Census of Population and Housing - 1981
Volume(B) - Includes Microdata of Districts 16 to 24
Sri Lanka, 1981
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPHB-1981-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics
Metadata
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Last modified
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- Data files
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16
Trincomalee_HH -
16
Trincomalee_POP -
17
Kurunegala_HH -
17
Kurunegala_POP - 18 Puttalam_HH
- 18 Puttalam_POP
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19
Anuradhapura_HH -
19
Anuradhapura_POP -
20
Polonnaruwa_HH -
20
Polonnaruwa_POP - 21 Badulla_HH
- 21 Badulla_POP
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22
Monaragala_HH -
22
Monaragala_POP - 23 Ratnapura_HH
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23
Ratnapura_POP - 24 Kegalle_HH
- 24 Kegalle_POP
Ethnic Group (ETHNIC_GROUPQ_14)
Data file: 18 Puttalam_POP
Overview
Valid:
492533
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
8
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low Country Sinhalees | 353395 |
71.8%
|
| 2 | Kandyan Sinhalees | 53668 |
10.9%
|
| 3 | Sri Lanka Tamil | 32287 |
6.6%
|
| 4 | Indian Tamil | 2289 |
0.5%
|
| 5 | Srilanka Moor | 48999 |
9.9%
|
| 6 | Burgher | 440 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | Malay | 954 |
0.2%
|
| 8 | Other | 501 |
0.1%
|
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.