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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
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Feb 02, 2023
Last modified
Feb 02, 2023
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  • 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: 13 Mulative_POP

Overview

Valid: 77189
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 8
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Low Country Sinhalees 3475
4.5%
2 Kandyan Sinhalees 515
0.7%
3 Sri Lanka Tamil 58211
75.4%
4 Indian Tamil 11215
14.5%
5 Srilanka Moor 3651
4.7%
6 Burgher 95
0.1%
7 Malay 19
0%
8 Other 8
0%
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.
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