Polonnaruwa District

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

Administrative District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka


























































Polonnaruwa District



පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்

Administrative District

Lankatilaka Vihara
Lankatilaka Vihara


Map of Sri Lanka with Polonnaruwa District highlighted
Map of Sri Lanka with Polonnaruwa District highlighted

Coordinates: 8°00′N 81°00′E / 8.000°N 81.000°E / 8.000; 81.000Coordinates: 8°00′N 81°00′E / 8.000°N 81.000°E / 8.000; 81.000
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Central Province
Largest TownPolonnaruwa

DS Division[1]

List

  • Dimbulagala

  • Elahera

  • Hingurakgoda

  • Lankapura

  • Medirigiriya

  • Thamankaduwa

  • Welikanda

Government

 • MPs
 • MPCs[2]
Area
[3]

 • Total3,293 km2 (1,271 sq mi)
 • Land3,077 km2 (1,188 sq mi)
 • Water216 km2 (83 sq mi)  6.55%
Area rank5th (5.01% of total area)
Population
(2012)[4]

 • Total403,335
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)

Ethnicity
[5]

 • Sinhalese
365,476 (90.6%)
 • Moors
29,060 (7.2%)
 • Sri Lankan Tamil
7,356 (1.8%)
 • Indian Tamil
1,190 (0.3%)
 • Other253 (0.06%)

Religion
[6]

 • Buddhist
361,920 (89.7%)
 • Muslim
30,427 (7.5%)
 • Hindu
6,835 (1.7%)
 • Christian
4,090 (1.00%)
 • Other63 (0.01%)
Time zone
UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Post Codes
51000
Telephone Codes027
ISO 3166 codeLK-72
Vehicle registrationNC
Official Languages
Sinhala, Tamil

Polonnaruwa District (Sinhalese: පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; Tamil: பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. It is also one of the two districts of North Central Province and has an area of 3,293 km².[7]


The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Polonnaruwa.




Contents





  • 1 Demographics

    • 1.1 Ethnicity


    • 1.2 Religion



  • 2 Education


  • 3 Towns


  • 4 References




Demographics



Ethnicity


The majority of the population are Sinhalese with a minority Sri Lankan Moor and Sri Lankan Tamil population.[8]





















Ethnicity in Polonnaruwa District[9]
PopulationPercent
Sinhalese
 
90.6%
Sri Lankan Moor
 
7.2%
Sri Lankan Tamil
 
1.8%
Indian Tamils
 
0.3%



Religion





















Religion in Polonnaruwa District (2011)[10]



  Buddhism (89.7%)


  Islam (7.5%)


  Hinduism (1.7%)


  Christianity (1.0%)


  Other (0.0%)



According to the 2011 census[10] 89.7% of the population were Buddhists, 7.5% Muslim, 1.7% Hindu and 1% Christian.



Education


Following are some of the schools in the Polonnaruwa District.


  • Polonnaruwa Rajakeeya Madya Maha Vidyalaya

  • Thopawewa Maha Vidyalayaya

  • Bakamuna Mahasen Isuru College

  • PL/Polonnaruwa Muslim Central College - Kaduruwela

  • PL/Vijitha Central College


Towns



  • Polonnaruwa-Kaduruwela

  • Hingurakgoda

  • Minneriya

  • Bakamuna

  • Aralaganwila

  • Medirigiriya

  • Giritale

  • Elahera

  • Jayantipura

  • Galamuna

  • Lankapura

  • Sungawila

  • Manampitiya

  • Welikanda

  • Dimbulagala


References



  1. ^ https://www.citypopulation.de/php/srilanka-admin.php?adm1id=72


  2. ^ http://www.nc.gov.lk/en/about-us/provincial-cabinet.html


  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20121113190301/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP1/AB1-1.pdf


  4. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop43&gp=Activities&tpl=3%20The%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing%20of%20Sri%20Lanka-2011


  5. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop42&gp=Activities&tpl=3


  6. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop43&gp=Activities&tpl=3


  7. ^ http://coins.lakdiva.org/d25/districts.html


  8. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop42&gp=Activities&tpl=3%20The%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing%20of%20Sri%20Lanka-2011


  9. ^ http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop42&gp=Activities&tpl=3%20The%20Census%20of%20Population%20and%20Housing%20of%20Sri%20Lanka-2011


  10. ^ ab Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011








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