Ethnic composition of Sri Lanka 1911

District	Total	Low Country Sinhalese	Kandyan Sinhalese	Ceylon Tamils	Indian Tamils	Ceylon Moors	Indian Moors	Burghers & Eurasians	Malays	Veddas	Europeans	Others
Ceylon	4106350	1716859	998561	528024	530983	233901	32724	26663	12990	5332	7592	12721
Anuradhapura	86276	2804	63023	5619	2953	9350	521	144	152	1626	36	48
Anuradhapura	5361	1199	908	1571	812	455	138	106	130	-	29	13
Badulla	216692	12279	121396	3496	69873	5357	1743	622	609	593	516	208
Badulla	6488	1460	2793	295	465	655	272	250	252	-	43	3
Bandarawela	1531	436	315	114	189	208	79	62	52	-	62	14
Batticaloa	153943	853	4918	83382	566	60383	312	956	24	2456	65	28
Batticaloa	10666	266	25	8929	168	527	44	653	21	-	27	6
Chilaw	87644	72836	2047	4394	4072	2972	502	299	195	-	32	295
Chilaw	5033	3438	54	254	387	441	184	61	183	-	9	22
Colombo	826828	655293	7835	27785	54830	33314	15891	16269	6104	-	3111	6396
Colombo Municipality	211274	91590	2495	15252	36717	24481	13688	13485	5364	-	2752	5450
Kolonnawa	5303	4942	64	50	114	26	29	38	14	-	4	22
Moratuwa	27253	25647	398	223	436	83	181	181	7	-	35	62
Negombo	12960	6717	90	4153	824	404	314	349	48	-	23	38
Wattala-Mabole-Peliyagoda	5942	5174	98	72	271	223	59	24	3	-	1	17
Galle	291001	272231	753	792	4180	11280	174	1034	244	-	194	119
Galle Municipality	39960	29210	142	372	493	8338	123	885	219	-	123	55
Ambalangoda	1865	1775	18	21	29	8	8	6	-	-	-	-
Hambantota	110508	106232	175	404	305	2089	28	152	984	-	24	115
Hambantota	3092	1196	3	55	31	880	11	35	767	-	4	110
Tangalla-Beliatta	3506	2818	29	27	17	452	13	91	47	-	10	2
Jaffna	326712	329	74	321019	889	3292	193	588	79	-	128	121
Jaffna	40441	223	51	35902	424	2961	146	505	74	-	87	68
Kalutara	279493	230702	2045	2029	26246	16978	448	506	233	-	173	133
Beruwala	2672	2271	56	35	31	250	11	12	-	-	6	-
Kalutara	13006	9932	117	211	449	2020	101	126	12	-	12	26
Panadura	5708	4943	112	128	241	116	64	53	31	-	5	15
Kandy	408429	31788	187158	11789	141332	23593	5735	2948	1775	-	1462	849
Kandy Municipality	29451	9339	6594	1983	2871	3592	1497	1930	927	-	417	301
Gampola	5521	1372	1306	337	587	1336	356	111	96	-	12	8
Hatton-Dickoya	3025	838	341	289	774	273	239	88	85	-	50	48
Kadugannawa	1036	410	221	89	100	75	51	21	12	-	32	25
Nawalapitiya	3767	1086	404	269	595	698	374	123	122	-	93	3
Wattegama	740	296	97	88	109	37	104	1	5	-	3	-
Kegalla	242529	20096	151295	2485	57434	8301	1278	381	234	-	241	784
Kegalla	2536	1007	898	87	219	122	92	73	14	-	24	-
Kurunegala	306807	46851	231601	3495	10217	11565	1771	389	543	-	101	274
Kurunegala	8163	3194	1725	549	856	691	445	234	339	-	40	90
Mannar	25603	593	46	15241	1490	7842	250	77	1	1	23	39
Matale	108367	7259	60753	1561	31372	5045	1361	288	309	-	184	235
Matale	5792	1631	791	546	1101	884	475	163	118	-	9	74
Matara	227308	216199	284	463	2665	6939	84	514	58	-	55	47
Matara	13851	11439	26	117	97	1657	30	386	43	-	37	19
Weligama	8672	6945	10	36	18	1656	-	-	3	-	3	1
Mullaittivu	17336	276	1572	13468	591	1220	21	94	9	54	5	26
Nuwara Eliya	155462	9107	43029	5039	93207	1359	1019	681	406	-	1033	582
Nuwara Eliya	7406	2396	1376	374	1831	267	173	301	117	-	493	78
Puttalam	39665	11722	6449	6728	2543	10969	661	102	329	-	14	148
Puttalam	5990	808	105	844	504	3239	174	64	222	-	5	25
Ratnapura	165992	19026	113353	1922	25898	2524	547	315	62	-	149	2196
Balangoda	803	242	274	42	94	115	9	16	6	-	2	3
Ratnapura	5476	1798	2272	181	380	598	98	112	14	-	11	12
Trincomalee	29755	383	755	16913	320	9529	185	304	640	602	46	78
Trincomalee	8837	175	15	7095	156	877	142	234	87	-	22	34

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

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