Ethnic composition of Sri Lanka 1891

	Total	Sinhalese	Ceylon Tamils	Ceylon Moors	Burghers & Eurasians	Malays	Veddahs	Europeans	Others
Ceylon	3007789	2041158	723853	197166	21231	10133	1229	4678	8341
Anuradhapura	75333	59875	6422	8662	65	84	-	16	209
Anuradhapura	2508	921	1198	221	57	68	-	13	30
Badulla	159201	114040	36807	5848	493	661	374	314	664
Badulla	5023	3035	640	797	184	315	-	25	27
Batticaloa	122699	6403	69584	44780	894	28	854	46	110
Batticaloa	7257	217	5891	328	723	20	-	28	50
Chilaw	63231	53508	6755	2490	183	213	-	24	58
Chilaw	3738	2170	785	475	62	206	-	4	36
Colombo	578901	482045	44175	32275	12022	3684	-	1404	3296
Colombo Municipality	126825	59962	24372	24428	10674	3437	-	1228	2724
Negombo	18933	10927	6255	1240	394	63	-	23	31
Galle	222895	208764	2481	9583	1388	396	-	146	137
Galle Municipality	33590	23914	892	7020	1209	390	-	97	68
Hambantota	89318	85962	784	1542	151	769	-	27	83
Hambantota	2576	1043	104	707	37	604	-	17	64
Jaffna	279284	131	275227	3049	579	93	-	101	104
Jaffna	43179	103	39480	2795	546	92	-	79	84
Kalutara	183632	165569	4453	12899	499	65	-	70	77
Kalutara	10864	8445	452	1563	359	22	-	17	6
Kandy	288353	157056	104263	20224	2470	2066	-	1092	1182
Kandy Municipality	20375	9704	3712	3639	1517	1162	-	253	388
Gampola	2975	1279	612	727	115	128	-	5	109
Kegalla	150627	122076	21208	6376	242	183	-	107	435
Kegalla	3143	2702	203	81	114	28	-	2	13
Kurunegala	230187	212760	6246	10207	333	390	-	43	208
Kurunegala	4745	2683	991	494	211	274	-	24	68
Mannar	24511	592	16098	7643	85	13	-	12	68
Matale	76514	52734	17879	5167	233	258	-	153	90
Matale	4197	1753	1222	921	127	121	-	24	29
Matara	177586	169688	1798	5603	384	54	-	35	24
Matara	8602	6909	105	1236	274	52	-	19	7
Mullaittivu	15501	1199	13030	1139	82	7	1	5	38
Nuwara Eliya	109620	38591	66250	1973	487	282	-	954	1083
Nuwara Eliya	2726	1317	843	124	122	27	-	245	48
Puttalam	26652	10122	6327	9596	131	254	-	8	214
Puttalam	5034	879	1314	2497	97	114	-	8	125
Ratnapura	107999	98934	6949	1684	149	71	-	76	136
Ratnapura	3527	2865	198	298	103	29	-	4	30
Trincomalee	25745	1109	17117	6426	361	562	-	45	125
Trincomalee	11596	213	9536	1165	349	209	-	41	83

Source: The Census of Ceylon 1901. Vol. II, by P.Arunachalam, M.A.Cantab. Colombo, 1902