Ethnic composition of Sri Lanka 1901

	Total	Low-country Sinhalese	Kandyan Sinhalese	Tamils	Moors	Burghers and Eurasians	Malays	Europeans	Veddahs	Others
Ceylon	3565954	1458320	872487	951740	228034	23482	11902	6300	3971	9718
Anuradhapura	79110	1955	60159	7397	8841	84	116	35	402	121
Anuradhapura Town	3672	653	557	1912	353	63	72	22	-	40
rural	75438	1302	59602	5485	8488	21	44	13	402	81
Badulla	186674	8903	114127	54742	6071	636	669	328	529	669
Badulla Local Board	5924	1154	2562	750	874	220	260	41	1	62
rural	128962	6956	110680	4906	4823	271	228	65	528	505
estates	51788	793	885	49086	374	145	181	222	-	102
Batticaloa	145161	3627	3948	79857	54190	990	61	67	2345	76
Batticaloa Local Board	9969	226	36	8445	355	769	46	46	10	36
rural	134630	3394	3909	70971	53775	190	15	14	2322	40
estates	562	7	3	441	60	31	-	7	13	-
Chilaw	74418	60744	1709	8554	2804	285	219	42	-	61
Chilaw Local Board	4168	2435	35	909	495	82	170	18	-	24
rural	66851	56745	1588	5973	2281	170	45	19	-	30
estates	3399	1564	86	1672	28	33	4	5	-	7
Colombo	542577	428379	4386	49330	35313	13199	4638	2305	-	5027
Colombo Municipality	154691	67207	1383	34640	28898	11851	4493	2039	-	4180
Moratuva Town	29600	28058	337	555	408	157	-	27	-	58
rural	349984	331586	2615	7775	5907	1145	125	207	-	624
estates	8302	1528	51	6360	100	46	20	32	-	165
Galle	258116	237206	3651	4811	10480	1193	394	191	-	190
Galle Municipality	37165	26661	124	980	7733	1043	350	124	-	150
rural	215850	208797	3504	606	2702	129	33	44	-	35
estates	5101	1748	23	3225	45	21	11	23	-	5
Hambantota	104870	100839	259	748	1970	195	739	15	-	105
Hambantota Town	2843	1101	16	71	907	72	566	7	-	103
Tangalla Town	2333	1828	4	53	334	90	23	1	-	-
rural	99694	97910	239	624	729	33	150	7	-	2
Jaffna	300851	192	34	296805	3078	476	60	110	-	96
Jaffna Town	33879	121	18	30321	2788	435	49	83	-	64
rural	266075	69	16	265605	289	31	11	22	-	32
estates	897	2	-	879	1	10	-	5	-	-
Kalutara	229857	194818	1763	16593	15788	524	84	89	-	198
Kalutara Local Board	11500	8735	157	466	1787	259	24	16	-	56
Panadure Town	3845	3526	47	146	56	50	14	-	-	6
rural	197547	180752	1397	1178	13876	162	20	32	-	130
estates	16965	1805	162	14803	69	53	26	41	-	6
Kandy	377591	26210	156868	161914	24979	2609	2099	1509	-	1403
Kandy Municipality	26386	7648	6092	4580	4524	1595	1095	400	-	452
Gampola Local Board	3791	1277	470	770	990	79	144	13	-	48
Navalapitiya Local Board	3454	999	143	1018	989	93	111	75	-	26
rural	188516	13584	147418	9666	16433	430	372	172	-	441
Kadugannawa	1066	419	212	190	112	50	22	45	-	16
Wattegama	519	218	35	159	71	21	11	1	-	3
estates	155444	2702	2745	145880	2043	412	377	849	-	436
Kegalla	188791	14635	124100	41407	7612	283	265	153	-	336
Kegalla Local Board	2340	815	1007	228	171	68	15	13	-	23
rural	144952	12597	121902	3200	6887	89	141	7	-	129
estates	41499	1223	1191	37979	554	126	109	133	-	184
Kurunegala	249429	26140	200680	10476	11028	373	481	62	53	136
Kurunegala Local Board	6483	2449	1556	1089	713	272	320	36	-	48
rural	237101	22645	198707	5133	10276	50	138	13	53	86
estates	5845	1046	417	4254	39	51	23	13	-	2
Mannar	24926	192	9	16848	7715	89	21	11	1	40
Mannar Town	5332	13	3	2543	2680	62	18	7	-	6
rural	19594	179	6	14305	5035	27	3	4	1	34
Matale	92203	5543	51653	28601	5464	317	328	162	2	133
Matale Local Board	4951	1410	593	1352	1200	190	138	23	1	44
rural	61116	3684	50716	2455	4036	57	101	12	1	54
estates	26136	449	344	24794	228	70	89	127	-	35
Matara	203750	192617	605	3742	6247	428	52	43	-	16
Matara Local Board	11848	9849	22	223	1378	294	45	25	-	12
Weligama Town	7583	6196	16	44	1294	24	5	2	-	2
rural	180914	176215	559	502	3556	71	2	8	-	1
estates	3405	357	8	2973	19	39	-	8	-	1
Mullaittivu	15159	97	1031	12726	1069	90	12	2	124	8
Mullaittivu Town	1308	14	1	1141	93	57	-	1	-	1
Vavuniya Town	566	32	6	452	50	10	12	1	-	3
rural	13285	51	1024	11133	926	23	-	-	124	4
Negombo	148249	131150	1054	12359	3016	407	101	52	-	110
Negombo Local Board	19819	13710	116	4238	1271	331	92	22	-	39
rural	126890	116703	878	7423	1733	60	7	15	-	71
estates	1540	737	60	698	12	16	2	15	-	-
Nuwara Eliya	153038	8057	37195	103108	2252	593	365	946	-	522
Nuwara Eliya Local Board	5026	1393	599	2174	157	194	72	361	-	76
rural	44448	5040	35010	2602	1322	126	106	70	-	172
estates	103564	1624	1586	98332	773	273	187	515	-	274
Puttalam	29779	4523	7158	7675	9906	110	268	8	1	130
Puttalam Local Board	5115	686	108	1261	2719	74	164	3	-	100
rural	24181	3660	7018	6145	7185	36	101	5	1	30
estates	483	177	32	269	2	-	3	-	-	-
Ratnapura	132964	11961	101427	16978	1953	249	78	107	-	211
Ratnapura Local Board	4084	1283	2015	245	347	121	19	9	-	45
rural	112238	10019	98997	1585	1390	49	46	14	-	138
estates	16642	659	415	15148	216	79	13	84	-	28
Trincomalee	28441	532	671	17069	8258	352	852	63	514	130
Trincomalee Local Board	11295	297	17	9281	1091	327	144	59	-	79
rural	17117	235	654	7760	7167	25	708	3	514	51
estates	29	-	-	28	-	-	-	1	-	-
Military	3360	-	-	401	17	17	52	2340	-	533
Shipping	4105	235	3	1394	655	40	9	571	-	1198
Prisoners of War	4914	-	-	-	-	-	-	298	-	4914

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