Ethnic composition of Sri Lanka 1963

District	Total	Low Country Sinhalese	Kandyan Sinhalese	Ceylon Tamils	Indian Tamils	Ceylon Moors	Indian Moors	Burghers & Eurasians	Malays	Veddahs	Other Indians & Pakistanis	Others
Ceylon	10582064	4470276	3042639	1164689	1122961	625301	56913	45944	33430	397	9596	9918
Amparai	211732	25136	36860	49185	1312	97621	687	568	150	11	62	140
Anuradhapura	279788	46909	203322	6973	1721	19129	1240	183	183	-	44	84
Anuradhapura UC	29426	13669	9558	3083	717	1407	655	149	152	-	11	25
Badulla	521845	38004	249772	15646	197269	15422	2535	997	1424	8	357	411
Badulla MC	27115	5545	13019	2830	2168	2413	441	160	484	-	27	28
Bandarawela UC	4040	1006	907	754	791	353	77	75	41	-	7	29
Haputale UC	1790	572	230	140	370	359	56	32	27	-	3	1
Batticaloa	196189	5491	1224	139454	1656	46038	324	1515	71	209	61	146
Batticaloa UC	22986	1410	348	17961	438	1239	244	1246	40	-	23	37
Colombo	2207420	1751382	70511	132279	57225	107094	23500	33304	20624	-	6739	4762
Colombo MC	511644	241445	19625	88193	33783	70836	22234	13476	14398	-	4177	3477
Dehiwala-Mt.Lavinia MC	110934	86979	4900	5954	1861	2363	791	6952	734	-	207	193
Negombo MC	46908	35261	676	4499	1308	3778	507	387	321	-	104	67
Avissawella UC	4062	2804	700	345	105	49	19	14	19	-	3	4
Gampaha UC	8676	7531	551	204	206	47	29	59	31	-	2	16
Ja-Ela UC	5121	4211	84	268	348	47	-	69	-	-	90	4
Kolonnawa UC	27460	20732	1148	2318	1304	765	169	471	488	-	42	23
Kotte UC	73324	59370	4064	3649	1646	1104	378	2318	634	-	83	78
Moratuwa UC	77833	73096	1662	933	672	563	275	395	93	-	92	52
Peliyagoda UC	23247	16359	1150	1874	1694	1133	214	341	271	-	173	38
Wattala-Mabole UC	14316	9494	344	1940	582	850	160	667	204	-	69	6
Galle	641474	600216	4423	3940	12579	18784	250	552	296	-	103	331
Galle MC	65236	49234	795	921	393	13085	126	393	197	-	43	49
Ambalangoda UC	12431	11938	234	76	109	33	22	12	1	-	4	2
Hambantota	274297	264610	1445	992	351	4074	56	53	1935	-	17	764
Hambantota UC	5330	2411	99	140	55	1394	38	16	1161	-	15	1
Tangalle UC	7902	6978	66	104	29	669	5	24	20	-	-	7
Jaffna	612596	4234	3300	583759	11382	7897	1031	337	101	-	146	409
Jaffna MC	94670	1584	2421	79158	3630	6623	733	262	50	-	96	113
Point-Pedro UC	12653	90	36	12195	260	32	31	-	3	-	-	6
Kalutara	631457	542140	8432	4292	37661	36606	662	475	584	-	292	313
Beruwala UC	15393	5789	98	86	117	9237	28	7	25	-	-	6
Horana UC	6378	5698	270	113	198	51	14	7	1	-	22	4
Kalutara UC	25260	19208	475	423	506	4306	157	91	75	-	6	13
Panadura UC	23967	22081	673	283	550	151	64	51	70	-	20	24
Kandy	1043632	105804	518655	32183	293741	77615	7493	3312	3375	38	535	881
Kandy MC	68202	23388	22510	6278	4305	7846	1314	1466	705	-	174	216
Gampola UC	12738	2682	2881	1425	817	4097	408	97	307	-	9	15
Hatton-Dickoya UC	12585	2420	1154	1191	6207	1046	344	75	107	-	11	30
Kadugannawa UC	1567	508	647	115	38	143	78	21	15	-	-	2
Nawalapitiya UC	11813	2777	2057	1404	2489	2424	234	218	188	-	3	19
Wattegama UC	3433	776	1374	473	452	162	175	7	12	-	-	2
Kegalle	578506	48834	434168	4260	65973	22376	1968	327	319	11	115	155
Kegalle UC	11427	2712	7393	438	305	353	91	55	57	-	3	20
Kurunegala	852661	135645	655502	9911	11306	34149	3970	649	1095	7	249	178
Kurunegala MC	21179	7845	7409	1570	777	1966	880	229	439	-	36	28
Kuliyapitiya UC	3631	1373	1530	308	140	156	90	13	20	-	-	1
Mannar	60124	1975	553	30514	9654	14274	2965	28	45	-	57	59
Matale	255630	29803	155002	9048	44206	14703	1958	307	427	4	81	91
Matale MC	25609	5887	8498	4148	1375	4612	673	146	246	-	4	20
Matara	514969	480448	3330	2297	15841	12399	132	281	54	-	28	159
Matara UC	32541	28547	341	414	199	2817	56	132	15	-	5	15
Weligama UC	15036	11767	158	88	46	2963	3	8	2	-	-	1
Moneragala	132260	16388	98829	1414	12006	2703	444	49	250	-	124	53
Nuwara-Eliya	397756	26778	126044	9996	225728	5289	1820	755	744	-	150	452
Nuwara-Eliya MC	15482	2893	4691	1963	4296	681	271	240	238	-	30	179
Talawakale-Lindula UC	7527	1511	1033	305	4397	150	71	35	13	-	8	4
Polonnaruwa	113971	28185	71243	4352	216	9125	592	58	87	92	-	21
Puttalam	302546	211571	30355	22009	7377	28384	1582	351	690	-	123	104
Chilaw UC	14090	8948	367	2862	511	855	326	45	162	-	1	13
Puttalam UC	13195	2587	241	1745	182	7850	181	85	298	-	-	26
Ratnapura	546037	80588	343736	7531	104632	6213	2153	510	264	12	209	189
Balangoda UC	3059	894	918	452	343	345	62	17	8	-	14	6
Ratnapura UC	21592	5663	12053	1347	631	1411	278	116	56	-	11	26
Trincomalee	138553	22002	17923	51081	3371	40775	1275	1204	688	5	78	151
Trincomalee UC	34817	7893	1120	19371	2002	2598	591	749	383	-	28	82
Vavuniya	68621	4133	8010	43573	7754	4631	276	129	24	-	26	65

Source: Sri Lanka Census of Population 1963 (All island tables). Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, 1986

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