This list provides information about all 25 districts of Sri Lanka, including their capital, province, land area, population. The list can be downloaded in different file formats such as Excel, CSV, PDF, and a compressed zip file.
S.No.,District,District capital,Province,Land area in km (mi),Inland water area in km (mi),Total area in km (mi),Population (2012),Population density per km (per mi)1,Kandy,Kandy,Central,"1,917 (740)",23 (8.9),"1,940 (750)","1,375,382","716 (1,850)"2,Matale,Matale,Central,"1,952 (754)",41 (16),"1,993 (770)","484,531",248 (640)3,Nuwara Eliya,Nuwara Eliya,Central,"1,706 (659)",35 (14),"1,741 (672)","711,644","417 (1,080)"4,Ampara,Ampara,Eastern,"4,222 (1,630)",193 (75),"4,415 (1,705)","649,402",154 (400)5,Batticaloa,Batticaloa,Eastern,"2,610 (1,010)",244 (94),"2,854 (1,102)","526,567",202 (520)6,Trincomalee,Trincomalee,Eastern,"2,529 (976)",198 (76),"2,727 (1,053)","379,541",150 (390)7,Anuradhapura,Anuradhapura,North Central,"6,664 (2,573)",515 (199),"7,179 (2,772)","860,575",129 (330)8,Polonnaruwa,Polonnaruwa,North Central,"3,077 (1,188)",216 (83),"3,293 (1,271)","406,088",132 (340)9,Kurunegala,Kurunegala,North Western,"4,624 (1,785)",192 (74),"4,816 (1,859)","1,618,465",350 (910)10,Puttalam,Puttalam,North Western,"2,882 (1,113)",190 (73),"3,072 (1,186)","762,396",265 (690)11,Jaffna,Jaffna,Northern,929 (359),96 (37),"1,025 (396)","583,882","629 (1,630)"12,Kilinochchi,Kilinochchi,Northern,"1,205 (465)",74 (29),"1,279 (494)","113,510",94 (240)13,Mannar,Mannar,Northern,"1,880 (730)",116 (45),"1,996 (771)","99,570",53 (140)14,Mullaitivu,Mullaitivu,Northern,"2,415 (932)",202 (78),"2,617 (1,010)","92,238",38 (98)15,Vavuniya,Vavuniya,Northern,"1,861 (719)",106 (41),"1,967 (759)","172,115",92 (240)16,Kegalle,Kegalle,Sabaragamuwa,"1,685 (651)",8 (3.1),"1,693 (654)","840,648","499 (1,290)"17,Ratnapura,Ratnapura,Sabaragamuwa,"3,236 (1,249)",39 (15),"3,275 (1,264)","1,088,007",336 (870)18,Galle,Galle,Southern,"1,617 (624)",35 (14),"1,652 (638)","1,063,334","658 (1,700)"19,Hambantota,Hambantota,Southern,"2,496 (964)",113 (44),"2,609 (1,007)","599,903",240 (620)20,Matara,Matara,Southern,"1,270 (490)",13 (5.0),"1,283 (495)","814,048","641 (1,660)"21,Badulla,Badulla,Uva,"2,827 (1,092)",34 (13),"2,861 (1,105)","815,405",288 (750)22,Monaragala,Monaragala,Uva,"5,508 (2,127)",131 (51),"5,639 (2,177)","451,058",82 (210)23,Colombo,Colombo,Western,676 (261),23 (8.9),699 (270),"2,324,349","3,438 (8,900)"24,Gampaha,Gampaha,Western,"1,341 (518)",46 (18),"1,387 (536)","2,304,833","1,719 (4,450)"25,Kalutara,Kalutara,Western,"1,576 (608)",22 (8.5),"1,598 (617)","1,221,948","775 (2,010)",,,,,,,,https://www.downloadexcelfiles.com/,,,,,,,,