TotalBuddhistSiviteRoman CatholicMohammadanProtestantChurch of EnglandChristianWesleyanPresbyterianSattiya VedamVishnuiteBaptistVeddahsZoroastrianLutheranRationalistUnitarianCongregationalistMoravianIsraeliteNoncorfomistGreek ChurchNo DenominationNot stated

Ceylon

2401066

1520575

464414

182613

171542

24756

10379

9839

6071

3101

1786

1530

1478

534

24

10

8

6

4

3

2

2

1

547

1841

Badulla

129000

103946

17353

1034

5303

223

172

335

8

49

-

98

6

459

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

11

Badulla33901864398133798638926313--2----------1-

Batticaloa

93121

5072

52097

3055

31738

227

95

145

136

13

250

26

3

75

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

189

-

Batticaloa33531515811061199837463843189-1------------

Colombo

576173

376488

15960

101916

42529

18877

6487

3899

5014

1742

371

582

1111

-

18

6

-

-

2

3

-

-

1

191

976

Colombo Municipality95843204231263322927255966004245517395831624349404434-186--23--1104538

Galle

194418

179234

844

1695

10142

475

539

602

358

479

7

11

6

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

3

20

Galle Municipality470593399557315399219320332234345476791--1----11-24

Hambantota

60873

58709

138

44

1810

6

59

72

12

18

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

3

Hambantota19176944029109812510811-1-------------

Jaffna

246037

5

220858

19387

2528

1039

417

847

182

98

471

199

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

-

Jaffna346843252315318237335438523617791317197-----------2-

Kandy

257909

136358

87131

8319

19321

1891

1473

1796

216

392

127

315

206

-

2

3

8

5

2

-

1

-

-

72

271

Kandy Municipality168813385337924495452664644413114168433123-21--1----2119

Kegalla

105287

93994

4373

1243

4718

262

143

277

13

12

4

39

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

49

153

Kegalla11978146419530442223-4--1------------

Kurunegala

207885

190584

4934

2058

9303

410

131

368

1

27

12

39

9

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

4

Kurunegala368310287337238071741087012110-3----------5-

Mannar

25545

851

5322

12276

6874

26

66

1

3

2

124

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mannar228812822112416092064-32---------------

Matale

71724

46948

16678

1710

5229

166

179

203

12

77

3

114

85

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

314

Matale35973861605312108036324032325721------------

Matara

143357

135768

1359

278

5170

154

123

255

80

130

-

6

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

21

Matara186311658696175133378809067118-1-----------7-

Nuwara Eliya

36070

29085

4707

690

892

281

160

161

2

27

-

37

9

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

6

12

Nuwara Eliya14644292563055317111897116--1----------611

Nuwarakalawiya

58972

51325

2472

355

4745

14

11

34

2

6

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

Anuradhapura702131260821941411226---------------

Puttalam

68128

24660

5218

24788

12003

466

98

626

3

3

201

2

25

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

26

Puttalam30187142925221853058-137--------------

Sabaragamuwa

92277

85683

3927

920

1204

160

141

131

6

25

5

43

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

23

Ratnapura3571274820722422749801936-7------------1

Trincomalee

24232

1833

12668

1547

7703

59

83

87

23

1

210

17

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

Trincomalee92032362541240133151827623110516-----------1-

Vanni

10058

32

8375

1298

330

20

2

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mullaittivu1044255438781182------------------
Source: Census of the Island of Ceylon 1871. General report ordered by His Excellency the Governor to be printed. Colombo, 1873
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