Kalutara District

{{Infobox settlement | name = Kalutara District | native_name = {{lang|si|කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය}} {{lang|ta|களுத்துறை மாவட்டம்}} | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|Administrative District]] | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Ingiriya]] | image_flag = | flag_size = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_size = | seal_alt = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | nickname = | motto = | anthem =  | image_map = Sri Lanka districts Kalutara.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Sri Lanka | coordinates = {{coord|06|35|N|80|10|E|type:adm2nd_region:LK-13|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes =  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Sri Lanka]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sri Lanka|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Western Province, Sri Lanka|Western]] | established_title = Created | established_date =  | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Kalutara]] | parts_type = [[Divisional Secretary's Division|DS Division]] | parts_style = coll | p1 = [[Agalawatta Divisional Secretary's Division|Agalawatta]] | p2 = [[Bandaragama Divisional Secretary's Division|Bandaragama]] | p3 = [[Beruwala Divisional Secretary's Division|Beruwala]] | p4 = [[Bulathsinhala Divisional Secretary's Division|Bulathsinhala]] | p5 = [[Dodangoda Divisional Secretary's Division|Dodangoda]] | p6 = [[Horana Divisional Secretary's Division|Horana]] | p7 = [[Ingiriya Divisional Secretary's Division|Ingiriya]] | p8 = [[Kalutara Divisional Secretary's Division|Kalutara]] | p9 = [[Madurawela Divisional Secretary's Division|Madurawela]] | p10 = [[Matugama Divisional Secretary's Division|Matugama]] | p11 = [[Millaniya Divisional Secretary's Division|Millaniya]] | p12 = [[Palindanuwara Divisional Secretary's Division|Palindanuwara]] | p13 = [[Panadura Divisional Secretary's Division|Panadura]] | p14 = [[Walallavita Divisional Secretary's Division|Walallavita]] | government_footnotes = | leader_title = [[District Secretary]] | leader_name = [[S. K. Henadeera]] | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name=area/> | area_total_km2 = 1598 | area_land_km2 = 1576 | area_water_km2 = 22 | area_water_percent = 1.38 | area_rank = 20th (2.44% of total area) | area_note =  | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m =  | population_footnotes = <ref name=2012eth/> | population_total = 1217260 | population_rank = 5th (6.01% of total pop.) | population_as_of = 2012 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note =  | demographics_type1 = [[Demographics of Sri Lanka#People|Ethnicity]] | demographics1_footnotes = (2012 census)<ref name=2012eth/> | demographics1_title1 = [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] | demographics1_info1 = 1,054,991 (86.67%) | demographics1_title2 = [[Sri Lankan Moors]] | demographics1_info2 = 112,276 (9.22%) | demographics1_title3 = [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]] | demographics1_info3 = 24,362 (2.00%) | demographics1_title4 = [[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|Indian Tamil]] | demographics1_info4 = 23,611 (1.94%) | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 2,020 (0.17%) | demographics_type2 = [[Religion in Sri Lanka|Religion]] | demographics2_footnotes = (2012 census)<ref name=2012rel/> | demographics2_title1 = [[Buddhism in Sri Lanka|Buddhist]] | demographics2_info1 = 1,016,632 (83.52%) | demographics2_title2 = [[Islam in Sri Lanka|Muslim]] | demographics2_info2 = 114,422 (9.40%) | demographics2_title3 = [[Christianity in Sri Lanka|Christian]] | demographics2_info3 = 46,109 (3.79%) | demographics2_title4 = [[Hinduism in Sri Lanka|Hindu]] | demographics2_info4 = 39,773 (3.27%) | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 324 (0.03%) | timezone1 = Sri Lanka | utc_offset1 = +05:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Sri Lanka|Post Codes]] | postal_code = 12000-12999 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka|Telephone Codes]] | area_code = 034, 038 | geocode = | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:LK|LK-13]] | registration_plate = WP | blank_name_sec1 = Official Languages | blank_info_sec1 = [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | website = {{URL|1=http://www.kalutara.dist.gov.lk/|2=Kalutara District Secretariat}} | footnotes = | seat1_type = Largest City | seat1 = [[Kalutara]] | seat2_type = Major Cities | seat2 = {{collapsible list | * [[Panadura]] | * [[Beruwala]]}} }} '''Kalutara District''' ({{langx|si|කළුතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය}}; {{langx|ta|களுத்துறை மாவட்டம்}} ''Kaḷuttuṟai Māvaṭṭam'') is one of the 25 [[Districts of Sri Lanka|districts]] of [[Sri Lanka]], the second level [[administrative division]] of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a [[Government Agent (Sri Lanka)|District Secretary]] (previously known as a [[Government Agent (Sri Lanka)|Government Agent]]) appointed by the [[Government of Sri Lanka|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 {{convert|1598|km2|sqmi}}.<ref name=area>{{cite web|title=Area of Sri Lanka by province and district |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP1/AB1-1.pdf |work=Statistical Abstract 2011 |publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113190301/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP1/AB1-1.pdf |archive-date=2012-11-13 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=GDS1>{{cite web|title=Overview|url=http://www.kalutara.dist.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=17&lang=en|publisher=Kalutara District Secretariat|access-date=2017-09-11|archive-date=2018-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610142656/http://www.kalutara.dist.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=17&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==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).<ref name=KDS>{{cite web|title=Grama Niladhari Divisions|url=http://www.kalutara.dist.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=71&lang=en|publisher=Kalutara District Secretariat|access-date=2013-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212071442/http://www.kalutara.dist.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=71&lang=en|archive-date=2013-12-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 762 [[Grama Niladhari]] Divisions (GN Divisions).<ref name=KDS/>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;" |- ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|[[Divisional Secretary's Division|DS Division]] ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|Main Town ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|Divisional Secretary ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|[[Grama Niladhari|GN]] Divisions <ref name=KDS/> ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|Area (km2) <ref name=area2>{{cite web|title=Land area by province, district and divisional secretariat division |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP1/AB1-2-A.pdf |work=Statistical Abstract 2011 |publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113190307/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP1/AB1-2-A.pdf |archive-date=2012-11-13 }}</ref> ! colspan=6|Population (2012 Census)<ref>{{cite web|title=A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop32&gp=Activities&tpl=3|work=Census of Population & Housing, 2011|publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka|access-date=2013-12-23|archive-date=2016-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101151718/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop32&gp=Activities&tpl=3|url-status=dead}}</ref> ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|Population Density (/km2) |- ! style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;"|[[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] || style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;"|[[Sri Lankan Moors]] || style="width:70px;"|[[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]] || style="width:70px;"|[[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|Indian Tamil]] || style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;"|Other || style="vertical-align:bottom; width:70px;"|Total |- | align=left|[[Agalawatta Divisional Secretary's Division|Agalawatta]] || align=left|[[Agalawatta]] || align=left|H. A. K. Pushpakumara || 34 || 88 || 35,456 || 71 || 102 || 810 || 17 || '''36,456''' || 414 |- | align=left|[[Bandaragama Divisional Secretary's Division|Bandaragama]] || align=left|Bandaragama || align=left|M. A. T. Senarath || 59 || 56 || 96,032 || 11,887 || 364 || 378 || 228 || '''108,889''' || 1,944 |- | align=left|[[Beruwala Divisional Secretary's Division|Beruwala]] || align=left|[[Beruwala]] || align=left|Janaka Sri Chandaguptha || 82 || 69 || 105,351 || 56,741 || 1,543 || 666 || 206 || '''164,507''' || 2,384 |- | align=left|[[Bulathsinhala Divisional Secretary's Division|Bulathsinhala]] || align=left|Bulathsinhala || align=left|Irangani Weerasinghe || 54 || 206 || 54,635 || 2,223 || 4,236 || 3,513 || 28 || '''64,635''' || 314 |- | align=left|[[Dodangoda Divisional Secretary's Division|Dodangoda]] || align=left|Dodangoda || align=left|Thilanka Wettasinha || 45 || 114 || 56,405 || 35 || 3,636 || 3,583 || 46 || '''63,705''' || 559 |- | align=left|[[Horana Divisional Secretary's Division|Horana]] || align=left|[[Horana]] || align=left|K. A. D. R. N. Jayasinghe || 61 || 109 || 110,122 || 94 || 698 || 1,329 || 198 || '''112,441''' || 1,032 |- | align=left|[[Ingiriya Divisional Secretary's Division|Ingiriya]] || align=left|[[Ingiriya]] || align=left|Champa Upasena || 31 || 90 || 48,155 || 13 || 1,978 || 3,452 || 47 || '''53,645''' || 596 |- | align=left|[[Kalutara Divisional Secretary's Division|Kalutara]] || align=left|[[Kalutara]] || align=left|Wimal Gunathunga || 87 || 69 || 144,457 || 12,428 || 1,844 || 159 || 337 || '''159,225''' || 2,308 |- | align=left|[[Madurawela Divisional Secretary's Division|Madurawela]] || align=left|Madurawela || align=left|Menaka Priyantha Abeyrathna || 33 || 59 || 31,345 || 9 || 506 || 2,363 || 22 || '''34,245''' || 580 |- | align=left|[[Matugama Divisional Secretary's Division|Matugama]] || align=left|[[Matugama]] || align=left|W. S. M. K. Silva || 57 || 128 || 70,612 || 2,819 || 5,325 || 2,209 || 99 || '''81,064''' || 633 |- | align=left|[[Millaniya Divisional Secretary's Division|Millaniya]] || align=left|Millaniya || align=left|Wimal Gunathunga || 44 || 81 || 50,465 || 41 || 80 || 1,461 || 31 || '''52,078''' || 643 |- | align=left|[[Palindanuwara Divisional Secretary's Division|Palindanuwara]] || align=left|[[Baduraliya]] || align=left|Tharani Anoja Gamage || 43 || 276 || 45,492 || 577 || 1,755 || 2,548 || 10 || '''50,382''' || 183 |- | align=left|[[Panadura Divisional Secretary's Division|Panadura]] || align=left|[[Panadura]] || align=left|K. G. Wijayasiri || 72 || 44 || 153,840 || 25,328 || 1,556 || 263 || 737 || '''181,724''' || 4,130 |- | align=left|[[Walallavita Divisional Secretary's Division|Walallavita]] || align=left|Walallavita || align=left|Dashitha Niroshana || 60 || 209 || 52,624 || 10 || 739 || 877 || 14 || '''54,264''' || 260 |- style="font-weight:bold" | align=left colspan=3|Total || 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.<ref name=2012eth/> The majority of the population are [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]], with a minority [[Sri Lankan Moors|Sri Lankan Moor]] and [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]] population.

===Ethnicity===

{{Pie chart | thumb = left | caption = Ethnicity in Kalutara 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 = [[Sinhalese people|Sinhala]] | value1 = 85.70 | color1 = maroon | label2 = [[Sri Lankan Moors]] | value2 = 10.45 | color2 = green | label3 = [[Sri Lankan Tamils]] | value3 = 3.17 | color3 = orange | other-label = Others | other-color = grey | other = y }}

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;" |+ '''Population of Kalutara District by ethnic group 1946 to 2012'''<ref name=2012eth>{{cite web|title=A2 : Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop42&gp=Activities&tpl=3|work=Census of Population & Housing, 2011|publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka|access-date=2013-12-23|archive-date=2017-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428063924/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop42&gp=Activities&tpl=3|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Census of Population Sri Lanka 1971 - General Report|url=http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/index.php/catalog/1246/download/5841|work=Census of Population & Housing, 1971|publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka|page=29|access-date=2013-12-23|archive-date=2013-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102856/http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/index.php/catalog/1246/download/5841|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Population by ethnic group and district, Census 1981, 2001 |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP2/AB2-11.pdf |work=Statistical Abstract 2011 |publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215045138/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP2/AB2-11.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-15 }}</ref> |- ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|Year ! colspan=2|[[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] ! colspan=2|[[Sri Lankan Moors]] ! colspan=2|[[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamil]] ! colspan=2|[[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|Indian Tamil]] ! colspan=2|Other ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|'''Total''' '''No.''' |- ! style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% |- | align=left|1946 Census || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || '''456,572''' |- | align=left|1953 Census || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || '''523,550''' |- | align=left|1963 Census || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || '''631,457''' |- | align=left|1971 Census || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a || '''729,514''' |- | align=left|1981 Census || 723,483 || 87.20% || 61,159 || 7.37% || 9,744 || 1.17% || 33,659 || 4.06% || 1,659 || 0.20% || '''829,704''' |- | align=left|2001 Census || 928,914 || 87.12% || 93,293 || 8.75% || 12,665 || 1.19% || 28,895 || 2.71% || 2,472 || 0.23% || '''1,066,239''' |- | align=left|2012 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=== {{bar box |title=Religion in Kalutara 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 in Sri Lanka|Buddhism]]|gold|82.76}} {{bar percent|[[Islam in Sri Lanka|Islam]]|green|10.59}} {{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Sri Lanka|Hinduism]]|darkorange|3.26}} {{bar percent|[[Catholicism]]|mediumslateblue|2.80}} {{bar percent|Other [[Christianity in Sri Lanka|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|0.59}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.01}} }} {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;" |+ '''Population of Kalutara District by religion 1981 to 2012'''<ref name=2012rel>{{cite web|title=A3 : Population by religion according to districts, 2012|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop43&gp=Activities&tpl=3|work=Census of Population & Housing, 2011|publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka|access-date=2013-12-23|archive-date=2019-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107065148/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop43&gp=Activities&tpl=3|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Population by religion and district, Census 1981, 2001 |url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP2/AB2-15.pdf |work=Statistical Abstract 2011 |publisher=Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113190535/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP2/AB2-15.pdf |archive-date=2012-11-13 }}</ref> |- ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|Year ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|[[Buddhism in Sri Lanka|Buddhist]] ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|[[Islam in Sri Lanka|Muslim]] ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|[[Christianity in Sri Lanka|Christian]]{{Efn|[[Roman Catholicism in Sri Lanka|Roman Catholic]] and Other Christian.}} ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|[[Hinduism in Sri Lanka|Hindu]] ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" colspan=2|Other ! style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2|'''Total''' '''No.''' |- ! style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|No.|| style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% || style="width:60px;"|No. || style="width:50px;"|% |- | align=left|1981 Census || 699,613 || 84.32% || 62,659 || 7.55% || 30,121 || 3.63% || 37,035 || 4.46% || 276 || 0.03% || '''829,704''' |- | align=left|2001 Census || 883,968 || 82.91% || 105,957 || 9.94% || 41,214 || 3.87% || 34,678 || 3.25% || 422 || 0.04% || '''1,066,239''' |- | align=left|2012 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]]

==Notes== {{Notelist|4}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{URL|1=http://www.kalutara.dist.gov.lk/|2=Kalutara District Secretariat}}

[[Category:Kalutara District| ]] [[Category:Districts of Sri Lanka]]