Kirinda Puhulwella Divisional Secretariat

Kirinda Puhulwella Divisional Secretariat
Divisional Secretariat
Seal
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSouthern Province
DistrictMatara District
Government
 • Divisional SecretaryKusalaka Nanayakkara
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)
Websitewww.kirindapuhulwella.ds.gov.lk

Kirinda Puhulwella Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Matara District, of Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Kirinda is multi-racial division, where Sinhalese people and Muslims live together. At some point in the past, Yonaka businessmen came to the district and married Sinhala women and settled there. The division's total population was 22,036 in 2010 ; 11,146 were female and 10,890 were male. There were 21,268 Sinhalese and 768 Lanka Yonaka people.[1]


Demography

Religion in Kirinda Puhulwella DS Division (2012)[2]
  1. Buddhist (96.6%)
  2. Hindu (0%)
  3. Muslim (3.3%)
  4. Roman Catholic (0.1%)
  5. Other Christian (0%)
  6. Other (0%)

References

  1. ^ "Divisional Secretariat - Kirinda Puhulwella - Overview". www.kirindapuhulwella.ds.gov.lk. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka Census Map". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012. Retrieved 2023-01-28.


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