Religious composition of Sri Lanka 1963

	Total	Buddhists	Hindus	Muslims	Roman Catholics	Other Christians	Zorastrians	Free thinkers and rationalists	Agnostics	Others	Unspecified
Ceylon	10582064	7003287	1958394	724043	768833	116116	932	808	172	1428	8051
Amparai	211732	60249	46034	98470	4939	1798	6	7	3	21	205
Anuradhapura	279788	247472	6303	20981	4168	589	2	8	2	7	256
Badulla	521845	287084	199900	19691	10772	3817	16	17	2	47	499
Badulla MC	27115	17857	3838	3359	1364	649	-	1	2	13	32
Batticaloa	196189	5443	129028	46422	12098	2985	4	2	2	21	184
Colombo	2207420	1508338	111925	154548	371056	58051	212	507	93	809	1881
Colombo MC	511644	221047	78737	109771	79601	20866	107	384	41	387	703
Dehiwala-Mt.Lavinia MC	110934	81359	4211	3931	14217	6737	6	30	13	50	380
Negombo MC	46908	6878	2966	4598	30837	1584	-	4	-	41	-
Galle	641474	601609	13425	19378	4556	2117	2	27	5	23	332
Galle MC	65236	48202	874	13463	1936	724	1	6	4	8	18
Hambantota	274297	266133	1032	6125	387	182	-	11	3	7	417
Jaffna	612596	5117	522725	9183	65885	9262	24	19	18	18	345
Jaffna MC	94670	2034	57714	7536	24513	2786	6	3	14	3	61
Kalutara	631457	530561	34741	39150	23368	2946	-	32	2	32	625
Kandy	1043632	614535	295887	89734	32106	10198	446	42	11	184	489
Kandy MC	68202	42676	7028	10053	5819	2510	2	16	2	44	52
Kegalle	578506	478630	61366	24728	9687	3781	2	7	-	10	295
Kurunegala	852661	763591	13661	39779	29641	5046	156	33	5	73	676
Kurunegala MC	21179	13468	1840	3336	2133	385	2	2	-	1	12
Mannar	60124	1627	16437	17398	24023	617	-	6	2	5	9
Matale	255630	182314	47908	17273	6729	1230	1	6	2	13	154
Matale MC	25609	13733	4376	5597	1428	445	1	3	1	-	25
Matara	514969	482868	15458	12873	2102	1279	6	10	4	26	343
Moneragala	132260	115263	12685	3400	637	169	-	3	-	1	102
Nuwara-Eliya	397756	151571	219263	8044	15448	3296	11	11	-	12	100
Nuwara-Eliya MC	15482	6570	4938	1218	2140	604	-	1	-	1	10
Polonnaruwa	113971	97972	4012	9776	1933	186	1	6	3	8	74
Puttalam	302546	132056	14660	30816	121042	3576	2	21	8	42	323
Ratnapura	546037	422741	101479	8824	9074	3278	2	25	3	53	558
Trincomalee	138553	37897	46433	42440	10498	1119	35	4	2	13	112
Vavuniya	68621	10216	44032	5010	8684	594	4	4	2	3	72

Source: Sri Lanka Census of Population 1963. All island tables. Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, 1986