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| Table
17A : Land Utilization within Agricultural Holdings by District |
Extent
in Acres |
| District
|
Total
Extent of Holdings |
Asweddumized
Paddy |
Temporary
Crops Other than Asweddumized Paddy |
Permanent
Crops |
Forest
Land |
Land
not Suitable for Cultivation |
Land
Under Roads and Buildings ect. |
Land
Not Classified Elsewhere |
| Colombo
|
41,512
|
9,944
|
1,782
|
21,921
|
1,447
|
568
|
2,903
|
2,947
|
| Gampaha
|
143,495
|
26,075
|
2,856
|
97,841
|
2,727
|
2,124
|
10,019
|
1,852
|
| Kalutara
|
141,805
|
34,850
|
3,669
|
81,230
|
8,562
|
2,053
|
8,087
|
3,353
|
| Kandy
|
150,007
|
36,353
|
6,755
|
87,356
|
8,159
|
2,125
|
7,340
|
1,919
|
| Matale
|
122,390
|
37,602
|
14,608
|
51,831
|
9,127
|
2,104
|
4,429
|
2,688
|
| Nuwara
Eliya |
60,274
|
13,893
|
13,496
|
23,011
|
4,605
|
778
|
3,399
|
1,092
|
| Galle
|
167,402
|
37,256
|
2,313
|
102,463
|
8,338
|
2,866
|
10,297
|
3,869
|
| Matara
|
156,547
|
36,232
|
2,176
|
98,916
|
5,636
|
2,376
|
8,189
|
3,021
|
| Hambantota
|
202,305
|
67,007
|
29,522
|
80,780
|
12,024
|
1,787
|
5,994
|
5,191
|
| Jaffna
|
31,895
|
13,405
|
6,350
|
9,236
|
672
|
135
|
1,819
|
278
|
| Mannar
|
20,967
|
14,387
|
1,559
|
3,306
|
505
|
76
|
400
|
735
|
| Vavuniya
|
32,824
|
14,682
|
9,918
|
3,434
|
1,844
|
220
|
1,590
|
1,135
|
| Mullaitivu
|
39,230
|
17,874
|
10,593
|
8,088
|
528
|
147
|
594
|
1,406
|
| Kilinochchi
|
38,472
|
19,282
|
6,672
|
9,382
|
811
|
210
|
1,523
|
591
|
| Batticaloa
|
74,335
|
59,215
|
7,103
|
5,449
|
491
|
139
|
1,175
|
762
|
| Ampara
|
172,001
|
115,996
|
17,221
|
23,625
|
7,056
|
1,384
|
3,398
|
3,320
|
| Trincomalee
|
50,797
|
33,863
|
3,925
|
7,801
|
2,151
|
237
|
1,655
|
1,166
|
| Kurunegala
|
534,860
|
154,245
|
32,512
|
277,820
|
35,794
|
6,689
|
20,009
|
7,790
|
| Puttalam
|
159,646
|
32,559
|
11,135
|
85,340
|
18,146
|
1,649
|
6,433
|
4,384
|
| Anuradhapura
|
364,814
|
189,612
|
49,689
|
71,371
|
24,023
|
2,184
|
15,389
|
12,545
|
| Polonnaruwa
|
163,800
|
112,618
|
5,286
|
24,676
|
8,155
|
2,115
|
6,250
|
4,700
|
| Badulla
|
156,800
|
50,389
|
33,119
|
48,317
|
12,695
|
2,221
|
5,945
|
4,114
|
| Moneragala
|
225,219
|
38,243
|
60,653
|
84,232
|
21,129
|
3,589
|
8,488
|
8,885
|
| Ratnapura
|
243,002
|
33,673
|
15,303
|
151,910
|
22,274
|
3,718
|
10,436
|
5,689
|
| Kegalle
|
149,476
|
18,779
|
4,652
|
106,531
|
6,775
|
2,046
|
6,818
|
3,876
|
| Sri
Lanka |
3,643,875
|
1,218,034
|
352,869
|
1,565,866
|
223,674
|
43,540
|
152,581
|
87,311
|
|
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