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Preliminary Report
Based on Special Enumeration – 2007
The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), carried out a special enumeration in
Eastern province and in Jaffna district in Northern province. The objective of this
enumeration is to provide the necessary basic information needed to formulate
development programmes and relief activities for the people.
This preliminary publication for Batticaloa district has been compiled from the
reports obtained from the District based on summaries prepared by enumerators and
supervisors. A final detailed information will be disseminated after the computer processing
of questionnaires.
This preliminary release gives some basic information for Batticaloa district, such as
population by divisional secretary’s division, urban/rural population, sex, age (under 18
years and 18 years and over) and ethnicity. Data on displaced persons due to conflict or
tsunami are also included. Some important information which is useful for regional level
planning purposes are given by Grama Niladhari Divisions. This enumeration is based on the
usual residents of households in the district. These figures should be regarded as
provisional.
I wish to express my sincere thanks to the staff of the department and all other
government officials and others who worked with dedication and diligence for the
successful completion of the enumeration. I am also grateful to the general public for
extending their fullest co‐operation in this important undertaking. This publication has been
prepared by Population Census Division of this Department.
D.B.P. Suranjana Vidyaratne
Director General of Census and Statistics
10th October 2007
Department of Census and Statistics,
15/12, Maitland Crescent,
Colombo 7.
Tel : (11) 2695291
Fax : (11) 2697594
Email : dgcensus@sltnet.lk
Web : www.statistics.gov.lk
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Acknowledgements
This publication has been prepared by the staff of the Population Census Division
under the guidance and direction of Mr. H.R. Gunasekara, Director (Census) assisted by Mr.
A.D.H. Gunathilaka and Mr. H.R. Dias, Deputy Directors.
The analysis was carried out by Mr. H.R. Dias, Deputy Director and publication was
organized by Mr. W.L.D.P.de.A. Goonatilleke, Senior Statistician. Compilation of statistical
tables and the preparation of charts were done by Mr. V.T. Anuruddha, Statistical Assistant.
Maps were prepared by Mr. R.D.M. Padmakumara, Data Entry Operator/Coding Clerk. Mr.
P.V.D.T.L. Saparamadu, Statistician was responsible for some operational activities of the
enumeration stage.
Mr. L.S.J.de.S. Wijeratna, Deputy Director of the field operations division assisted in
organizing field arrangements and Mr. D.G.S.G. Munasingha, Deputy Director of the
industry, construction, trade & services division was responsible for overall coordination of
the districts within Eastern Province.
District statistical staff headed by Mr. S.H. Mansoor, Senior Statistician of Batticaloa
district was responsible in conducting and supervising the enumeration activities in the
district.
The report was printed by the printing division under the supervision of Mr. W.C.
Weerawansa, Senior Statistician, Head of printing division.
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Contents
Page
Foreword 3
Acknowledgements 4
Contents 5
List of Tables 6
List of Figures 7
District Map; Divisional Secretary’s (DS) Divisions and Urban Areas 2007 8
Basic Summary Results
1. Introduction 9
2. Population Size and Growth 10
3. Population Density 11
4. Population Distribution 12
5. Age –Sex Composition 14
6. Ethnic Distribution 16
7. Displaced Population 20
Appendix
Table 1 : Population by Sex, Age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007 23
Table 2 : Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division
and Grama Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement,
2007 32
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List of Tables
Table Page
A. Total population, percentage increase and average annual rate of
growth, 1963‐2007 10
B. Population density, 1963‐2007 11
C. Number and percentage of population by DS division, 2007 12
D. Number and percentage of population by sector (with urban
localities), 2007 14
E. Number and percentage of population by DS division and age
under 18 years and 18 years and over, 2007 15
F. Population by DS division and sex, 2007 16
G. Number and percentage of population by ethnicity, 1963‐2007 16
H. Number and percentage of population by DS division
and ethnicity, 2007 18
I. Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division
and reason for displacement, 2007 20
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List of Figures
Figure Page
A. Population size and average annual rate of growth, 1963‐2007 10
B. Population density, 1963‐2007 11
C. Population distribution by DS divisions, 2007 13
D. Percentage distribution of population by ethnicity, 2007 17
E. Major ethnic group of the population by DS divisions, 2007 19
F. Displaced population by DS divisions, 2007 21
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Special Enumeration‐2007
POPULATION INFORMATION ON BATTICALOA DISTRICT
BASIC SUMMARY RESULTS
1. Introduction
The Census of Population and Housing –2001 was unable to carryout completely in
Northern and Eastern provinces. In order to overcome the lack of data required for ongoing
development programmes in Northern and Eastern provinces, Department of Census and
Statistics has carried out a special enumeration in Jaffna district in Northern province and in
Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Ampara districts in Eastern province. This is a complete
enumeration covering all the persons who are usual residents of households in the district.
Usual residence is defined as the housing unit or collective living quarter at which the
person usually lives, i.e. sleeps, keeps his clothes and other belongings etc. It is the
residence from which a person generally goes to work or if a student, attends school. This
‘de jure’ method of enumeration differs from the ‘de facto’ approach used during the last
Censuses in which people were enumerated during a specified period (usually 6 hours) at
the place where they are found irrespective of the usual residence. Basic demographic
information such as date of birth, sex, marital status, religion, ethnicity, relationship to head
of household, number of displaced persons, reason for displacement etc. were collected
through a carefully designed schedule. An enumerator for each Grama Niladhari (GN)
division and a supervisor for 10 GN divisions were appointed with the help of District
administration. The enumerator listed all the building units and collected the information
visiting each and every building unit within the area allocated to him/her. Close supervision
has been maintained throughout the enumeration by supervisors. The necessary
administrative arrangements in the district were carried out by the District Secretary and
Divisional Secretaries and all the technical guidance was provided by the staff of the
Department of Census and Statistics. Enumeration was carried out during the first three
weeks of August 2007.
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2. Population Size and Growth
The total population enumerated in the Batticaloa district is 515,857. This represents
56.2 percent increase since the last Census in 1981. The average annual growth rate during
the period of 1981‐2007 shows a decline from 2.7 percent to 1.7 percent. The enumerated
population, intercensal increase, and average annual growth rates are shown in Table A and
Figure A for the district.
Table A : Total population, percentage increase and average
annual rate of growth, 1963 ‐ 2007
Average
Increase annual rate of
Year Population
growth
(percent)
No. %
1963 196,189
1971 256,721 60,532 30.9 3.3
1981 330,333 73,612 28.7 2.7
2007 515,857 185,524 56.2 1.7
Note : 1963, 1971 and 1981 figures are from the corresponding
Population Censuses
Figure A : Population size and average annual rate of growth,
1963 – 2007
500 3
2.5
400
2
300
1.5
200
1
100 0.5
0 0
1963 1971 1981 2007
Year
Population Grow th rate
Note : 1963, 1971 and 1981 figures are from the corresponding
Population Censuses
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3. Population Density
Population density measured as the number of persons per unit area of land is
shown in Table B and Figure B. Population density stands at 198 persons per square
kilometer in the district. Population density is shown a significant increase from 1971 to
2007.
Table B : Population density, 1963 ‐ 2007
Population
density
Year Population
(persons per
sq. km.)
1963 196,189 81
1971 256,721 105
1981 330,333 134
2007 515,857 198
Note : 1963, 1971 and 1981 figures are from the
corresponding Population Censuses
Figure B : Population density, 1963 – 2007
250
Population density (per sq. km.)
200
150
100
50
0
1963 1971 1981 2007
Year
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4. Population Distribution
Number and percentage of population by Divisional Secretariat (DS) division is
shown in Table C. Manmunai North DS division reports the highest population while Koralai
Pattu South (Kiran) DS division reports the lowest population in the district. The pattern of
the population distribution is shown in Figure C.
Table C : Number and percentage of population by DS division, 2007
Population
DS division
No. %
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Table D : Number and percentage of population by sector
(with urban localities), 2007
Population
Sector and urban locality
No. %
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Table E : Number and percentage of population by DS division and age under
18 years and 18 years and over, 2007
Age
Total
DS division Under 18 years 18 years and over
population
No. % No. %
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Table F : Population by DS division and sex, 2007
Sex
DS division Sex ratio
Total Male Female
Ethnicity
Total Sri Lanka Indian Sri Lanka
Year Sinhalese Other
population Tamil Tamil Moor
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
1963 196,189 6,715 3.4 139,454 71.1 1,656 0.8 46,038 23.5 2326 1.2
1971 256,721 11,548 4.5 177,275 69.1 4,252 1.7 60,889 23.7 2757 1.1
1981 330,333 11,255 3.4 233,713 70.8 4,074 1.2 78,829 23.9 2462 0.7
2007 515,857 2,397 0.5 381,841 74.0 143 0.0 128,964 25.0 2512 0.5
Note : 1963, 1971 and 1981 figures are from the corresponding population censuses
Number and percentage distribution of population by ethnicity from 1963 to 2007 is
shown in Table G. It is seen that 74.0 percent of the population in Batticaloa district are Sri
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Lanka Tamils in 2007. Sinhalese and Sri Lanka Moor comprises of 0.5 percent, 25.0 percent
respectively. (See Figure D).
Sri Lanka
Moor,
(25.0%)
Other*,
(0.5%)
Sinhalese,
(0.5%)
Sri Lanka
Tamil,
(74.0%)
* Including Indian Tamil
Number and percentage distribution of ethnicity by DS divisions is shown in Table H.
Out of 14 DS divisions in the district, Sri Lanka Tamil is the major ethnic group in 10 DS
divisions. In the rest of 4 DS divisions viz Kattankudy, Koralai Pattu West, Koaralai Pattu
Central and Eravur Town, Sri Lanka Moor is the major ethnic group. Percentage of major
ethnic groups of the population by DS divisions are shown in Figure E.
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Table H : Number and percentage of population by DS division and ethnicity, 2007
Ethnicity
Total Sri Lanka Indian Sri Lanka
DS division Sinhalese Burgher Malay Other
population Tamil Tamil Moor
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Batticaloa District 515,857 2,397 0.5 381,841 74.0 143 0.0 128,964 25.0 2,412 0.5 81 0.0 19 0.0
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7. Displaced Population
Table I : Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and reason for
displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
One who change his/her place of residence due to conflict or tsunami is identified as
a displaced person. People are completely displaced in 23 Grama Niladhari divisions which
belong to 3 DS divisions in Batticaloa district mainly due to conflict. Out of total 47,558
displaced persons in the district, 40,833 are displaced due to conflict. Rest are displaced due
to tsunami disaster. These displaced persons are living in 48 welfare centres situated in 7 DS
divisions in the district at the time of enumeration . Highest number of displaced persons
(40.0 percent) are recorded from Eravur Pattu DS division. This is schematically shown in
Figure F.
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APPENDIX
Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN) division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : (Contd.) Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
146 Periyapullumalai * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
146 A koppaveli * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
185 Rugam * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
185 A Karadiyanaru * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
185 B Kithulwewa * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
185 C Marappalam * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
186 Pankudavely * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
186 A Veppavadduvan * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
189 Arumugathan Kudiyiruppu 1 813 386 427 351 462
189 A Thannamunai 1,057 508 549 366 691
189 B Mailampaveli 2,964 1,394 1,570 1,275 1,689
193 Thalavai 1,599 755 844 707 892
189 C Arumugathan Kudiyiruppu 2 2,253 1,059 1,194 876 1,377
193 A Savukkadi 3,281 1,579 1,702 1,573 1,708
193 C Iyankerni 4,286 2,036 2,250 1,966 2,320
195/1 Chenkallady ‐01 2,656 1,319 1,337 1,035 1,621
195 Chenkallady ‐2 1,446 737 709 540 906
195 A Koduwamadu * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
195 B Kumaraveliyarkiramam 2,341 1,135 1,206 869 1,472
196 Kommathurai East 1,561 690 871 621 940
196 A Kommathurai West 714 343 371 202 512
196 B Kommathurai North 1,324 596 728 539 785
197 Vantharumoolai East 3,451 1,659 1,792 1,222 2,229
197 A Mavadivembu 1 3,398 1,650 1,748 1,580 1,818
197 B Vantharumoolai West 3,257 1,616 1,641 1,259 1,998
197 C Palacholai' 5,298 2,499 2,799 2,653 2,645
197 D Mailavaddavan * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
197 E Mavadivembu 2 2,037 1,004 1,033 1,041 996
198 Kaluwankerni 1 7,398 3,552 3,846 3,588 3,810
198 A Kaluwankerni 2 1,931 937 994 846 1,085
201/1 Sithandy 1 2,950 1,428 1,522 1,346 1,604
201/2 Sithandy 2 1,073 500 573 399 674
201/3 Sithandy 3 2,935 1,453 1,482 1,110 1,825
201/4 Sithandy 4 2,219 1,092 1,127 942 1,277
201 A Eeralaikulam * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
135 A Gemunupura 1,401 662 739 520 881
189 Arumugathan Kudiyiruppu 1 759 371 388 348 411
193 A Meerakerni Muslim 3,942 1,930 2,012 1,792 2,150
193 B Mich Nagar 5,011 2,532 2,479 2,147 2,864
193 C Iyankerni Tamil 118 60 58 50 68
193 D Iyenkerni Muslim 2,413 1,172 1,241 968 1,445
193 E Meerakerni * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : (Contd.) Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : (Contd.) Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : (Contd.) Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : (Contd.) Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : (Contd.) Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : (Contd.) Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 1 : (Contd.) Population by sex, age, DS division and Grama Niladhari (GN)
division, 2007
Sex Age
Total
DS division and GN division Under 18 18 years
population Male Female
years and over
210 A Kallichchai * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
* Population has not been enumerated in these GN Division areas where all the people have been
displaced and the resettlement has not taken place at the time of the enumeration
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : (Contd.) Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
146 Periyapullumalai * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
146 A koppaveli * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
185 Rugam * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
185 A Karadiyanaru * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
185 B Kithulwewa * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
185 C Marappalam * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
186 Pankudavely * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
186 A Veppavadduvan * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
189 Arumugathan Kudiyiruppu 1 813 41 41 100.0 ‐ ‐ 772
189 A Thannamunai 1,057 248 74 29.8 174 70.2 809
189 B Mailampaveli 2,964 974 869 89.2 105 10.8 1,990
193 Thalavai 1,599 134 134 100.0 ‐ ‐ 1,465
189 C Arumugathan Kudiyiruppu 2 2,253 198 195 98.5 3 1.5 2,055
193 A Savukkadi 3,281 2,290 2,283 99.7 7 0.3 991
193 C Iyankerni 4,286 1,824 1,819 99.7 5 0.3 2,462
195/1 Chenkallady ‐01 2,656 157 157 100.0 ‐ ‐ 2,499
195 Chenkallady ‐2 1,446 21 21 100.0 ‐ ‐ 1,425
195 A Koduwamadu * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
195 B Kumaraveliyarkiramam 2,341 106 106 100.0 ‐ ‐ 2,235
196 Kommathurai East 1,561 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 1,561
196 A Kommathurai West 714 37 35 94.6 2 5.4 677
196 B Kommathurai North 1,324 41 38 92.7 3 7.3 1,283
197 Vantharumoolai East 3,451 8 8 100.0 ‐ ‐ 3,443
197 A Mavadivembu 1 3,398 462 462 100.0 ‐ ‐ 2,936
197 B Vantharumoolai West 3,257 88 87 98.9 1 1.1 3,169
197 C Palacholai' 5,298 4,156 4,156 100.0 ‐ ‐ 1,142
197 D Mailavaddavan * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
197 E Mavadivembu 2 2,037 97 97 100.0 ‐ ‐ 1,940
198 Kaluwankerni 1 7,398 4,926 4,926 100.0 ‐ ‐ 2,472
198 A Kaluwankerni 2 1,931 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 1,931
201/1 Sithandy 1 2,950 784 784 100.0 ‐ ‐ 2,166
201/2 Sithandy 2 1,073 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 1,073
201/3 Sithandy 3 2,935 174 174 100.0 ‐ ‐ 2,761
201/4 Sithandy 4 2,219 457 457 100.0 ‐ ‐ 1,762
201 A Eeralaikulam * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
135 A Gemunupura 1,401 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 1,401
189 Arumugathan Kudiyiruppu 1 759 117 115 98.3 2 1.7 642
193 A Meerakerni Muslim 3,942 226 223 98.7 3 1.3 3,716
193 B Mich Nagar 5,011 15 15 100.0 ‐ ‐ 4,996
193 C Iyankerni Tamil 118 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 118
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : (Contd.) Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : (Contd.) Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : (Contd.) Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : (Contd.) Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : (Contd.) Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : (Contd.) Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
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Special Enumeration, 2007
Table 2 : (Contd.) Number and percentage of displaced population by DS division and Grama
Niladhari (GN) division and reason for displacement, 2007
Reason for displacement
Total Total Due to Due to Not
DS division and GN division
population displaced conflict tsunami displaced
No. % No. %
209 A Muruthanai * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
209 B Koraveli * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
209 C Poolakadu * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
209 D Kudumpimalai * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
210 Vahaneri * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
210 A/1 Vadamunai * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
210 A/2 Othuchenai * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
210 B Punanai West 203 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 203
210 A Kallichchai * ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐
* Population has not been enumerated in these GN Division areas where all the people have been
displaced and the resettlement has not taken place at the time of the enumeration
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