This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Kandy.

Kandy District (Sinhala: මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, Tamil: கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka.[2] Its area is 1,940  km2 (750 sq mi).

Administrative divisions

DS Division Area
(km2)
[3] 		Population (2019 Census)[4] Population
Density
(/km2)
Akurana 31 68,018 2,194
Delthota 49 32,557 664
Doluwa 95 53,475 563
Ganga Ihala Korale 94 59,281 631
Gagawata Korale[5] 59 170,118 2,883
Harispattuwa 49 94,604 1,931
Hatharaliyadda 62 32,172 519
Kundasale 81 136,332 1,683
Medadumbara - Teldeniya 196 65,482 334
Minipe 250 55,665 223
Panvila 93 28,210 303
Pasbage Korale 122 64,284 527
Pathadumbara 51 95,192 1,867
Pathahewaheta 84 62,429 743
Poojapitiya 59 62,135 1,053
Thumpane 54 40,386 748
Udapalatha 94 98,401 1,047
Ududumbara 277 24,145 87
Udunuwara 68 118,988 1,750
Yatinuwara 72 113,755 1,580
Total 1,940 1,475,627 761

Ethnic groups and religion

Religion in Kandy District (2011)[1]

  Buddhism (73.4%)
  Islam (13.98%)
  Hinduism (10.46%)
  Christianity (2.5%)

Major cities

City Population
Kandy 98,828
Gampola 38,871
Nawalapitiya 13,338
Teldeniya 13,059
Kadugannawa 12,654
Wattegama 8,157

Suburbs of city of Kandy

Big towns

Other towns

References

  1. ^ a b Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011 Archived 2018-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "District Secretariat - Kandy". www.kandy.dist.gov.lk. Archived from the original on 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  3. ^ "Land area by province, district and divisional secretariat division" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2019. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-18.
  4. ^ "Population and Population Density by D.S. Division - 2019" (PDF). Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  5. ^ "Administrative Structure by D.S. Division - 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  6. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/abstract2019/CHAP2/2.4


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