Religious composition of Sri Lanka 1946

District	Total	Buddhists	Hindus	Muslims	Roman Catholics	Anglicans	Presbyterians	Methodists	Baptists	Congregationalists	Salvationists	Pentecontalists	American Mission	Other Christians	Zoroastrians	Free Thinkers	Agnostics	Others
Ceylon	6657339	4294932	1320352	436556	507418	48823	4248	20335	3321	135	2894	1864	2094	12103	400	326	40	1498
Anuradhapura	139534	111587	9774	15301	2232	264	32	65	18	-	15	4	-	116	7	-	-	119
Anuradhapura UC	12314	7332	2759	1241	795	114	6	36	4	-	5	4	-	17	1	-	-	-
Badulla	372238	213799	134576	13085	7515	1722	75	505	47	6	37	32	19	731	19	6	2	62
Badulla UC	13387	8337	1995	1894	670	242	4	169	16	-	2	9	-	39	6	1	1	2
Bandarawela UC	2946	1351	596	470	380	99	8	24	-	4	1	5	-	7	-	-	-	1
Batticaloa	203186	11132	95357	85958	7627	564	12	2313	1	8	35	48	1	87	-	6	-	37
Batticaloa UC	13037	664	6543	957	4039	182	1	546	-	-	12	43	-	35	-	4	-	11
Chilaw	139764	59263	7927	4937	65857	660	14	401	146	2	107	20	-	419	-	4	1	6
Chilaw UC	9108	1503	550	1037	5769	202	1	25	8	1	-	5	-	4	-	1	-	2
Colombo	1420332	942106	87599	94053	248075	26547	3048	11129	2172	37	622	749	100	3071	248	151	23	602
Colombo MC	362074	139536	65469	74326	61489	12815	2331	2947	731	18	278	266	66	1282	154	85	15	266
Avissawella UC	2632	1876	230	55	422	26	1	1	1	-	-	12	5	2	-	-	-	1
Dehiwala-Mt.Lavinia UC	56881	41325	2340	1176	7517	2885	415	679	154	3	76	63	2	219	6	10	2	9
Gampaha UC	2913	2361	147	30	306	48	-	9	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	5
Ja-Ela UC	3129	560	188	12	2333	28	-	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Kolonnawa UC	13815	11796	608	332	694	203	12	30	33	-	1	9	-	94	-	2	-	1
Kotte UC	40218	31186	2163	854	3355	1762	79	259	189	-	14	134	7	180	-	20	6	10
Moratuwa UC	50698	28730	689	785	13446	3788	14	2772	76	1	158	119	11	83	1	5	-	20
Negombo UC	32479	5448	1967	2774	21758	296	2	180	17	2	3	3	2	13	1	-	-	13
Wattala-Mabole-Peliyagoda UC	12418	5422	1020	618	5123	131	7	23	30	-	-	4	-	40	-	-	-	-
Minuwangoda Local Board	1199	696	83	176	219	15	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Galle	459785	431599	8263	14258	3464	1241	86	480	37	6	17	73	1	188	9	12	-	51
Galle MC	49009	36090	883	9758	1467	378	65	222	15	2	8	37	1	73	1	9	-	-
Ambalangoda UC	9952	9523	147	132	49	37	-	18	1	-	1	6	-	5	1	2	-	30
Hambantota	149686	144243	924	3971	343	80	6	56	2	2	4	2	-	36	2	1	-	14
Hambantota UC	3970	1725	99	2015	93	24	3	6	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	1
Tangalla-Beliatta UC	6857	5932	176	584	93	26	1	19	1	-	-	-	-	19	-	1	-	5
Jaffna	424788	4434	363227	5786	44437	1850	142	1320	22	14	247	414	1872	947	14	28	4	30
Jaffna UC	62543	1649	38134	5005	15698	1047	31	481	4	11	7	109	73	276	4	7	2	5
Kalutara	456572	380431	28930	25576	18635	1309	59	973	47	5	66	30	3	345	17	41	4	101
Beruwala UC	11495	3904	99	6498	972	12	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
Horana UC	3580	3346	64	52	82	30	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
Kalutara UC	18965	12500	454	3233	2415	171	4	138	3	-	6	6	-	22	2	7	4	-
Panadura UC	16513	14509	541	311	657	280	12	153	-	-	7	4	-	25	3	6	-	5
Kandy	711449	409559	212848	55482	23934	5693	274	1195	228	15	162	210	14	1640	29	26	3	137
Kandy MC	51266	30459	5581	8170	4625	1568	91	423	62	7	30	42	5	142	6	12	2	41
Gampola UC	9163	3968	1149	3369	408	194	10	22	3	-	5	-	-	31	-	1	-	3
Hatton-Dickoya UC	5379	2011	1528	997	595	82	6	105	-	-	1	25	-	26	2	-	-	1
Kadugannawa UC	1335	885	130	189	85	38	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	1
Nawalapitiya UC	7623	3079	1331	2048	842	242	26	31	8	1	-	5	-	4	-	4	-	2
Wattegama UC	1067	491	270	251	9	30	2	3	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
Kegalla	401762	329178	46334	15548	7032	1805	42	146	208	7	614	18	53	751	9	4	2	11
Kegalla UC	4903	3194	293	320	971	102	1	19	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Kurunegala	485042	430407	11042	21159	17995	1622	48	255	72	4	701	34	13	1560	7	8	-	115
Kuliyapitiya UC	2173	1308	223	177	411	8	4	13	-	-	1	1	-	27	-	-	-	-
Kurunegala UC	13372	8010	1283	2179	1531	273	11	25	11	-	3	9	8	25	2	1	-	1
Mannar	31538	815	6446	10563	13477	46	2	167	-	-	3	1	1	12	4	-	-	1
Matale	155720	104515	35946	9681	3940	594	31	85	174	1	70	34	-	599	2	2	-	46
Matale UC	14090	7504	2077	3093	1013	219	12	35	72	-	26	25	-	2	1	1	-	10
Matara	351947	331237	8566	9217	1466	680	43	462	8	3	39	29	-	128	4	11	-	54
Matara UC	22908	19267	343	2202	562	288	39	151	1	-	19	8	-	16	1	-	-	11
Weligama UC	11923	9869	46	1930	20	20	-	27	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	8
Nuwara Eliya	268121	100217	147622	5853	10957	2177	205	264	45	22	63	60	2	558	22	9	-	45
Nuwara Eliya UC	10828	4518	3039	982	1705	360	49	44	11	-	2	25	1	74	-	9	-	9
Puttalam	43083	14090	2764	13914	12013	62	12	29	3	-	2	1	-	181	2	3	-	7
Puttalam UC	7792	517	604	5354	1274	28	1	8	2	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-
Ratnapura	343620	259144	68646	6249	7017	1456	58	163	78	3	84	91	-	587	4	8	-	32
Balangoda UC	2140	1110	365	263	297	52	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	47	-	-	-	-
Ratnapura UC	12441	9436	827	1168	729	164	20	29	34	-	4	19	-	7	-	3	-	1
Trincomalee	75926	13669	29379	23800	8150	379	57	303	13	-	6	8	9	131	1	6	1	14
Trincomalee UC	32507	8495	14014	3428	5976	229	19	222	6	-	2	7	7	86	-	5	1	10
Vavuniya	23246	3507	14182	2165	3252	72	2	24	-	-	-	6	6	16	-	-	-	14

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

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