- 05 Matale_HH
- 05 Matale_POP
-
06
Nuwara-Eliya_HH -
06
Nuwara-Eliya_POP - 07 Galle_HH
- 07 Galle_POP
- 08 Matara_HH
- 08 Matara_POP
-
09
Hambantota_HH -
09
Hambantota_POP - 10 Jaffna_HH
- 10 Jaffna_POP
- 11 Mannar_HH
- 11 Mannar_POP
- 12 Vavuniya_HH
- 12 Vavuniya_POP
- 13 Mulative_HH
- 13 Mulative_POP
-
14
Batticaloa_HH -
14
Batticaloa_POP - 15 Ampara_HH
- 15 Ampara_POP
Ethnic Group (ETHNIC_GROUPQ_14)
Data file: Colombo_POP
Overview
Valid:
1699241
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
8
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
26
End:
26
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Country Sinhalees | 1244456 |
73.2%
|
| 2 | Kandyan Sinhalees | 74379 |
4.4%
|
| 3 | Sri Lanka Tamil | 170590 |
10%
|
| 4 | Indian Tamil | 19824 |
1.2%
|
| 5 | Srilanka Moor | 139743 |
8.2%
|
| 6 | Burgher | 19688 |
1.2%
|
| 7 | Malay | 22233 |
1.3%
|
| 8 | Other | 8328 |
0.5%
|
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.