Religious composition of Sri Lanka 1891

	Total	Buddhists	Hindus	Christians	Mohammedans	COthers
Ceylon	3007789	1877043	615932	302127	211995	692
Anuradhapura	75333	59888	5614	947	8884	-
Badulla	159201	114086	33789	3899	7044	383
Batticaloa	122699	6624	65744	5412	44902	17
Chilaw	63231	23629	4349	32502	2747	4
Colombo	446244	292854	16583	101730	34927	150
Colombo Municipality	126825	41518	12490	43174	29503	140
Galle	222895	206938	1683	4186	10079	9
Hambantota	89318	85866	664	400	2386	2
Jaffna	279973	55	247258	29431	3223	6
Kalutara	183632	154436	3371	12768	13049	8
Kandy	288353	154842	93239	17143	23088	41
Kegalla	150627	120376	19614	3942	6677	18
Kurunegala	230187	208724	4193	6540	10719	11
Mannar	25398	186	4719	12611	7882	-
Matale	76514	51758	16658	2589	5503	6
Matara	177586	169065	1592	1226	5703	-
Mullaittivu	13925	1087	10015	1830	993	-
Negombo	132657	81514	2279	45992	2865	7
Nuwara Eliya	109620	37904	61292	7942	2468	14
Puttalam	26652	8029	2474	6227	9919	3
Ratnapura	107999	98159	6009	1948	1870	13
Trincomalee	25745	1023	14793	2862	7067	-

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