Ethnic composition of Sri Lanka 1946

	Total	Low Country Sinhalese	Kandyan Sinhalese	Ceylon Tamils	Indian Tamils	Ceylon Moors	Indian Moors	Burghers & Eurasians	Malays	Veddahs	Europeans	Others
Ceylon	6657339	2902509	1717998	733731	780589	373559	35624	41926	22508	2361	5418	41116
Anuradhapura	139534	17696	93447	9304	3097	14059	905	227	160	127	22	490
Anuradhapura UC	12314	4893	2683	2537	739	634	297	183	100	2	19	227
Badulla	372238	28298	185193	15550	127164	10135	1756	1113	1186	351	382	1110
Badulla UC	13387	2946	5778	1309	1128	1366	194	196	313	-	12	145
Bandarawela UC	2946	981	540	393	364	273	78	139	102	-	47	29
Batticaloa	203186	2788	9062	101061	1203	85375	430	1160	70	1866	62	109
Batticaloa UC	13037	676	121	10137	234	857	80	815	43	-	23	51
Chilaw	139764	118095	3481	7222	4623	4081	447	221	261	-	38	1295
Chilaw UC	9108	6742	171	570	362	589	238	78	165	-	14	179
Colombo	1420332	1125302	26103	58654	61194	60185	17782	28686	13193	5	2843	26385
Colombo MC	362074	160307	8682	35622	45267	44800	16078	17412	10802	1	2457	20646
Avissawella UC	2632	1919	258	176	179	36	14	34	2	-	1	13
Dehiwala-Mt.Lavinia UC	56881	45627	1340	2118	1569	697	217	4390	233	-	87	603
Gampaha UC	2913	2517	95	81	130	19	6	51	5	-	-	9
Ja-Ela UC	3129	2695	45	84	134	9	1	67	-	-	-	94
Kolonnawa UC	13815	11243	373	681	743	192	30	369	120	-	10	54
Kotte UC	40218	32468	1161	1968	1510	398	187	1669	269	-	25	563
Moratuwa UC	50698	47374	666	626	705	453	196	290	55	-	18	315
Negombo UC	32479	25211	319	2165	1163	2269	304	424	155	-	25	444
Wattala-Mabole-Peliyagoda UC	12418	9622	223	762	755	472	41	298	68	-	8	169
Minuwangoda Local Board	1199	845	18	61	92	161	11	-	2	-	-	9
Galle	459785	432396	2082	3119	6845	13679	160	757	231	-	113	403
Galle MC	49009	36902	365	738	631	9437	57	535	192	-	85	67
Ambalangoda UC	9952	9365	177	111	158	57	54	4	7	-	-	19
Hambantota	149686	143699	833	787	261	2382	10	106	1401	1	4	202
Hambantota UC	3970	1752	46	77	26	845	-	44	1049	-	-	131
Tangalla-Beliatta UC	6857	5932	66	194	31	555	-	39	32	-	1	7
Jaffna	424788	3215	1331	409070	4194	5159	461	384	113	1	45	815
Jaffna UC	62543	1504	465	52771	2096	4553	340	290	73	-	25	426
Kalutara	456572	391580	4535	3804	29410	24736	392	667	325	-	98	1025
Beruwala UC	11495	4763	94	67	81	6461	11	2	2	-	1	13
Horana UC	3580	3300	76	33	118	41	1	6	5	-	-	-
Kalutara UC	18965	14209	325	394	507	3042	115	224	74	-	10	65
Panadura UC	16513	14942	354	299	459	147	74	83	89	-	7	59
Kandy	711449	72070	339149	29903	207860	48328	4620	3769	2512	3	778	2457
Kandy MC	51266	17538	14953	3991	3993	6302	1148	1921	745	-	236	439
Gampola UC	9163	2404	1814	873	565	2725	366	104	247	-	5	60
Hatton-Dickoya UC	5379	1691	601	726	1189	657	205	85	83	-	20	122
Kadugannawa UC	1335	458	450	101	87	128	51	31	11	-	1	17
Nawalapitiya UC	7623	2384	1046	974	737	1697	181	318	199	-	15	72
Wattegama UC	1067	290	198	189	112	111	127	19	16	-	4	1
Kegalla	401762	41034	288655	3230	52027	14087	964	434	270	1	114	946
Kegalla UC	4903	1803	2184	210	222	217	50	120	48	-	13	36
Kurunegala	485042	83428	363840	7361	7749	18668	1749	694	685	1	54	813
Kuliyapitiya UC	2173	1056	565	183	178	122	32	3	12	-	-	22
Kurunegala UC	13372	5662	3487	1021	645	1338	437	276	407	1	8	90
Mannar	31538	963	223	16076	3547	9504	906	41	14	1	12	251
Matale	155720	14610	91466	4883	34174	8263	1034	464	321	1	88	416
Matale UC	14090	3693	4322	1843	818	2608	293	275	197	-	11	30
Matara	351947	331173	1071	2343	7472	8964	50	387	114	-	30	343
Matara UC	22908	19733	111	301	241	2108	30	249	56	-	22	57
Weligama UC	11923	9829	77	40	46	1918	6	5	-	-	-	2
Nuwara Eliya	268121	19362	81908	5277	153694	3864	1233	928	643	-	510	702
Nuwara Eliya UC	10828	3127	2141	1211	2690	495	251	399	236	-	170	108
Puttalam	43083	12262	10152	5514	917	13253	347	99	276	-	8	255
Puttalam UC	7792	1276	77	765	204	5021	58	47	221	-	8	115
Ratnapura	343620	52386	208043	4036	70829	4673	1170	539	248	3	147	1546
Balangoda UC	2140	670	656	180	298	230	30	37	1	-	3	35
Ratnapura UC	12441	4459	5502	601	511	896	126	143	95	-	25	83
Trincomalee	75926	11191	4515	30433	3362	22136	1083	1174	483	-	70	1479
Trincomalee UC	32507	7710	1949	14414	2793	2184	879	894	309	-	61	1314
Vavuniya	23246	961	2909	16104	967	2028	125	76	2	-	-	74

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