Religious composition of Sri Lanka 1911

	Total	Buddhists	Hindus	Muhammadans	Christians	Others
Ceylon	4106350	2474170	938260	283631	409168	1121
Anuradhapura	85961	66460	7902	10047	1476	76
Badulla	216692	132428	70380	7840	5443	601
Batticaloa	153943	5829	79908	60740	7466	-
Chilaw	87948	33737	6510	3687	44014	-
Colombo	826828	517871	59281	57548	191761	367
Colombo Municipality	218526	69234	41150	46164	61626	352
Galle	291001	270083	4360	11780	4773	5
Galle Municipality	39960	28052	574	8745	2587	2
Hambantota	110508	106132	651	3209	514	2
Jaffna	326712	279	286710	3641	36080	2
Kalutara	279493	218284	25510	17796	17902	1
Kandy	408429	213932	139140	31574	23738	45
Kandy Municipality	29927	13869	3667	6236	6128	27
Kegalla	242361	167901	56479	9979	8001	1
Kurunegala	306807	266525	12152	13978	14145	7
Mannar	25918	223	4575	8100	13019	1
Matale	108367	66431	30880	6843	4213	-
Matara	227308	215516	2683	7121	1985	3
Mullaittivu	17336	1747	12023	1257	2309	-
Nuwara Eliya	155462	50655	91947	2864	9990	6
Puttalam	39361	8213	3873	11976	15298	1
Ratnapura	166160	130940	27711	3265	4242	2
Trincomalee	29755	984	15585	10386	2799	1

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