Badulla District

Badulla District
Administrative District
Tea plantation in Haputale
Map of Sri Lanka with Badulla District highlighted
Map of Badulla district showing its administrative areas
Coordinates: 6°59′05″N 81°03′23″E / 6.98472°N 81.05639°ECoordinates: 6°59′05″N 81°03′23″E / 6.98472°N 81.05639°E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Uva Province
Largest City	Badulla
Divisions	List Divisional Secretariats: Grama Niladhari:
Government
• Governor	Hon. C. Nanda Mathew
• Chief Minister of Uva Provincial Council	Hon. Shashindra Rajapakse
• Secretary of District	Rohana Keerthi Dissanayake.
• Headquarters	Badulla Districts Secretariat
Area
• Total	2,861 km^2 (1,105 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	886,000
• Density	310/km^2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	Sri Lanka (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	LK-81
Languages	Sinhala, Tamil, English
Website	ds.gov.lk/dist_badulla

Badulla (Sinhalese: බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය badūlla distrikkaya; Tamil: பதுளை மாவட்டம் Patuḷai māvaṭṭam) is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is 2,861 km² and total population is 837,000. The district is bounded by the districts of Monaragala and Rathnapura on the East & South, by Ampara and Kandy districts on the North and by Nuwara Eliya and Matale on the West. Mainly the economy of the district is based on agricultural farming and livestock.

Badulla District is an agricultural district where tea, vegetable and paddy are cultivated. Mainly the district is divided into two portions as Upper region and Lower region according to climatic and geographical characteristics. Upper division of the district is famous for tea plantation and vegetable cultivation while lower division is famous for paddy cultivation.^{[1] [2]}

Education

S.Thomas' College Bandarawela, Bandarawela Central College, Dharmadutha College, UVA College, Badulla Central College, Vishaka Girls High School, Viharamahadevi Girls School, Passara National College, Passara Tamil National College, Sri Ramakrishna College, Al Adhan Maha Vidyalaya, Barathy Maha Vidyalayam, Tamils Girls Convent and Saraswathy Central College are situated in this district.

Electorate Divisions in Badulla District

• Badulla
• Bandarawela
• Hali-Ela
• Haputale
• Mahiyanganaya
• Passara
• Uva-Paranagama
• Welimada
• Wiyaluwa

Major Cities

• Badulla (Municipal Council)

Big Towns

• Bandarawela (Municipal Council)

Other Towns

• Haputale UC
• Mahiyanganaya
• Diyatalawa
• Hali-Ela
• Ella
• Haldummulla
• Beragala
• Welimada
• Kandaketiya
• Meegahakivula
• Passara
• Lunugala
• tennapanguwa

Demography

A school in Badulla district

(2010 estimates 887220)

Religion

Religion in Badulla District (2011)^[3]

  Buddhism (72.6%)

  Hinduism (19.4%)

  Islam (5.8%)

  Christianity (2.1%)

Religions
Buddhism	589,393	(72.63%)
Hinduism	157,360	(19.39%)
Islam	47,172	(5.81%)
Roman Catholic	11,630	(1.43%)
Other Christian	5985	(0.74%)

Important Locations in Badulla District

Lipton's seat

Diyaluma Falls

• Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara
• Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara, Badulla
• Army Garrison Town, Diyatalawa
• Namunukula Mountain Range
• Lipton's Seat and Adisham Bunglow in Haputale
• Railway bridge and Railway line in Demodara
• Dunhinda, Babarakanda, Diyaluma and Ravana Ella Waterfalls
• Bogoda Wooden Bridge
• Indigenous Vedda people, Dambana

Maps

• Detailed map of Badulla vicinity and Sri Lanka

See also

• History of Uva Province
• Health Care of Uva Province - Provincial General Hospital - Badulla

References

1. Uva Province
2. Uva
3. Department of Census and Statistics,The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka-2011

External links