Anuradhapura District

This article is about the district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Anuradhapura.

Anuradhapura District
Administrative District
Map of Sri Lanka with Anuradhapura District highlighted
Coordinates:
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Central Province
Largest City	Anuradhapura
Divisions	List Divisional Secretariats: 22
Area
• Total	7,179 km2 (2,772 sq mi)
• Land	6,664 km2 (2,573 sq mi)
• Water	515 km2 (199 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	745,693
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	LK-71
Website	ds.gov.lk/dist_anuradhapura

Anuradhapura (Sinhalese: අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය anūrādhapūra distrikkaya; Tamil: அனுராதபுரம் மாவட்டம் Aṉurātapuram māvaṭṭam) is a district in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 7,179 km².

Major Cities

• Anuradhapura (Municipal Council)

Other Towns

• Eppawala
• Habarana
• Kekirawa
• Medawachchiya
• Mihintale
• Kahatagasdigiliya
• Padawiya
• Horowupotana
• Galenbindunuwewa
• Thirappane
• Madatugama
• Galnewa
• Bulnewa
• Konapathirawa
• Palugaswewa
• Konwewa
• Seeppukulama
• Yakalla
• Ganewalpola
• Nochchiyagama
• Tambuttegama
• Kebitigollawa
• Rambewa
• Mahailuppallama
• Maradankadawala
• Talawa

Anuradhapura District Election Divisions

• Medawachchiya Electoral District
• Horowpothana Electoral District
• Anuradhapura East Electoral District
• Anuradhapura West Electoral District
• Kalawewa Electoral District
• Mihintale Electoral District
• Kekirawa Electoral District

Demographics

Ethnic groups Sinhalese 676,073 (90.66%) Sri Lankan Tamil 5,073 (0.68%) Sri Lankan Moor 61,989 (8.31%) Indian Tamil 443 (0.06%) Burgher 179 (0.02%) Sri Lankan Malay 279 (0.04%) Other 1,657 (0.22%) Religions Buddhism 670,963 (89.98%) Hinduism 3,459 (0.46%) Islam 62,797 (8.42%) Roman Catholic 6,266 (0.84%) Other Christian 2,073 (0.28%) Other 135 (0.02%)

The population according to 2001 census is 745,693 of which 90.7% are sinhalese, 8.3% Sri Lankan Moors, 0.7% native Sri Lankan tamils and 0.1% tamils of Indian origin. 90.0% of the population are buddhists, 8.4% muslim, 1.1% christian and 0.5% hindu.

Divisional Secretariats

Divisional Secretariats constitute the next administrative division down from district.

• Anuradapura Divisional Secretariat
• Galenbindunuwewa Divisional Secretariat
• Galnewa Divisional Secretariat
• Horowpothana Divisional Secretariat
• Ipalogama Divisional Secretariat
• Kahatagasdigiliya Divisional Secretariat
• Kebithigollewa Divisional Secretariat
• Kekirawa Divisional Secretariat
• Mahavilachchiya Divisional Secretariat
• Medawachchiya Divisional Secretariat
• Mihinthale Divisional Secretariat
• Nachchadoowa Divisional Secretariat
• Nochchiyagama Divisional Secretariat
• Nuwaragam Palatha Central Divisional Secretariat
• Nuwaragam Palatha East Divisional Secretariat
• Padaviya Divisional Secretariat
• Palagala Divisional Secretariat
• Palugaswewa Divisional Secretariat
• Rajanganaya Divisional Secretariat
• Rambewa Divisional Secretariat
• Thalawa Divisional Secretariat
• Thambuttegama Divisional Secretariat
• Thirappane Divisional Secretariat

Maps

• Detailed map of Anuradhapura District and Sri Lanka

Notable people whose origin in Anuradhapura District

• Major General Nanda Mallawaarachchi - Former Chief of staff, Sri Lanka Army
• Chamani Seneviratne - National Cricketer (Womans team)