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Sri Lanka - Cultivation Year |
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Gross Asweddumized Extent of Paddy by Mode of Irrigation and by District - 2007/2008. |
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District |
Asweddumized Extent |
Major |
Minor |
Rainfed |
Total |
Colombo |
126 |
1,151 |
4,099 |
5,376 |
Gampaha |
1,632 |
2,041 |
9,322 |
12,995 |
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Kalutara |
180 |
2,121 |
12,930 |
15,231 |
Galle |
- |
141 |
17,457 |
17,598 |
Matara |
4,265 |
3,624 |
9,549 |
17,438 |
Ratnapura |
2,129 |
8,244 |
4,794 |
15,167 |
Kegalle |
- |
2,838 |
5,981 |
8,819 |
Kurunegala |
15,620 |
35,754 |
30,404 |
81,778 |
Puttalam * |
6,923 |
9,407 |
1,834 |
18,164 |
Kandy |
4,337 |
6,687 |
5,074 |
16,098 |
Matale |
6,316 |
8,995 |
4,810 |
20,121 |
Nuwara Eliya |
1,343 |
5,216 |
274 |
6,833 |
Badulla |
10,860 |
11,275 |
4,659 |
26,794 |
Moneragala * |
7,195 |
8,426 |
9,291 |
24,912 |
Jaffna |
- |
- |
10,597 |
10,597 |
Mannar |
4,577 |
650 |
- |
5,227 |
Vavuniya |
4,020 |
11,596 |
1,062 |
16,678 |
Mullaitivu ** |
3,759 |
2,014 |
3,760 |
9,569 |
Kilinochchi ** |
7,284 |
486 |
6,880 |
14,650 |
Anuradhapura |
29,759 |
43,644 |
5,879 |
79,282 |
Polonnaruwa |
54,379 |
3,472 |
1,662 |
59,513 |
Trincomalee |
16,195 |
4,876 |
6,951 |
28,022 |
Batticaloa |
22,668 |
3,330 |
32,344 |
58,342 |
Ampara |
61,917 |
3,454 |
10,045 |
75,416 |
Hambantota |
21,584 |
4,964 |
1,557 |
28,105 |
Udawalawe |
16,820 |
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- |
16,820 |
Mahaweli"H"area |
26,915 |
- |
- |
26,915 |
Sri Lanka |
330,839 |
184,406 |
201,215 |
716,460 |
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** Estimates |
*Excluding Highland Paddy Area |
Note: Usually, the extent of paddy parcels that were not cultivated with paddy for the last five years consecutively have been excluded from Asweddumized extent. |
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Gross Asweddumised Extent by Irrigation Scheme and by District - 2007/08 |
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District |
Asweddumized Extent |
Major |
Minor |
Rainfed |
Total |
Colombo |
311 |
2,844 |
10,129 |
13,284 |
Gampaha |
4,033 |
5,043 |
23,035 |
32,111 |
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Kalutara |
445 |
5,241 |
31,951 |
37,637 |
Galle |
- |
348 |
43,137 |
43,486 |
Matara |
10,539 |
8,955 |
23,596 |
43,090 |
Ratnapura |
5,261 |
20,371 |
11,846 |
37,478 |
Kegalle |
- |
7,013 |
14,779 |
21,792 |
Kurunegala |
38,598 |
88,350 |
75,130 |
202,078 |
Puttalam * |
17,107 |
23,245 |
4,532 |
44,884 |
Kandy |
10,717 |
16,524 |
12,538 |
39,779 |
Matale |
15,607 |
22,227 |
11,886 |
49,720 |
Nuwara Eliya |
3,319 |
12,889 |
677 |
16,885 |
Badulla |
26,836 |
27,861 |
11,513 |
66,209 |
Moneragala * |
17,779 |
20,821 |
22,959 |
61,559 |
Jaffna |
- |
- |
26,186 |
26,186 |
Mannar |
11,310 |
1,606 |
- |
12,916 |
Vavuniya |
9,934 |
28,654 |
2,624 |
41,212 |
Mullaitivu ** |
9,378 |
4,977 |
9,291 |
23,645 |
Kilinochchi ** |
17,999 |
1,201 |
17,001 |
36,201 |
Anuradhapura |
73,536 |
107,847 |
14,527 |
195,910 |
Polonnaruwa |
134,373 |
8,579 |
4,107 |
147,060 |
Trincomalee |
40,019 |
12,049 |
17,176 |
69,244 |
Batticaloa |
56,014 |
8,229 |
79,924 |
144,166 |
Ampara |
153,000 |
8,535 |
24,822 |
186,357 |
Hambantota |
53,335 |
12,266 |
3,847 |
69,449 |
Udawalawe |
41,563 |
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- |
41,563 |
Mahaweli"H"area |
66,508 |
- |
- |
66,508 |
Sri Lanka |
817,520 |
455,677 |
497,213 |
1,770,410 |
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** Estimates |
*Excluding Highland Paddy Area |
Note: Usually, the extent of paddy parcels that were not cultivated with paddy for the last five years consecutively have been excluded from Asweddumized extent. |
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