Badulla District

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Badulla District | native_name = <br />{{lang|si|බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය}}<br /><br />{{lang|ta|பதுளை மாவட்டம்}} | type = Administrative District | image_skyline = Tea plantation Haputale.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Tea plantation in Haputale | image_map = Sri Lanka districts Badulla.svg | image_map1 = Badulla district AM.jpg | map_caption1 = Map of Badulla district showing its administrative areas | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of Sri Lanka with Badulla District highlighted | coordinates = {{coord|6|59|05|N|81|03|23|E|type:adm2nd_region:LK-81|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Sri Lanka | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Uva Province | parts_type = Divisions | parts_style = list | p1 = Divisional Secretariats: | p2 = Grama Niladhari: | established_title = Created | established_date = | seat_type = Largest City | seat = Badulla | government_footnotes = | leader_title = District Secretary | leader_name = P.S.P.Abeywardhane | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 2,861 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 871763 | population_as_of = 2024 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | blank_name = Languages | blank_info = Sinhala, Tamil, English | timezone1 = Sri Lanka | utc_offset1 = +05:30 | iso_code = LK-81 | website = http://www.badulla.dist.gov.lk/index.php/en/[http://www.ds.gov.lk/dist_badulla/english/ ds.gov.lk/dist_badulla] | footnotes = }} thumbnail|A school in Badulla district [[File:Lipton's seat.jpg|thumb|right|Lipton's Seat]] [[File:Diyaluma Falls (Koslanda, Sri Lanka).jpg|thumb|right|Diyaluma Falls]]

'''Badulla District''' ({{langx|si|බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය}} ''badūlla distrikkaya''; {{langx|ta|பதுளை மாவட்டம்}} ''Patuḷai māvaṭṭam'') is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is {{convert|2,861|sqkm|abbr=on}} and has a total population of 871763 as of 2024. The district is bounded by the Kandy district to the North and by Nuwara Eliya and Matale districts to the West. The South-Eastern border creates with the districts of Rathnapura, Monaragala & Ampara. Mainly the economy of the district is based on agricultural farming and livestock.

Badulla District is an agricultural district where tea and various vegetables are cultivated. The district is divided into an upper region and a lower region which differ in climatic and geographic characteristics. The upper region of the district is known for tea plantations and vegetable cultivation while the lower region focuses more on paddy farming.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/GNcode/uva_prov.pdf |title=Uva Province |access-date=2010-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113164448/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/GNcode/uva_prov.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-13 |url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2009/06/28/fea05.asp |title=Uva |access-date=2010-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605113732/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2009/06/28/fea05.asp |archive-date=2011-06-05 |url-status = live}}</ref>

==Education== ===Universities=== * Uva Wellassa University

===Schools===

Badulla * Uva College, Badulla * Dharmadutha College Badulla * Badulla Central College * Vishaka Girls High School Badulla * Viharamahadevi Girls School Badulla * Saraswathi National School Badulla

Bandarawela * Bandarawela Central College * S. Thomas' College, Bandarawela * St.Joseph's college * Bandarawela Tamil Central College

Mahiyanganaya * Mahiyanganaya National school

Passara * Passara National College * Passara Tamil Maha Vidyalayam National College * Sri Ramakrishna College * Al Adhan Maha Vidyalaya * Barathy Maha Vidyalayam * Tamils Girls maha vidyalayam * Gonakelle Tamil Maha Vidiyalayam

welimada * Welimada Central Collage

==Electorate divisions in Badulla District== * Badulla * Bandarawela * Hali-Ela * Haputale * Mahiyanganaya * Passara * Uva-Paranagama * Welimada * Wiyaluwa

===Major cities=== * Badulla (Municipal Council) * Bandarawela (Municipal Council)

===Major towns=== * Haputale (Urban Council)

===Other places=== * Mahiyanganaya * Diyatalawa * Hali-Ela * Ella * Haldummulla * Beragala * Welimada * Kandaketiya * Meegahakivula * Passara * Lunugala * Tennapanguwa * Kumarapattiya

==Demography==

{{Pie chart | thumb = left | caption = Ethnicity in Badulla District (2024)<ref name="2024ethnicity">{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Population by ethnicity according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024 |url=https://www.statistics.gov.lk/Population/StaticalInformation/CPH2024/PopulationA/A6 |website=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka}}</ref> | label1 = Sinhala | value1 = 73.44 | color1 = maroon | label2 = Hill Tamils | value2 = 10.97 | color2 = peachpuff | label3 = Sri Lankan Tamils | value3 = 9.38 | color3 = orange | label4 = Sri Lankan Moors | value4 = 5.98 | color4 = green | other-label = Others | other-color = grey | other = y }}

According to the 2024 census, the population of Badulla district was 871,763.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census of Population and Housing 2024 |url=https://www.statistics.gov.lk//Resource/en/Population/CPH_2024/CPH2024_Preliminary_Report.pdf |access-date=27 March 2026 |website=www.statistics.gov.lk}}</ref>

===Religion=== {{bar box |title=Religion in Badulla district (2024)<ref name="2024religion">{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Population by religion according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024 |url=https://www.statistics.gov.lk/Population/StaticalInformation/CPH2024/PopulationA/A7 |website=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka}}</ref> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |align=left |bars= {{bar percent|Buddhism|gold|73.02}} {{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|19.07}} {{bar percent|Islam|green|6.14}} {{bar percent|Catholicism|mediumslateblue|1.10}} {{bar percent|Other Christianity|dodgerblue|0.66}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.01}} }}

{{stack begin}} {{Infobox demographics | style = float: none; clear: none; | auto_percent = true | round = 2 | type = Religions | source =  | group1 = Buddhism | pop1 = 589,393 | group2 = Hinduism | pop2 = 157,360 | group3 = Islam | pop3 = 47,172 | group4 = Roman Catholic | pop4 = 11,630 | group5 = Other Christian | pop5 = 5985 | group6 = Other | pop6 = }} {{stack end}}

==Important locations in Badulla District== * Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara * Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara * Army Garrison Town, Diyatalawa * Namunukula Mountain Range * Lipton's Seat and Adisham Bungalow in Haputale * Railway bridge and Railway line in Demodara * Dunhinda, Babarakanda, Diyaluma and Ravana Ella Waterfalls * Bogoda Wooden Bridge *Ella tourist town * Indigenous Vedda village, Dambana

==See also== * History of Uva Province

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.liccavi-earth.com/Liccavi/Search.aspx?lat=6.99161&lon=81.05500&zoom=10 Detailed map of Badulla vicinity and Sri Lanka] * [http://www.badullapgh.org Provincial General Hospital - Badulla]

Category:Badulla District Category:Districts of Sri Lanka