Kantalai is a Divisional Secretariat of Trincomalee District, in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. To the north it is bounded by Kinniya and Thambalagamuwa divisional secretariats, and to the east by Seruvila divisional secretariat. In the south it shares a boundary with Polonnaruwa District, while in the west it is bounded by Anuradhapura District, both of which are in the North Central Province.
In 2007 the division had a population of 42,861, of which 78.5 per cent were Sinhalese, 17.7 per cent Moors and 3.7 per cent Tamils. The population included 302 displaced persons, 95.0 per cent of whom had been forced to move by ethnic conflict, and 5.0 per cent by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The division is subdivided into 23 grama niladhari divisions.
Demography-Religion
Name Population Agbopura 2,954 Bathiyagama 5,245 Batuchchiya 1,738 Ganthalawa Unit 11 826 Ganthalawa Unit 12 977 Jayanthipura 2,477 Kanthale Town 2,948 Kanthalai Town South 2,190 Pansalgodella 1,285 Peraru East 2,419 Peraru Unit 02 1,477 Peraru West 3,193 Rajaela Unit 03 922 Rajaela Unit 04 1,412 Rajaela Unit 05 1,026 Rajawewa 2,529 Senipura 568 Sureyapura 969 Wanela East 1,604 Wanela West 1,166 Wenrasnpura Unit 14 1,879 Wenrasapura Unit 15 1,417 Wenrasapura Unit 16 1,640
References
External links Divisional Secretariats Portal