Census of Population and Housing of , 2012 Table A4: Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex Divisional secretariat division and Religion All religions sex Buddhist Hindu Islam Roman Catholic Other Christian Other District Total 1,618,465 1,431,632 14,721 118,305 43,711 9,926 170 Male 777,201 687,722 7,467 57,025 20,296 4,608 83 Female 841,264 743,910 7,254 61,280 23,415 5,318 87 Giribawa Total 31,412 28,639 14 2,500 105 154 - Male 15,180 13,865 8 1,189 55 63 - Female 16,232 14,774 6 1,311 50 91 - Galgamuwa Total 55,078 50,475 177 3,484 582 359 1 Male 26,813 24,567 100 1,718 256 172 - Female 28,265 25,908 77 1,766 326 187 1 Ehetuwewa Total 25,781 24,958 10 727 43 29 14 Male 12,579 12,201 5 331 21 17 4 Female 13,202 12,757 5 396 22 12 10 Total 22,878 22,314 13 364 125 58 4 Male 11,020 10,753 5 172 60 28 2 Female 11,858 11,561 8 192 65 30 2 Kotavehera Total 21,263 21,090 7 104 46 11 5 Male 10,140 10,063 2 53 16 3 3 Female 11,123 11,027 5 51 30 8 2 Rasnayakapura Total 21,893 17,320 26 4,138 348 59 2 Male 10,648 8,431 17 2,018 156 24 2 Female 11,245 8,889 9 2,120 192 35 - Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 Table A4: Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex Divisional secretariat division and Religion All religions sex Buddhist Hindu Islam Roman Catholic Other Christian Other Nikaweratiya Total 40,452 37,994 229 1,503 581 144 1 Male 19,485 18,301 111 726 280 66 1 Female 20,967 19,693 118 777 301 78 - Maho Total 57,485 53,668 234 3,041 365 150 27 Male 27,699 25,873 120 1,453 173 71 9 Female 29,786 27,795 114 1,588 192 79 18 Polpithigama Total 76,139 75,509 47 28 350 200 5 Male 37,001 36,704 30 13 156 96 2 Female 39,138 38,805 17 15 194 104 3 Ibbagamuwa Total 85,309 77,073 689 6,551 759 233 4 Male 40,633 36,743 347 3,087 336 118 2 Female 44,676 40,330 342 3,464 423 115 2 Ganewatta Total 40,137 37,627 64 1,948 363 134 1 Male 19,284 18,102 39 938 151 53 1 Female 20,853 19,525 25 1,010 212 81 - Total 61,425 59,466 212 873 758 115 1 Male 29,810 28,804 114 467 367 58 - Female 31,615 30,662 98 406 391 57 1 Kobeigane Total 35,975 31,165 20 3,862 832 95 1 Male 17,473 15,212 14 1,829 374 43 1 Female 18,502 15,953 6 2,033 458 52 - Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 Table A4: Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex Divisional secretariat division and Religion All religions sex Buddhist Hindu Islam Roman Catholic Other Christian Other Bingiriya Total 62,349 53,272 182 1,945 6,401 546 3 Male 29,799 25,451 100 976 3,006 263 3 Female 32,550 27,821 82 969 3,395 283 - Total 63,742 52,908 227 8,451 1,966 186 4 Male 30,800 25,439 128 4,215 938 80 - Female 32,942 27,469 99 4,236 1,028 106 4 Katupotha (Sub Office) Total 32,386 31,074 62 676 526 48 - Male 15,561 14,926 34 334 247 20 - Female 16,825 16,148 28 342 279 28 - Bamunakotuwa Total 36,217 34,774 53 772 557 61 - Male 17,263 16,583 34 357 259 30 - Female 18,954 18,191 19 415 298 31 - Maspotha Total 34,262 31,542 349 889 1,220 262 - Male 16,293 15,016 177 407 567 126 - Female 17,969 16,526 172 482 653 136 - Kurunegala Total 80,755 64,117 2,500 9,505 2,895 1,720 18 Male 38,734 30,629 1,275 4,711 1,321 791 7 Female 42,021 33,488 1,225 4,794 1,574 929 11 Mallawapitiya Total 52,634 41,729 923 7,924 1,058 992 8 Male 25,197 20,009 422 3,812 469 478 7 Female 27,437 21,720 501 4,112 589 514 1 Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 Table A4: Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex Divisional secretariat division and Religion All religions sex Buddhist Hindu Islam Roman Catholic Other Christian Other Mawathagama Total 64,904 52,637 2,711 7,694 898 951 13 Male 30,964 25,029 1,321 3,776 406 424 8 Female 33,940 27,608 1,390 3,918 492 527 5 Rideegama Total 88,714 75,598 2,346 10,022 497 240 11 Male 42,248 36,194 1,130 4,589 216 110 9 Female 46,466 39,404 1,216 5,433 281 130 2 Weerambugedara Total 34,339 33,276 66 84 726 181 6 Male 16,141 15,635 37 40 349 79 1 Female 18,198 17,641 29 44 377 102 5 East Total 54,062 36,275 146 17,087 389 161 4 Male 26,076 17,524 77 8,238 165 70 2 Female 27,986 18,751 69 8,849 224 91 2 Kuliyapitiya West Total 77,316 69,513 626 2,059 4,447 663 8 Male 36,670 32,928 337 1,019 2,072 306 8 Female 40,646 36,585 289 1,040 2,375 357 - Udubaddawa Total 52,231 38,640 223 5,412 7,506 447 3 Male 25,055 18,542 127 2,666 3,500 217 3 Female 27,176 20,098 96 2,746 4,006 230 - Pannala Total 124,225 107,649 835 7,205 7,616 900 20 Male 59,466 51,600 463 3,421 3,566 411 5 Female 64,759 56,049 372 3,784 4,050 489 15 Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 Table A4: Population by divisional secretariat division, religion and sex Divisional secretariat division and Religion All religions sex Buddhist Hindu Islam Roman Catholic Other Christian Other Total 56,279 51,763 325 3,425 609 155 2 Male 26,973 24,818 165 1,635 287 67 1 Female 29,306 26,945 160 1,790 322 88 1 Total 63,667 63,075 120 19 255 197 1 Male 30,951 30,677 67 9 99 98 1 Female 32,716 32,398 53 10 156 99 - Total 65,156 56,492 1,285 6,013 888 475 3 Male 31,245 27,103 661 2,826 428 226 1 Female 33,911 29,389 624 3,187 460 249 2

Source: Census of population and housing -2012