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Estimated Paddy Production and Excess/Scarcity of Paddy by Season and by District
 
Unit : Metric Tons
 
DISTRICT PRODUCTION Annual
Requirement
of Paddy for
Human
Consumption
Excess/Scarcity of Paddy (*1)
Maha 2009/10 Yala 2010 Total for
the Year 201
Maha 2009/10 % (*2) Yala 2010 % (*2) Total % (*2)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
01 COLOMBO 14,190 6,822 21,012 424,492 (198,979)   (206,178)   (405,156)  
02 GAMPAHA 36,560 21,902 58,462 364,548 (148,118)   (162,473)   (310,592)  
03 KALUTARA 45,245 29,567 74,812 189,935 (52,684)   (68,059)   (120,743)  
04 GALLE 44,078 14,194 58,272 180,843 (49,456)   (78,630)   (128,086)  
05 MATARA 45,455 43,163 88,618 139,926 (27,532)   (29,928)   (57,460)  
06 RATNAPURA+ UDA WALAWE 118,395 123,373 241,768 187,410 17,004 0.6 22,765 1.5 39,769 0.95
07 KEGALLE 29,589 22,925 52,514 136,895 (40,616)   (47,171)   (87,786)  
08 KURUNEGALA 274,343 189,946 464,289 260,993 128,441 4.9 45,828 2.9 174,269 4.16
09 PUTTALAM 48,075 25,518 73,593 129,654 (19,699)   (41,736)   (61,435)  
10 KANDY 37,943 27,898 65,841 238,261 (83,770)   (93,664)   (177,434)  
11 MATALE 81,175 27,038 108,213 82,507 35,373 1.3 (17,360)   18,013 0.43
12 NUWARAELIYA 13,007 532 13,539 127,129 (51,530)   (63,692)   (115,222)  
13 BADULLA 99,203 46,371 145,574 147,166 19,824 0.8 (31,717)   (11,893)  
14 MONARAGALA 118,331 51,785 170,116 73,246 75,302 2.9 10,455 0.7 85,758 2.05
15 JAFFNA 20,117 - 20,117 102,208 (32,525)   (52,135)   (84,660)  
16 KILLINOCHCHI - 5,924 5,924 25,931 (12,965)   (7,219)   (20,185)  
17 VAVUNIYA 24,457 3,513 27,970 28,457 8,991 0.3 (11,377)   (2,387)  
18 MULATIVU 10,753 4,812 15,565 25,931 (2,762)   (8,549)   (11,311)  
19 MANNAR 41,755 4,226 45,981 17,343 30,987 1.2 (5,505)   25,481 0.61
20 ANURADHAPURA+MAHAWELI 'H' 466,199 155,165 621,364 138,074 369,456 14.1 68,931 4.4 438,387 10.47
21 POLONNARUWA 284,628 249,124 533,752 68,195 235,698 9.0 200,603 12.9 436,300 10.42
22 TRINCOMALEE 106,727 39,752 146,479 61,965 69,774 2.7 4,519 0.3 74,293 1.77
23 BATTICALOA 193,274 74,563 267,837 90,421 136,541 5.2 20,794 1.3 157,335 3.76
24 AMPARA 358,274 284,479 642,753 106,754 286,858 10.9 214,517 13.8 501,375 11.97
25 HAMBANTOTA 117,793 106,901 224,694 95,136 63,968 2.4 53,118 3.4 117,087 2.80
SRI LANKA 2,629,566 1,559,493 4,189,059 3,443,419 757,582 28.8 (283,865) (18.2) 473,718 11.31
 
() denotes Scarcity  
(*1) - Seed requrement and post harvest losses are also excluded here.  
(*2) - Percentage of marketable surplus on the production in respective district.  

 

Agriculture and Environmental Statistics Division
Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, Sri Lanka.