Kandy District

This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Kandy.

Kandy District මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය கண்டி மாவட்டம்
—  Administrative District  —
Map of Sri Lanka with Kandy District highlighted
Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.25°N 80.75°E / 7.25; 80.75Coordinates: 7°15′N 80°45′E / 7.25°N 80.75°E / 7.25; 80.75
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province
Created
Capital	Kandy
Divisions	List Divisional Secretariats: 20 Grama Niladhari: 1,188
Government
– District Secretary	Gotabaya Jayarathna
– Local	List Municipal Councils: 1 Urban Councils: 3 Pradeishiya Sabhas: 17
Area
– Total	1,940 km2 (749 sq mi)
– Land	1,917 km2 (740.2 sq mi)
– Water	23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
Population (2001)
– Total	1,279,028
– Density	659.3/km2 (1,707.6/sq mi)
Time zone	Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	LK-21
Website	ds.gov.lk/dist_kandy

Kandy District (Sinhala: මහනුවර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, Tamil: கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Its area is 1906.3 km²^[1]. The capital of the district is Kandy.

Demographics

Ethnic groups Sinhalese 947,900 (74.11%) Sri Lankan Tamil 52,052 (4.07%) Sri Lankan Moor 168,049 (13.14%) Indian Tamil 103,622 (8.1%) Burgher 2,128 (0.17%) Sri Lankan Malay 2,668 (0.21%) Other 2,609 (0.2%)

Religions Buddhism 937,001 (73.26%) Hinduism 134,438 (10.51%) Islam 173,590 (13.57%) Roman Catholic 23,232 (1.82%) Other Christian 10,330 (0.81%) Other 437 (0.03%)

The population according to the 2001 census is 1,279,028 of which 74.1 % are Sinhalese, 13.1 % Sri Lankan Moors, 8.1 % Tamils of Indian origin and 4.1 % Sri Lankan Tamils.^[2]

73.3 % of the population are Buddhists, 13.6 % Muslim, 10.5 % Hindu and 2.6 % Christian.^[3]

References

1. ^ Kandy District Secretariat
2. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/PDF/Population/p9p8%20Ethnicity.pdf
3. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/PDF/Population/p9p9%20Religion.pdf

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