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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
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  • 16
    Trincomalee_HH
  • 16
    Trincomalee_POP
  • 17
    Kurunegala_HH
  • 17
    Kurunegala_POP
  • 18 Puttalam_HH
  • 18 Puttalam_POP
  • 19
    Anuradhapura_HH
  • 19
    Anuradhapura_POP
  • 20
    Polonnaruwa_HH
  • 20
    Polonnaruwa_POP
  • 21 Badulla_HH
  • 21 Badulla_POP
  • 22
    Monaragala_HH
  • 22
    Monaragala_POP
  • 23 Ratnapura_HH
  • 23
    Ratnapura_POP
  • 24 Kegalle_HH
  • 24 Kegalle_POP

Ethnic Group (ETHNIC_GROUPQ_14)

Data file: 19 Anuradhapura_POP

Overview

Valid: 587929
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 120378
20.5%
2 Kandyan Sinhalees 415456
70.7%
3 Sri Lanka Tamil 8026
1.4%
4 Indian Tamil 719
0.1%
5 Srilanka Moor 41777
7.1%
6 Burgher 228
0%
7 Malay 338
0.1%
8 Other 1007
0.2%
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.
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