Population by Religion according to District and Sector (Provisional) 2001 Census
	District and Sector	Total no. of persons	Religion
			Buddhist	Hindu	Islam	Roman Catholic	Other Christian	Other
	Colombo	2,234,146	1,573,329	196,238	243,278	173,555	43,986	3,760
	%	100	70.42	8.78	10.89	7.77	1.97	0.17
	Urban	1,221,761	639,360	183,001	223,430	138,238	34,651	3,081
	Rural	1,005,071	932,235	8,682	19,845	34,749	8,886	674
	Estate	7,314	1,734	4,555	3	568	449	5
	Gampaha	2,066,096	1,479,246	42,575	94,325	420,791	27,913	1,246
	%	100	71.6	2.06	4.57	20.37	1.35	0.06
	Urban	301,689	121,718	19,972	26,382	124,342	9,012	263
	Rural	1,763,838	1,357,139	22,508	67,940	296,405	18,863	983
	Estate	569	389	95	3	44	38	0
	Kalutara	1,060,800	890,453	35,966	94,865	34,827	4,298	391
	%	100	83.94	3.39	8.94	3.28	0.41	0.04
	Urban	112,715	69,832	1,248	35,397	5,622	586	30
	Rural	913,199	813,692	9,322	59,266	27,824	2,783	312
	Estate	34,886	6,929	25,396	202	1,381	929	49
	Kandy	1,272,463	930,644	135,708	173,837	22,345	9,336	593
	%	100	73.14	10.66	13.66	1.76	0.73	0.05
	Urban	156,923	95,288	18,719	33,008	7,212	2,402	294
	Rural	1,023,092	823,377	43,310	139,693	10,933	5,524	255
	Estate	92,448	11,979	73,679	1,136	4,200	1,410	44
	Matale	442,427	349,889	42,893	39,993	8,102	1,466	84
	%	100	79.08	9.69	9.04	1.83	0.33	0.02
	Urban	36,352	16,301	7,581	10,838	1,198	423	11
	Rural	384,209	331,496	17,042	28,736	6,018	883	34
	Estate	21,866	2,092	18,270	419	886	160	39
	Nuwara Eliya	700,083	276,427	359,336	20,000	32,919	10,649	752
	%	100	39.48	51.33	2.86	4.7	1.52	0.11
	Urban	43,050	17,624	15,533	5,222	3,649	949	73
	Rural	283,870	237,478	29,074	10,915	4,268	1,933	202
	Estate	373,163	21,325	314,729	3,863	25,002	7,767	477
	Galle	990,539	931,656	15,356	35,870	4,304	3,050	303
	%	100	94.06	1.55	3.62	0.43	0.31	0.03
	Urban	110,654	84,671	1,255	23,568	905	224	31
	Rural	862,880	841,070	4,898	12,218	2,603	1,966	125
	Estate	17,005	5,915	9,203	84	796	860	147
	Matara	761,236	715,883	17,902	22,730	2,747	1,870	104
	%	100	94.04	2.35	2.99	0.36	0.25	0.01
	Urban	64,539	53,132	395	10,468	344	184	16
	Rural	676,533	658,270	4,197	12,096	1,088	803	79
	Estate	20,164	4,481	13,310	166	1,315	883	9
	Hambantota	525,370	508,922	1,427	13,100	882	955	84
	%	100	96.87	0.27	2.49	0.17	0.18	0.02
	Urban	21,671	15,075	469	5,832	142	129	24
	Rural	502,268	492,811	784	7,147	646	821	59
	Estate	1,431	1,036	174	121	94	5	1
	Jaffna	-
	Mannar	*
	Vavuniya	*
	Mullaitivu	-
	Kilinochchi	-
	Batticaloa	*
	Ampara	589,344	231,101	101,609	245,285	7,968	3,156	225
	%	100	39.21	17.24	41.62	1.35	0.54	0.04
	Urban	112,422	17,147	24,264	67,373	2,474	1,155	9
	Rural	476,922	213,954	77,345	177,912	5,494	2,001	216
	Trincomalee	*
	Kurunegala	1,452,369	1,291,654	14,022	99,677	39,973	6,719	324
	%	100	88.93	0.97	6.86	2.75	0.46	0.02
	Urban	34,719	24,315	2,493	5,589	1,922	362	38
	Rural	1,410,904	1,264,533	8,234	94,074	37,617	6,168	278
	Estate	6,746	2,806	3,295	14	434	189	8
	Puttalam	705,342	304,009	30,395	133,697	230,336	6,677	228
	%	100	43.1	4.31	18.95	32.66	0.95	0.03
	Urban	65,072	8,247	6,212	29,456	20,523	604	30
	Rural	638,728	294,952	23,857	104,232	209,437	6,052	198
	Estate	1,542	810	326	9	376	21	0
	Anuradhapura	746,466	672,223	4,363	61,552	6,255	1,943	130
	%	100	90.05	0.58	8.25	0.84	0.26	0.02
	Urban	56,632	50,520	701	3,950	1,245	196	20
	Rural	689,834	621,703	3,662	57,602	5,010	1,747	110
	Polonnaruwa	359,197	320,675	6,697	27,501	3,600	561	163
	%	100	89.28	1.86	7.66	1	0.16	0.05
	Rural	359,197	320,675	6,697	27,501	3,600	561	163
	Badulla	774,555	554,810	160,147	42,499	12,353	4,530	216
	%	100	71.63	20.68	5.49	1.59	0.58	0.03
	Urban	52,474	33,797	7,876	8,672	1,461	628	40
	Rural	565,242	507,683	19,978	31,692	4,335	1,463	91
	Estate	156,839	13,330	132,293	2,135	6,557	2,439	85
	Moneragala	396,173	373,989	11,916	8,145	1,482	609	32
	%	100	94.4	3.01	2.06	0.37	0.15	0.01
	Rural	387,949	373,303	5,003	8,076	1,002	533	32
	Estate	8,224	686	6,913	69	480	76	0
	Ratnapura	1,008,164	871,300	99,587	21,818	10,643	4,507	309
	%	100	86.42	9.88	2.16	1.06	0.45	0.03
	Urban	58,371	44,663	4,166	7,416	1,561	529	36
	Rural	847,896	811,775	17,699	12,838	3,916	1,530	138
	Estate	101,897	14,862	77,722	1,564	5,166	2,448	135
	Kegalle	779,774	660,494	52,883	52,872	8,889	4,487	149
	%	100	84.7	6.78	6.78	1.14	0.58	0.02
	Urban	17,430	14,926	411	785	981	313	14
	Rural	706,726	638,311	8,375	51,793	4,738	3,419	90
	Estate	55,618	7,257	44,097	294	3,170	755	45
	Total	16,864,544	12,936,704	1,329,020	1,431,044	1,021,971	136,712	9,093
	%	100	76.71	7.88	8.49	6.06	0.81	0.05
	Urban	2,466,474	1,306,616	294,296	497,386	311,819	52,347	4,010
	Rural	13,498,358	11,534,457	310,667	923,576	659,683	65,936	4,039
	Estate	899,712	95,631	724,057	10,082	50,469	18,429	1,044
	In Jaffna, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts no enumeration was done.* In Mannar District, out of 5 D.S. Divisions only one was enumerated partially. In Vavuniya District, out of 4 D.S. Divisions, one was enumerated completly and 2 were enumerated partially. In Batticaloa District, out of 12 D.S. Divisions, 5 were enumerated completely and 6 were enumerated partially. In Trincomalee District, out of 11 D.S. Divisions, 7 were enumerated completely and two were enumerated partially. The data are not included for these districts due to incomplete enumeration.