Census of Population and Housing

Census of Population and Housing - 2012

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District	Number of Occupied Housing units - 2012	Principal Material of Construction of Roof							Principal Material of Construction of walls								Principal Material of Construction of Floor
District	Number of Occupied Housing units - 2012	Tile	Asbestos	Concrete	Zink Aluminium sheet	Metal sheet	Cadjan/ Palmyrah/ Straw	Other	Brick	Cement block/ Stone	Cabook	Pressed soil bricks	Mud	Kadjan/ Palmyrah	Plank/ Metal sheet	Other	Cement	Terrazzo/Tile/Granite	Mud	Wood	Sand	Concrete	Other
Sri Lanka	5,207,740	2,479,226	1,800,077	213,587	49,433	544,211	109,623	11,583	2,764,566	1,761,898	111,130	147,320	261,260	46,117	101,935	13,514	3,773,868	633,334	391,596	4,636	30,060	355,675	18,571
Colombo	562,550	89,873	363,413	78,800	4,563	24,220	476	1,205	240,504	269,310	28,313	4,002	2,926	363	16,229	903	348,238	188,050	3,053	891	500	20,749	1,069
Gampaha	598,674	311,109	228,160	23,794	4,745	27,476	2,709	681	285,215	250,395	14,873	9,908	21,336	1,029	15,028	890	419,911	123,978	7,675	375	1,001	43,673	2,061
Kalutara	302,371	134,054	138,055	9,501	1,755	17,953	348	705	63,901	175,995	35,126	10,954	9,344	106	5,787	1,158	219,928	50,716	8,065	102	307	22,940	313
Kandy	342,911	72,474	175,971	32,871	9,200	51,506	522	367	171,010	142,815	2,857	10,430	13,204	174	2,008	413	251,532	40,686	27,538	460	2,561	17,850	2,284
Matale	128,090	44,358	54,564	5,799	1,876	19,492	1,933	68	98,619	14,312	188	3,637	10,698	130	375	131	86,590	8,728	18,195	125	158	12,752	1,542
Nuwara Eliya	178,440	21,324	48,042	6,374	2,210	98,604	444	1,442	20,985	133,273	1,653	11,386	6,493	56	3,719	875	145,529	4,528	23,494	298	518	2,665	1,408
Galle	271,236	153,055	98,047	5,382	1,153	12,476	358	765	112,974	119,303	6,003	12,217	14,698	175	5,106	760	195,469	41,625	12,772	139	288	20,558	385
Matara	205,153	150,324	38,050	5,299	522	9,937	689	332	127,948	51,248	6,225	5,933	9,965	207	2,983	644	147,369	25,903	15,298	109	87	16,147	240
Hambantota	155,716	125,081	16,860	2,142	422	5,790	5,358	63	135,339	7,404	127	1,683	10,499	135	415	114	106,993	11,132	16,478	85	186	20,690	152
Jaffna	136,969	70,593	46,739	870	522	8,835	9,138	272	2,908	115,130	405	1,015	7,041	6,300	3,307	863	115,482	4,567	12,097	72	3,347	1,108	296
Mannar	23,338	13,163	1,911	101	139	5,066	2,927	31	535	16,666	49	10	753	4,115	1,151	59	20,634	389	1,532	11	673	81	18
Vavuniya	41,436	11,472	12,912	1,516	422	9,842	4,947	325	16,588	14,521	29	166	5,577	1,452	2,891	212	32,202	1,472	6,811	36	451	445	19
Mullaitivu	24,684	6,379	2,862	53	96	10,863	3,277	1,154	2,400	9,123	4	140	2,376	4,561	5,058	1,022	17,769	69	5,016	21	1,476	245	88
Kilinochchi	28,208	6,147	5,105	55	143	12,916	3,467	375	217	13,979		145	4,017	5,880	2,363	1,607	19,820	108	7,004	36	998	176	66
Batticaloa	133,436	102,992	2,740	2,685	590	13,282	10,817	330	101,342	11,520	92	57	4,435	5,789	9,624	577	115,523	2,830	4,379	64	9,034	1,404	202
Ampara	163,243	107,125	28,816	6,167	1,649	15,414	3,472	600	130,343	16,369	104	1,101	10,230	1,544	2,947	605	134,489	4,876	13,455	104	1,582	8,212	525
Trincomalee	95,679	48,603	29,881	1,558	925	11,344	3,213	155	59,386	27,250	248	401	2,980	1,110	4,162	142	84,460	2,940	4,158	59	1,647	2,288	127
Kurunegala	440,517	321,111	60,989	5,334	5,325	27,359	20,073	326	382,345	21,299	206	5,316	26,104	1,449	3,331	467	322,488	31,736	36,504	234	889	46,541	2,125
Puttalam	201,364	151,195	15,679	1,139	2,240	7,267	23,528	316	134,119	38,877	183	1,494	6,850	10,472	9,261	108	154,837	18,307	7,243	136	2,313	18,225	303
Anuradhapura	229,032	108,357	97,217	2,400	2,922	14,085	3,930	121	203,231	6,763	96	1,789	16,138	276	593	146	146,023	11,559	33,401	242	428	36,793	586
Polonnaruwa	110,326	48,510	46,581	1,498	1,295	9,570	2,641	231	99,081	1,727	103	777	7,943	170	286	239	76,570	4,077	13,300	88	239	15,702	350
Badulla	211,178	65,050	87,624	6,460	3,317	47,974	371	382	92,900	60,184	7,957	42,219	6,819	62	634	403	153,325	11,173	36,017	297	593	7,706	2,067
Moneragala	119,503	83,579	20,441	1,192	675	10,766	2,414	436	92,620	5,042	233	4,660	16,416	117	221	194	74,957	4,575	29,446	188	161	9,879	297
Ratnapura	284,282	119,305	115,957	5,618	1,117	40,367	1,375	543	86,239	148,517	4,533	11,145	31,308	232	1,614	694	215,404	20,505	30,590	310	430	16,115	928
Kegalle	219,404	113,993	63,461	6,979	1,610	31,807	1,196	358	103,817	90,876	1,523	6,735	13,110	213	2,842	288	168,326	18,805	18,075	154	193	12,731	1,120