Puttalam District

Puttalam is a district in the North West Province in Sri Lanka. It has an area of 3'072 km ². Capital is Puttalam.

Population

The population in 2001 was 709'677 people according to the census.

Population of the district according to ethnic groups

1 Lowland and Kandyan Sinhalese zusammen2 Sri Lankan Tamils ​​and Indian Tamils ​​of Sri Lanka Moors4 separately only 3 of them 2001 674 Sri Lanka Chetties and 34 Bharathas

Population of the district according to confessions

Demographics

The district was divided in 1958 Chilaw is already included in the figures of 1953.

Significant places

The only great places in the district are Puttalam and Chilaw.

Management

The head of the district is entitled District Secretary. The district is further divided into sixteen divisions ( under a Division Secretary ). The cities and larger towns have their own government ( municipal council or municipal council ). There are 548 community councils ( Grama Niladharis ) for the 1,382 villages throughout the district.

History

In 1958 was the (larger ) District of Chilaw ( 1953:170 '100 inhabitants) incorporated into the (smaller) Puttalam district ( 1953:58 '800 inhabitants).