Ethnic composition of Sri Lanka 1881

	Total	Low Country Sinhalese	Ceylon Tamils	Ceylon Moors	Burghers & Eurasians	Malays	Veddahs	Europeans	Others
Ceylon	2759738	1846614	687248	184542	17886	8895	2228	4836	7489
Anuradhapura	66146	53406	4664	7412	35	17	425	30	157
Anuradhapura	1300	349	718	150	27	14	-	16	26
Badulla	165692	113827	43576	6072	272	414	482	351	698
Badulla	4746	2661	842	820	109	217	-	26	71
Batticaloa	105358	5012	61014	37255	758	39	1167	65	48
Batticaloa	6004	139	4969	271	515	34	-	42	34
Colombo	506479	416336	43670	30356	9719	3135	-	1328	1935
Colombo Municipality	110502	46869	25604	23583	8770	2944	-	1186	1546
Negombo	9141	4284	3873	509	353	36	-	13	73
Galle	209680	195042	2003	10175	1494	485	5	233	243
Galle Municipality	31743	21841	1122	6550	1368	465	5	185	207
Hambantota	71917	69141	690	1204	161	614	-	17	90
Hambantota	2045	702	136	568	55	523	-	5	56
Jaffna	265583	80	261902	2648	615	89	-	122	127
Jaffna	39855	70	36493	2433	569	89	-	99	102
Kalutara	165021	149526	1938	12873	479	72	-	74	59
Kalutara	10211	7694	478	1580	373	26	-	38	22
Kandy	288332	154916	104012	21940	2213	2087	1	1263	1900
Kandy Municipality	22026	8353	5890	4297	1499	1273	-	291	423
Gampola	3579	1258	1098	835	94	159	-	16	119
Kegalla	119955	109088	5407	5145	82	138	-	40	55
Kegalla	1337	1080	143	36	41	4	-	8	25
Kurunegala	215173	197379	7425	9440	259	420	-	50	200
Kurunegala	4221	2297	813	441	230	336	-	31	73
Mannar	21348	142	14415	6635	122	-	-	11	23
Matale	86655	52845	26960	5925	239	302	1	194	189
Matale	4032	879	1731	1099	122	151	-	21	29
Matara	151923	145245	1162	5039	324	72	-	30	51
Matara	7522	5935	133	1149	219	57	-	19	10
Mullaittivu	15569	1157	13164	1133	77	3	3	3	29
Nuwara Eliya	98682	35602	59344	1426	221	110	-	818	1161
Nuwara Eliya	1791	651	837	44	52	18	-	155	34
Puttalam	78154	52136	12490	12515	329	417	-	37	230
Puttalam	5085	685	1606	2452	85	102	-	20	135
Ratnapura	105874	94799	9018	1603	126	92	-	96	140
Ratnapura	2888	2325	223	169	88	41	-	19	23
Trincomalee	22197	935	14394	5746	361	389	144	74	154
Trincomalee	9731	89	7921	1073	345	128	-	64	111

Source: Census of Ceylon 1946. Vol. I Part II: Statistical digest by A.G.Ranasinha, C.M.G., C.B.E., Superintendent of Census 1946. Colombo, 1951