Paragaswewa

Paragaswewa is a rural village where written documents are available about it from 1931.It is located in Kurunegala district, North western province of Sri Lanka. According to the older generation, people migrated to this village from suburbs of Kandy, during the last era of the Kingdom of Kandy (1700-1800), due to population growth. Now it has a population of more than 200 people belonging to 65 families. They mainly depend on agriculture. But now increasing amount of people tend to move to urban areas looking for jobs. Paragaswewa village has a buddhist temple, government school, two water reservoirs, paddy fields and number of coconut plantations. There 3 rural groceries to supply daily needs to villagers.