Census of Population and Housing of , 2012 Table A17: Migrant population by district of previous residence and reason for migration Reason for migration District of previous residence Migrant Resettled after Accompanied a and sex Marriage Employment Education Displaced Projects Other Population displacement family member

Gampaha District Both sexes Total migrant population 626957 180968 189767 27447 7070 2567 2259 135228 81651 175469 48787 22065 4725 1717 1540 1236 55557 39842 Gampaha ------ 22922 8358 5600 968 185 50 77 5017 2667 45648 13468 17463 1810 178 89 112 8780 3748 14000 3621 6577 692 37 22 20 2138 893 26621 5534 13657 939 120 31 40 4512 1788 32329 10014 10798 1475 242 85 72 6424 3219 Matara 31484 9157 12345 1412 141 60 63 5660 2646 12815 3337 6060 719 36 9 20 1798 836 5435 724 1090 216 1622 74 4 1111 594 Mannar 1452 257 295 117 349 35 3 231 165 1452 238 712 68 103 15 2 196 118 Mullaitivu 464 59 205 28 42 8 - 73 49 Kilinochchi 406 41 189 14 68 - - 54 40 Baticaloa 2378 434 843 172 175 27 2 516 209 7277 1518 3090 600 142 16 14 1305 592 6324 1327 1775 428 608 49 11 1368 758 61085 21365 22524 2885 252 99 166 9229 4565 28488 9270 8034 1883 328 55 77 5978 2863 25296 6594 11093 1570 165 37 56 3844 1937 10516 2769 4403 650 51 19 9 1685 930 25354 5834 12356 1185 73 56 30 4223 1597 Monaragala 9073 1979 4964 560 28 13 7 997 525 25749 7691 10583 1447 87 36 47 3998 1860 41033 16749 11066 1753 168 107 165 7136 3889 Another Country 13887 1843 1980 1131 153 35 26 3398 5321 Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 Table A17: Migrant population by district of previous residence and reason for migration Reason for migration District of previous residence Migrant Resettled after Accompanied a and sex Marriage Employment Education Displaced Projects Other Population displacement family member

Gampaha District Male Total migrant population 290676 53123 121042 14096 3237 1272 1220 54678 42008 Colombo 82456 17770 15652 2511 803 767 649 23616 20688 Gampaha ------Kalutara 10447 2564 3920 466 85 27 42 2009 1334 Kandy 22092 3805 11952 940 77 40 61 3280 1937 Matale 6540 862 3995 359 12 15 12 823 462 Nuwara Eliya 13245 1504 8563 518 49 17 24 1724 846 Galle 15764 3179 7617 687 113 47 39 2443 1639 Matara 15490 2775 8340 704 61 27 32 2131 1420 Hambantota 5882 873 3480 346 17 4 10 671 481 Jaffna 2494 192 769 125 709 37 1 400 261 Mannar 720 98 178 67 169 14 - 108 86 Vavuniya 729 56 444 34 54 7 2 69 63 Mullaitivu 233 14 132 14 20 3 - 28 22 Kilinochchi 154 13 65 6 27 - - 19 24 Baticaloa 1196 124 568 100 83 12 - 202 107 Ampara 3565 418 1831 332 70 8 8 554 344 Trincomalee 3000 363 1144 231 279 25 6 565 387 Kurunegala 25752 5009 13227 1387 109 44 94 3649 2233 Puttalam 12539 2563 4950 912 170 26 48 2403 1467 Anuradhapura 11200 1761 5879 808 72 22 26 1572 1060 Polonnaruwa 4887 707 2607 346 26 10 6 687 498 Badulla 12496 1576 7771 660 24 29 20 1589 827 Monaragala 4348 503 2778 329 13 5 4 394 322 Ratnapura 11392 1852 6342 683 43 18 24 1505 925 Kegalle 17199 3865 7417 874 81 51 97 2817 1997 Another Country 6856 677 1421 657 71 17 15 1420 2578 Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 Table A17: Migrant population by district of previous residence and reason for migration Reason for migration District of previous residence Migrant Resettled after Accompanied a and sex Marriage Employment Education Displaced Projects Other Population displacement family member

Gampaha District Female Total migrant population 336281 127845 68725 13351 3833 1295 1039 80550 39643 Colombo 93013 31017 6413 2214 914 773 587 31941 19154 Gampaha ------Kalutara 12475 5794 1680 502 100 23 35 3008 1333 Kandy 23556 9663 5511 870 101 49 51 5500 1811 Matale 7460 2759 2582 333 25 7 8 1315 431 Nuwara Eliya 13376 4030 5094 421 71 14 16 2788 942 Galle 16565 6835 3181 788 129 38 33 3981 1580 Matara 15994 6382 4005 708 80 33 31 3529 1226 Hambantota 6933 2464 2580 373 19 5 10 1127 355 Jaffna 2941 532 321 91 913 37 3 711 333 Mannar 732 159 117 50 180 21 3 123 79 Vavuniya 723 182 268 34 49 8 - 127 55 Mullaitivu 231 45 73 14 22 5 - 45 27 Kilinochchi 252 28 124 8 41 - - 35 16 Baticaloa 1182 310 275 72 92 15 2 314 102 Ampara 3712 1100 1259 268 72 8 6 751 248 Trincomalee 3324 964 631 197 329 24 5 803 371 Kurunegala 35333 16356 9297 1498 143 55 72 5580 2332 Puttalam 15949 6707 3084 971 158 29 29 3575 1396 Anuradhapura 14096 4833 5214 762 93 15 30 2272 877 Polonnaruwa 5629 2062 1796 304 25 9 3 998 432 Badulla 12858 4258 4585 525 49 27 10 2634 770 Monaragala 4725 1476 2186 231 15 8 3 603 203 Ratnapura 14357 5839 4241 764 44 18 23 2493 935 Kegalle 23834 12884 3649 879 87 56 68 4319 1892 Another Country 7031 1166 559 474 82 18 11 1978 2743 Source: Census of population and housing -2012