Kalutara District (; Kaḷuttuṟai Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. 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 Kalutara .
Geography Kalutara District is located in the south-west of Sri Lanka and has an area of . It is bounded by Colombo District in the north, Ratnapura District in the east, Galle District in the south, and the Indian Ocean in the west.
Administrative units Kalutara District is divided into 14 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent). The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 762 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).
DS Division Main Town Divisional SecretaryGNDivisions Area(km2) Population (2012 Census) PopulationDensity(/km2)Sinhalese Sri Lankan Moors Sri LankanTamil IndianTamil Other TotalAgalawatta Agalawatta H. A. K. Pushpakumara 34 88 35,456 71 102 810 17 36,456 414Bandaragama Bandaragama M. A. T. Senarath 59 56 96,032 11,887 364 378 228 108,889 1,944Beruwala Beruwala Janaka Sri Chandaguptha 82 69 105,351 56,741 1,543 666 206 164,507 2,384Bulathsinhala Bulathsinhala Irangani Weerasinghe 54 206 54,635 2,223 4,236 3,513 28 64,635 314Dodangoda Dodangoda Thilanka Wettasinha 45 114 56,405 35 3,636 3,583 46 63,705 559Horana Horana K. A. D. R. N. Jayasinghe 61 109 110,122 94 698 1,329 198 112,441 1,032Ingiriya Ingiriya Champa Upasena 31 90 48,155 13 1,978 3,452 47 53,645 596Kalutara Kalutara Wimal Gunathunga 87 69 144,457 12,428 1,844 159 337 159,225 2,308Madurawela Madurawela Menaka Priyantha Abeyrathna 33 59 31,345 9 506 2,363 22 34,245 580Matugama Matugama W. S. M. K. Silva 57 128 70,612 2,819 5,325 2,209 99 81,064 633Millaniya Millaniya Wimal Gunathunga 44 81 50,465 41 80 1,461 31 52,078 643Palindanuwara Baduraliya Tharani Anoja Gamage 43 276 45,492 577 1,755 2,548 10 50,382 183Panadura Panadura K. G. Wijayasiri 72 44 153,840 25,328 1,556 263 737 181,724 4,130Walallavita Walallavita Dashitha Niroshana 60 209 52,624 10 739 877 14 54,264 260Total 762 1,598 1,054,991 112,276 24,362 23,611 2,020 1,217,260 762
Demographics Population Kalutara District's population was 1,217,260 in 2012. The majority of the population are Sinhalese, with a minority Sri Lankan Moor and Sri Lankan Tamil population.
Ethnicity
+ Population of Kalutara District by ethnic group 1946 to 2012Year Sinhalese Sri Lankan MoorsSri Lankan Tamil Indian TamilOther TotalNo.No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %1946 Census n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 456,5721953 Census n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 523,5501963 Census n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 631,4571971 Census n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 729,5141981 Census 723,483 87.20% 61,159 7.37% 9,744 1.17% 33,659 4.06% 1,659 0.20% 829,7042001 Census 928,914 87.12% 93,293 8.75% 12,665 1.19% 28,895 2.71% 2,472 0.23% 1,066,2392012 Census 1,054,991 86.67% 112,276 9.22% 24,362 2.00% 23,611 1.94% 2,020 0.17% 1,217,260
Religion
+ Population of Kalutara District by religion 1981 to 2012Year BuddhistMuslim Christian HinduOther TotalNo.No. % No.% No. % No. % No. %1981 Census 699,613 84.32% 62,659 7.55% 30,121 3.63% 37,035 4.46% 276 0.03% 829,7042001 Census 883,968 82.91% 105,957 9.94% 41,214 3.87% 34,678 3.25% 422 0.04% 1,066,2392012 Census 1,016,632 83.52% 114,422 9.40% 46,109 3.79% 39,773 3.27% 324 0.03% 1,217,260
See also Kithulgoda
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