TotalBuddhistsHindusMohammedansChristiansRoman CatholicChurch of EnglandWesleyan MethodistPresbyterianBaptistCongregationalistIndependent CatholicSalvationistOther ChristianOthers

Ceylon

3565954

2141404

826826

246118

349239

287419

32514

14991

3337

3309

2446

1718

1011

2494

2367

Anuradhapura

79110

61949

6468

9043

1293

821

202

10

2

8

-

235

-

15

357

Anuradhapura Town367210631605457547 -
rural754386088648638586746 357

Badulla

186674

122773

51643

7263

4452

2790

1082

327

70

46

5

24

2

106

543

Badulla Local Board592434005251195803 1
rural128962117644388854931402 535
estates517881729472305752247 7

Batticaloa

145161

7623

75799

54313

6364

4572

419

1338

4

-

6

13

-

12

1062

Batticaloa Local Board996921355544203781 1
rural134630740269816538322519 1061
estates56284296164 -

Chilaw

74418

27929

5459

3062

37967

36981

586

77

11

195

5

54

36

22

1

Chilaw Local Board41681823516842950 1
rural66851270233720234633762 -
estates33997241388321255 -

Colombo

542577

351001

31275

42187

117888

91537

15762

5249

2123

2060

53

144

215

745

226

Colombo Municipality15469148412212933541249352354808286192719199112511173620222
Moratuva Town296001608415142312942 -
rural3499842850453900622854807 4
estates830214605931124787 -

Galle

258116

238606

3903

10986

4601

2015

1378

870

290

10

16

9

5

8

20

Galle Municipality371652563859181662766 4
rural21585021121239927601463 16
estates51011756291360372 -

Hambantota

104870

100954

650

2835

429

179

168

43

6

6

2

-

-

25

2

Hambantota Town28431085541566137 1
Tangalla Town2333177331373156 -
rural9969498096565896136 1

Jaffna

300851

107

265896

3188

31660

27161

1286

864

77

3

2243

1

1

24

-

Jaffna Town33879702191028759024 -
rural2660753724326531222461 -
estates897-7211175 -

Kalutara

229857

184892

13625

16052

15287

13434

845

699

60

96

-

112

7

34

1

Kalutara Local Board11500743815418662042 -
Panadure Town384531437577550 -
rural1975471715036241401111408 1
estates16965280812772981287 -

Kandy

377591

180632

146828

27868

22243

15503

4443

812

348

254

43

60

14

766

20

Kandy Municipality2638611910265959115901 5
Gampola Local Board379115255521180534 -
Navalapitiya Local Board34549698121130543 -
rural1885161610797516170052910 6
estates1554445149135289264212355 9

Kegalla

188791

136385

38631

8056

5697

3935

948

89

47

158

7

-

387

126

22

Kegalla Local Board23401367157210605 1
rural144952132791260571072447 2
estates414992227358697392645 19

Kurunegala

249429

220096

8238

11646

9387

7792

1015

94

17

51

1

25

321

71

62

Kurunegala Local Board6483308579010701536 2
rural2371012157103528105117297 55
estates58451301392065554 5

Mannar

24926

99

4639

7804

12367

11245

44

83

-

-

5

981

-

9

17

Mannar Town5332541927092199 -
rural19594944220509510168 17

Matale

92203

56162

26871

5883

3284

2480

441

76

46

147

1

21

4

68

3

Matale Local Board4951167011701374737 -
rural6111653775208041711087 3
estates26136717236213381460 -

Matara

203750

192580

3279

6348

1541

425

467

536

78

16

5

1

2

11

2

Matara Local Board1184895841001434730 -
Weligama Town7583615836130386 -
rural1809141764713863573482 2
estates3405367275738243 -

Mullaittivu

15159

1180

10852

1089

2020

1881

104

14

-

-

15

2

4

-

18

Mullaittivu Town13081574994450 -
Vavuniya Town5663735165113 -
rural13285112897529301457 18

Negombo

148249

92719

3023

3391

49115

44734

683

3430

29

171

1

3

3

61

1

Negombo Local Board1981914321101137615909 1
rural126890907251276200132888 -
estates154056264614318 -

Nuwara Eliya

153038

44342

96008

2853

9830

7165

1991

158

106

39

9

28

10

324

5

Nuwara Eliya Local Board5026172214882821534 -
rural4444839845193815651099 1
estates10356427759258210067197 4

Puttalam

29779

7935

3045

10835

7964

7814

117

19

1

-

3

2

-

8

-

Puttalam Local Board511529565629301234 -
rural241817539215978986585 -
estates4831012307145 -

Ratnapura

132964

112457

15400

2225

2880

2207

451

71

21

49

25

1

-

55

2

Ratnapura Local Board40843126148408402 -
rural112238108228127815461186 -
estates166421103139742711292 2

Trincomalee

28441

983

15294

9191

2970

2748

82

132

1

-

1

2

-

4

3

Trincomalee Local Board11295233749812622299 3
rural1711775077727929666 -
estates29-24-5 -

Military

3360

-

528

377

2446

9

Shipping

4105

192

1126

1570

1204

13

Prisoners of War

4914

-

-

2

4883

29

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