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| District |
Migrant population - 2012 |
Reason for migration |
| Marriage | Employment | Education | Displaced | Resettled after displacement | Development projects | Accompanied a family member | Other |
| Sri Lanka |
4,115,363 |
1,271,462 |
823,168 |
220,538 |
134,298 |
366,461 |
86,618 |
774,846 |
437,972 |
| Colombo |
661,989 |
148,777 |
278,779 |
69,796 |
5,955 |
1,289 |
932 |
115,878 |
40,583 |
| Gampaha |
626,957 |
180,968 |
189,767 |
27,447 |
7,070 |
2,567 |
2,259 |
135,228 |
81,651 |
| Kalutara |
234,102 |
84,278 |
31,758 |
8,127 |
3,739 |
3,227 |
1,065 |
52,305 |
49,603 |
| Kandy |
235,206 |
95,843 |
33,177 |
24,687 |
2,744 |
705 |
1,008 |
46,696 |
30,346 |
| Matale |
99,882 |
45,504 |
12,301 |
3,140 |
2,021 |
389 |
1,983 |
22,713 |
11,831 |
| Nuwara Eliya |
90,023 |
42,398 |
16,100 |
4,227 |
6,178 |
654 |
498 |
14,951 |
5,017 |
| Galle |
124,853 |
56,103 |
17,382 |
7,645 |
1,393 |
371 |
224 |
23,533 |
18,202 |
| Matara |
96,717 |
47,106 |
9,769 |
7,431 |
1,211 |
228 |
117 |
18,863 |
11,992 |
| Hambantota |
98,874 |
43,230 |
12,734 |
2,673 |
1,198 |
418 |
3,594 |
18,907 |
16,120 |
| Jaffna |
118,850 |
4,293 |
4,836 |
4,913 |
8,743 |
81,148 |
206 |
10,662 |
4,049 |
| Mannar |
46,028 |
2,264 |
4,090 |
915 |
3,955 |
31,651 |
70 |
2,665 |
418 |
| Vavuniya |
97,465 |
6,775 |
9,512 |
2,610 |
34,654 |
29,846 |
1,670 |
10,460 |
1,938 |
| Mullaitivu |
84,205 |
977 |
3,068 |
603 |
410 |
74,264 |
1,723 |
2,947 |
213 |
| Kilinochchi |
106,798 |
620 |
2,246 |
544 |
289 |
102,010 |
96 |
770 |
223 |
| Batticaloa |
31,675 |
7,009 |
6,363 |
3,958 |
4,793 |
948 |
41 |
5,142 |
3,421 |
| Ampara |
92,803 |
24,190 |
12,696 |
4,670 |
3,445 |
1,460 |
18,718 |
20,256 |
7,368 |
| Trincomalee |
81,703 |
15,404 |
11,784 |
2,567 |
3,987 |
28,304 |
2,649 |
13,979 |
3,029 |
| Kurunegala |
241,058 |
103,770 |
28,785 |
10,547 |
3,004 |
593 |
1,855 |
47,688 |
44,816 |
| Puttalam |
156,267 |
45,107 |
25,039 |
5,465 |
25,277 |
1,798 |
1,992 |
33,783 |
17,806 |
| Anuradhapura |
188,835 |
66,962 |
25,807 |
6,670 |
6,351 |
1,461 |
14,836 |
44,778 |
21,970 |
| Polonnaruwa |
130,242 |
39,722 |
15,230 |
2,138 |
2,184 |
1,074 |
22,469 |
32,850 |
14,575 |
| Badulla |
106,143 |
44,288 |
17,428 |
6,958 |
1,585 |
420 |
1,542 |
21,789 |
12,133 |
| Moneragala |
100,946 |
40,796 |
19,048 |
2,083 |
1,584 |
706 |
4,822 |
25,220 |
6,687 |
| Ratnapura |
133,241 |
59,057 |
22,461 |
5,900 |
1,377 |
588 |
2,051 |
30,568 |
11,239 |
| Kegalle |
130,501 |
66,021 |
13,008 |
4,824 |
1,151 |
342 |
198 |
22,215 |
22,742 |
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