# Badulla District
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Badulla District
| native_name =
{{lang|si|බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කය}}
{{lang|ta|பதுளை மாவட்டம்}}
| type = [Administrative District](/source/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka)
| image_skyline = Tea plantation Haputale.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Tea plantation in [Haputale](/source/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](/source/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka)
| subdivision_name1 = [Uva Province](/source/Uva_Province)
| parts_type = Divisions
| parts_style = list
| p1 = [Divisional Secretariats](/source/Divisional_Secretariats_of_Sri_Lanka):
| p2 = Grama Niladhari:
| established_title = Created
| established_date =
| seat_type = [Largest City](/source/Largest_City)
| seat = [Badulla](/source/Badulla)
| government_footnotes =
| leader_title = [District Secretary](/source/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](/source/ISO_3166-2%3ALK)
| 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](/source/Lipton's_Seat)]]
[[File:Diyaluma Falls (Koslanda, Sri Lanka).jpg|thumb|right|[Diyaluma Falls](/source/Diyaluma_Falls)]]
'''Badulla District''' ({{langx|si|බදුල්ල දිස්ත්රික්කය}} ''badūlla distrikkaya''; {{langx|ta|பதுளை மாவட்டம்}} ''Patuḷai māvaṭṭam'') is a [district](/source/Districts_of_Sri_Lanka) in [Uva Province](/source/Uva_Province), [Sri Lanka](/source/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](/source/Kandy) district to the North and by [Nuwara Eliya](/source/Nuwara_Eliya) and [Matale](/source/Matale) districts to the West. The South-Eastern border creates with the districts of [Rathnapura](/source/Rathnapura), [Monaragala](/source/Monaragala) & [Ampara](/source/Ampara). Mainly the economy of the district is based on [agricultural farming](/source/Agriculture) and [livestock](/source/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](/source/climatic) and [geographic](/source/geographic) characteristics. The upper region of the district is known for tea [plantation](/source/plantation)s and vegetable cultivation while the lower region focuses more on [paddy](/source/Paddy_field) farming.[{{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}}][{{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}}]
==Education==
===Universities===
* [Uva Wellassa University](/source/Uva_Wellassa_University)
===Schools===
Badulla
* [Uva College, Badulla](/source/Uva_College%2C_Badulla)
* Dharmadutha College Badulla
* Badulla Central College
* Vishaka Girls High School Badulla
* Viharamahadevi Girls School Badulla
* Saraswathi National School Badulla
Bandarawela
* [Bandarawela Central College](/source/Bandarawela_Central_College)
* [S. Thomas' College, Bandarawela](/source/S._Thomas'_College%2C_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](/source/Badulla)
* [Bandarawela](/source/Bandarawela)
* Hali-Ela
* [Haputale](/source/Haputale)
* [Mahiyanganaya](/source/Mahiyanganaya)
* Passara
* Uva-Paranagama
* [Welimada](/source/Welimada)
* Wiyaluwa
===Major cities===
* [Badulla](/source/Badulla) (Municipal Council)
* [Bandarawela](/source/Bandarawela) (Municipal Council)
===Major towns===
* [Haputale](/source/Haputale) (Urban Council)
===Other places===
* [Mahiyanganaya](/source/Mahiyanganaya)
* [Diyatalawa](/source/Diyatalawa)
* [Hali-Ela](/source/Hali-Ela)
* [Ella](/source/Ella%2C_Sri_Lanka)
* [Haldummulla](/source/Haldummulla)
* [Beragala](/source/Beragala)
* [Welimada](/source/Welimada)
* [Kandaketiya](/source/Kandaketiya)
* [Meegahakivula](/source/Meegahakivula)
* [Passara](/source/Passara)
* [Lunugala](/source/Lunugala)
* [Tennapanguwa](/source/Tennapanguwa)
* [Kumarapattiya](/source/Kumarapattiya)
==Demography==
{{Pie chart
| thumb = left
| caption = Ethnicity in Badulla District (2024)[{{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}}]
| label1 = [Sinhala](/source/Sinhalese_people)
| value1 = 73.44
| color1 = maroon
| label2 = [Hill Tamils](/source/Indian_Tamils_of_Sri_Lanka)
| value2 = 10.97
| color2 = peachpuff
| label3 = [Sri Lankan Tamils](/source/Sri_Lankan_Tamils)
| value3 = 9.38
| color3 = orange
| label4 = [Sri Lankan Moors](/source/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.[{{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}}]
===Religion===
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Badulla district (2024)[{{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}}]
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|align=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[Buddhism](/source/Buddhism_in_Sri_Lanka)|gold|73.02}}
{{bar percent|[Hinduism](/source/Hinduism_in_Sri_Lanka)|darkorange|19.07}}
{{bar percent|[Islam](/source/Islam_in_Sri_Lanka)|green|6.14}}
{{bar percent|[Catholicism](/source/Catholicism)|mediumslateblue|1.10}}
{{bar percent|Other [Christianity](/source/Christianity_in_Sri_Lanka)|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/Religion_in_Sri_Lanka)
| source =
| group1 = [Buddhism](/source/Buddhism_in_Sri_Lanka)
| pop1 = 589,393
| group2 = [Hinduism](/source/Hinduism_in_Sri_Lanka)
| pop2 = 157,360
| group3 = [Islam](/source/Islam_in_Sri_Lanka)
| pop3 = 47,172
| group4 = [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholicism_in_Sri_Lanka)
| pop4 = 11,630
| group5 = [Other Christian](/source/Christianity_in_Sri_Lanka)
| pop5 = 5985
| group6 = Other
| pop6 =
}}
{{stack end}}
==Important locations in Badulla District==
* [Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara](/source/Muthiyangana_Raja_Maha_Vihara)
* [Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara](/source/Mahiyangana_Raja_Maha_Vihara)
* Army Garrison Town, [Diyatalawa](/source/Diyatalawa)
* [Namunukula](/source/Namunukula) Mountain Range
* [Lipton's Seat](/source/Lipton's_Seat) and [Adisham Bungalow](/source/Adisham_Hall) in [Haputale](/source/Haputale)
* Railway bridge and Railway line in Demodara
* [Dunhinda](/source/Dunhinda_Falls), [Babarakanda](/source/Bambarakanda_Falls), [Diyaluma](/source/Diyaluma_Falls) and Ravana Ella Waterfalls
* [Bogoda Wooden Bridge](/source/Bogoda_Wooden_Bridge)
*Ella tourist town
* Indigenous [Vedda](/source/Vedda_people) village, [Dambana](/source/Dambana%2C_Sri_Lanka)
==See also==
* [History of Uva Province](/source/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]
{{Commons category|Badulla District}}
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Category:Badulla District
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