Polonnaruwa District

Administrative District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka

Polonnaruwa District පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்
Administrative District
Map of Sri Lanka with Polonnaruwa District highlighted
Coordinates: 8°00′N 81°00′E / 8.000°N 81.000°E / 8.000; 81.000
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Central Province
Largest Town	Polonnaruwa
DS Division^[1]	List Dimbulagala Elahera Hingurakgoda Lankapura Medirigiriya Thamankaduwa Welikanda
Government
• District Secretary	W. A. Dharmasiri
• MPs	List Maithripala Sirisena Roshan Ranasinghe Siripala Gamalath Amarakeerthi Athukorala Kins Nelson
• MPCs^[2]	List Peshala Jayarathne H.B. Semasinghe K.H. Nandasena R.M.P.B. Rathnayake S.M. Ranjith
Area ^[3]
• Total	3,293 km² (1,271 sq mi)
• Land	3,077 km² (1,188 sq mi)
• Water	216 km² (83 sq mi) 6.55%
• Rank	5th (5.01% of total area)
Population (2012)^[4]
• Total	403,335
• Density	120/km² (320/sq mi)
Ethnicity ^[5]
• Sinhalese	365,476 (90.6%)
• Moors	29,060 (7.2%)
• Sri Lankan Tamil	7,356 (1.8%)
• Indian Tamil	1,190 (0.3%)
• Other	253 (0.06%)
Religion ^[6]
• Buddhist	361,920 (89.7%)
• Muslim	30,427 (7.5%)
• Hindu	6,835 (1.7%)
• Christian	4,090 (1.00%)
• Other	63 (0.01%)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka)
Post Codes	51000
Telephone Codes	027
ISO 3166 code	LK-72
Vehicle registration	NC
Official Languages	Sinhala, Tamil

Polonnaruwa District (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය; Tamil: பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. It is also one of the two districts of North Central Province and has an area of 3,293 km².^[7]

The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary (previously known as a Government Agent) appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The capital of the district is the city of Polonnaruwa.

Administrative Units

DS Division	Main Town	Divisional Secretary	GN Divisions	Area (km²)	Population
Thamankaduwa	Polonnaruwa	Mr.H.S.K.J Bandara	55	468.78	94254
Hingurakgoda	Hingurakgoda	Mr.H.S.K.J Bandara(Acting)	53	709.04	77202
Medirigiriya	Medirigiriya	Mr.W.M.I Karunarathne	45	574.04	78654
Lankapura	Thalpotha	Miss.R.W.R.M.C Ranawarna	27	184	43365
Welikanda	Welikanda	Mrs.M.M Hairunnisha	29	548	42700
Dimbulagala	Manampitiya	Mr.P.T.M Irfan	56	581.83	95807
Elahera	Bakamuna	Mr.C.M Karunarathne	28	227.31	49924

Demographics

Ethnicity

The majority of the population are Sinhalese with a minority Sri Lankan Moor and Sri Lankan Tamil population.^[8]

Ethnicity in Polonnaruwa District^[9]
Population			Percent
Sinhalese			90.6%
Sri Lankan Moor			7.2%
Sri Lankan Tamil			1.8%
Indian Tamils			0.3%

Religion

Religion in Polonnaruwa District (2011)^[10]
Population			Percent
Buddhism			89.7%
Islam			7.5%
Hinduism			1.7%
Christianity			1.0%

According to the 2011 census^[10] 89.7% of the population were Buddhists, 7.5% Muslim, 1.7% Hindu and 1% Christian.

Politics and government

Local government

Local Authority	Registered Electors	Elected Members
		SLPP	SLFP	UNP	JVP	Other	Total

Dimbulagala Divisional Council	64142	7	7	6	1	0	21
Elahera Divisional Council	36567	9	4	4	0	1	18
Hingurakgoda Divisional Council	50546	13	10	8	2	0	33
Lankapura Divisional Council	28369	6	8	7	1	2	24
Medirigiriya Divisional Council	52530	14	9	9	2	0	34
Polonnaruwa Divisional Council	38459	5	8	3	1	0	17
Polonnaruwa Municipal Council	24809	3	5	2	1	0	11
Welikanda Divisional Council	21182	5	6	5	0	0	16
Total	316604	62	57	44	8	3	174

Education

Following are some of the schools in the Polonnaruwa District.

Royal Central College, Polonnaruwa
Thopawewa National School, Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa Muslim Central College,Kaduruwela
Ananda Balika National School, Hingurakgoda
Minneriya National School, Minneriya
Medirigiriya National School, Medirigiriya
Diulankadawala Central College, Diulankadawala
Mahasen National School, Bakamuna
Vilayaya Nationala School, Aralaganwila
Polonnaruwa Sungavil Muslim Maha Vidyalaya

Towns

Kaduruwela
Hingurakgoda
Minneriya
Bakamuna
Aralaganwila
Medirigiriya
Giritale
Elahera
Jayantipura
Galamuna
Lankapura
Sungavila
Manampitiya
Siripura
Welikanda
Dimbulagala
Thambala
Pulastigama

References

^ "Sri Lanka: Administrative Division (Districts and Divisional Secretariats) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
^ "North Central Provincial Council - Provincial Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.statistics.gov.lk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Census of Population and Housing 2011".
^ "Census of Population and Housing 2011".
^ "Census of Population and Housing 2011".
^ "25 Districts in 9 Provinces of Sri Lanka".
^ "Census of Population and Housing 2011".
^ "Census of Population and Housing 2011".
^ ^a ^b Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011