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Sri Lanka - Cultivation Year |
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Gross Asweddumized Extent of Paddy by Mode of Irrigation and by District - 2008/2009. |
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District |
Asweddumized Extent |
Major |
Minor |
Rainfed |
Total |
Colombo |
144 |
1,286 |
4,407 |
5,837 |
Gampaha |
1,909 |
3,233 |
9,320 |
14,462 |
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Kalutara |
184 |
2,375 |
13,784 |
16,343 |
Galle |
- |
141 |
18,648 |
18,789 |
Matara |
4,285 |
3,657 |
10,046 |
17,988 |
Ratnapura |
2,172 |
8,439 |
4,956 |
15,567 |
Kegalle |
- |
2,928 |
6,171 |
9,099 |
Kurunegala |
13,583 |
36,083 |
30,750 |
80,416 |
Puttalam * |
7,905 |
11,173 |
2,665 |
21,743 |
Kandy |
4,340 |
6,849 |
5,207 |
16,396 |
Matale |
6,747 |
10,179 |
5,309 |
22,235 |
Nuwara Eliya |
1,346 |
5,261 |
274 |
6,881 |
Badulla |
11,154 |
12,109 |
6,495 |
29,758 |
Moneragala * |
7,242 |
8,540 |
9,709 |
25,491 |
Jaffna |
- |
- |
8,933 |
8,933 |
Mannar |
5,318 |
679 |
- |
5,997 |
Vavuniya |
4,020 |
11,667 |
1213 |
16,900 |
Mullaitivu ** |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Kilinochchi ** |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Anuradhapura |
31,280 |
48,180 |
7,652 |
87,112 |
Polonnaruwa |
55,357 |
3,629 |
1,520 |
60,506 |
Trincomalee |
16,444 |
5,252 |
7,028 |
28,724 |
Batticaloa |
22,648 |
3,331 |
32,344 |
58,323 |
Ampara |
64,301 |
3,536 |
10,132 |
75,416 |
Hambantota |
21,694 |
5,242 |
1,661 |
28,597 |
Udawalawe |
18,701 |
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- |
18,701 |
Mahaweli"H"area |
26,915 |
- |
- |
26,915 |
Sri Lanka |
327,689 |
193,769 |
198,224 |
719,682 |
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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 - 2008/2009 |
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District |
Asweddumized Extent |
Major |
Minor |
Rainfed |
Total |
Colombo |
356 |
3,178 |
10,890 |
14,424 |
Gampaha |
4,717 |
7,989 |
23,030 |
35,736 |
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Kalutara |
445 |
5,869 |
34,061 |
40,384 |
Galle |
- |
348 |
46,080 |
46,429 |
Matara |
10,588 |
9,037 |
24,824 |
44,449 |
Ratnapura |
5,367 |
20,853 |
12,247 |
38,467 |
Kegalle |
- |
7,235 |
15,249 |
22,484 |
Kurunegala |
33,564 |
89,163 |
75,985 |
198,712 |
Puttalam * |
19,534 |
27,609 |
6,585 |
53,728 |
Kandy |
10,724 |
16,924 |
12,867 |
54,944 |
Matale |
16,672 |
25,153 |
13,119 |
17,003 |
Nuwara Eliya |
3,326 |
13,000 |
677 |
73,534 |
Badulla |
27,562 |
29,922 |
16,049 |
62,990 |
Moneragala * |
17,895 |
21,103 |
23,991 |
22,074 |
Jaffna |
- |
- |
22,074 |
14,819 |
Mannar |
13,141 |
1,678 |
- |
41,761 |
Vavuniya |
9,934 |
28,830 |
2,997 |
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Mullaitivu ** |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Kilinochchi ** |
- |
- |
- |
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Anuradhapura |
77,295 |
119,055 |
18,908 |
215,258 |
Polonnaruwa |
136,790 |
8,967 |
3,756 |
149,513 |
Trincomalee |
40,634 |
12,978 |
17,367 |
70,978 |
Batticaloa |
55,964 |
8,231 |
79,924 |
144,119 |
Ampara |
158,891 |
8,738 |
25,037 |
192,665 |
Hambantota |
53,607 |
12,953 |
4,104 |
70,665 |
Udawalawe |
46,211 |
- |
- |
46,211 |
Mahaweli"H"area |
66,508 |
- |
- |
66,508 |
Sri Lanka |
809,737 |
478,813 |
489,822 |
1,778,372 |
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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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