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DISTRICT STATISTICAL HANDBOOK

Basic Information of Matale District -2019

Total Extent of Lands (Km²) 1993

No. of Divisional Secretariat Divisions 11

No. of GN Wasams 545

No. of Villages 1483

No. of Municipal councils 02

No.of Pradeshiya sabha 11

No. of Police Stations 10

Agrarian Service Centers 23

Number of Polling Centers 327

Circuit Banglows 01

Members of Parliament

Members of Parliament 05

Members of Provincial council 00

Pradeshiya Sabha 284

Population

Total Population 522,316

Male 251,879

Female 270,473

Population as per the Ethnicity

Sinhalese 80.7%

Ceylon Tamil 5%

Indian Tamil 4.8%

Burger 0.3%

Education

No. of Education Zones 04

No. of Schools 323

No. of students 101,367

No. of Teachers 6,233

Ratio of Teachers 1:17

Health

District Hospital 01

Base Hospital 01

Regional Hospitals 18

Primary Health Treatment Units 15

PHI Offices 15

PHI Divisions 40

Family Health Service Divisions 172

Expansion of Roads

A Grade Roads 97.2Km

B Grade Roads 286.0Km

Roads of Grade C,D,E 4554.94Km

Sacred Places

Temples 420

Hindu Shrines 99

Mosques 69

Catholic Churches 28

Post

No. of Post Offices 33

No. of sub- Post Offices 90

No. of Deputy- Post Offices 05

Roads Information

Roads Information

Grade	Carpet (k.m)	Paved (k.m)	Not Paved (k.m)	Concrete (k.m)	Other (k.m)	Total Length (k.m)
AA Grade	97.2	-				97.2
AB Grade	7.1	-				7.1
AC Grade	-	-				-
B Grade	107.4	178.6				286.0
C Grade	145.6	120.0	11.9	5.2	2.8	285.4
D Grade	59.5	55.6	34.3	3.6	-	152.9
E Grade	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Urban Roads	52.3	23.5	0.7	20.1	204.9	301.5
Pradeshiya Sabha Roads	-	341.4	3078.9	851.2	29.1	4300.6
All Roads	469.1	719.0	3125.8	880.1	236.8	5430.7

Source: Annual Performance Report of District Secretariat -2018

Information regarding Industries

Information regarding Industries

Se.No	Category	Number	Percentage
01	Mines Excavation	80	6.1
02	Foods, Beverages & Tobacco	433	33.2
03	Textiles, Cloths & Accessories and Leather Productions	259	19.8
04	Timber, Timber Items, Furniture	190	14.5
05	Paper Production, Printing Activities	19	1.5
06	Chemicals, Petroleum, Rubber & Plastic	47	3.6
07	Non-Metal Mineral productions	63	4.8
08	Basic Metal Industry, Metal Equipments, Machineries & Tools Industry,	54	4.1
09	Other productions Industries	128	9.8
10	Water based Activities & Water Supplies	33	2.5
Total		1,306	100.0

*Source: Annual Performance Report of District Secretariat -2018

Lands Use Pattern – 2019

	Extent (Km²)	Percentage (%)
Land Area	1,923.00	96.46
Internal Reservoir	70.00	3.51
Total Area	1,993.00	100.00

Total extent of cultivated Lands	1016.68	52.87
Total extent of lie wasted lands	140.31	7.30
Total extent of Forest	766.01	39.83
Total land Area	1,923.00	100.00

*Source – District Statistical Branch

Government beneficents in the District

Government benificients in the District

D.S. Division	No. of Beneficiaries
D.S. Division	T.B	Cancer	Talasemiea	Leprosy	Public Subsidies	Kidney Disease	Elderly	Other
Galewela	03	100	17	01	1327	18	1165	00
Dambulla	00	108	07	03	1606	165	1430	83
Naula	05	27	03	01	752	124	868	67
Pallepola	01	55	02	00	822	10	1164	01
Yatawatta	00	43	04	00	921	10	848	00
Matale	06	54	03	00	770	10	916	84
Ambangangakorale	04	24	00	01	394	01	703		71
Laggala	08	31	02	00	607	300	732		93
Wilgamuwa	02	02	03	02	1214	911	781		73
Rattota	02	55	01	03	1351	10	1120		743
Ukuwela	00	53	03	01	1047	12	1430		00
Total	31	552	45	12	10 811	1571	11 157		1215

*Source: Annual Performance Report of District Secretariat -2018

District Financial Institutes

District Financial Institutes

D.S. Division	Peoples’ Bank	Bank of Ceylon	Hatton National Bank	NSB	Sampath Bank	Comercial Bank	Seylan Bank	Sanasa Bank	NDB	DFCCBank	RDB	SMI Bank	Other
Galewela	01	01	01	01	01	01	-	01	-	01	01	-	01
Dambulla	03	04	01	01	01	01	01	-	-	01	01	-	07
Naula	01	01	-	-	-	-	-	-	01	-	01	-	-
Pallepola	01	01	-	-	-	-	-	-	01	-	-	-	-
Yatawatta	01	01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matale	01	02	01	01	01	01	01	01	01	01	01	01	05
Ambangangakorale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Laggala	01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wilgamuwa	01	01	-	-	-	-	-	01	-	-	01	-	01
Rattota	02	01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	01	-	01
Ukuwela	01	01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	13	13	03	03	03	03	02	03	03	03	06	01	15

Source: Annual Performance Report of District Secretariat -2018

Religious Centers in the District

Religious Centers in the District

D.S. Division	Temples	Kovils	Mosques	Roman Catholic Churchs	Christian Churchs	Other
Galewela	51	04	18	07	01	-
Dambulla	63	-	04	03	-	-
Naula	41	02	02	01	-	-
Pallepola	36	06	03	-	-	-
Yatawatta	36	05	05	03	-	-
Matale	36	16	18	02	02	-
Ambangangakorale	12	16	-	02	-	-
Laggala	24	-	-	-	-	-
Wilgamuwa	33	-	-	-	-	-
Rattota	43	37	08	04	01	-
Ukuwela	48	18	11	01	-	-
Total	423	104	69	23	04	-

*Source: Annual Performance Report of District Secretariat -2018

Dhamma Schools and Pre Schools in the District

Dhamma Schools and Pre Schools in the District

D.S. Division	Dhamma Schools		Pre Schools
D.S. Division	Buddhist	Other	Pre Schools
Galewela	50	06	85
Dambulla	60	01	85
Naula	37	-	39
Pallepola	36	-	42
Yatawatta	31	02	29
Matale	34	14	65
Ambangangakorale	09	09	18
Laggala	22	-	19
Wilgamuwa	33	-	52
Rattota	33	20	51
Ukuwela	41	04	63
Total	386	56	548

*Source: Annual Performance Report of District Secretariat -2018

Population by Gender and Gender Ratio in D.S. Division – 2019

Population by Gender and Gender Ratio in D.S. Division – 2019

D.S Division	Male		Female		Total	Gender ratio
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	Gender ratio
Galewela	36,241	48.0	39,263	52.0	75,504	92.3
Dambulla	39,138	50.2	38,807	49.8	77,945	100.9
Naula	14,197	48.7	14,933	51.3	29,130	95.1
Pallepola	15,116	47.4	16,755	52.6	31,871	90.2
Yatawatta	15,626	47.9	16,974	52.1	32,600	92.1
Matale	38,322	47.5	42,380	52.5	80,702	90.4
Ambanganga Korale	7,895	46.8	8,968	53.2	16,863	88.0
Laggala Pallegama	8,771	50.9	8,445	49.1	17,216	103.9
Wilgamuwa	15,827	49.8	15,967	50.2	31,794	99.1
Rattota	26,129	47.2	29,230	52.8	55,359	89.4
Ukuwela	34,617	47.2	38,715		73,332	89.4
Total of the District	251,879	48.2	270,473	51.8	522,316	93.1

*Gender Ratio: No. of males per 100 Females

*Source – Department of Census and Statistics

Population by Age Group and D.S Division – 2019

D.S. Division	Total Population	Age Group (Years)
D.S. Division	Total Population	0-4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-29
Galewela	75,504	7,394	6,979	6,120	5,520	5,030	5,603
Dambulla	77,945	7,282	6,613	5,956	6,175	6,087	6,627
Naula	29,130	2,607	2,503	2,258	2,345	1,809	2,172
Pallepola	31,871	2,859	2,784	2,529	2,287	2,010	2,283
Yatawatta	32,600	2,760	2,781	2,616	2,596	2,120	2,284
Matale	80,702	6,481	6,964	6,841	6,900	5,392	5,363
Ambanganga Korale	16,863	1,592	1,578	1,408	1,115	906	1,165
Laggala Pallegama	17,216	1,420	1,284	1,273	1,179	1,259	1,431
Wilgamuwa	31,794	3,422	2,724	2,561	2,285	2.331	2,709
Rattota	55,359	4,895	4,960	4,536	4,028	3,405	3,727
Ukuwela	73,332	6,861	6,803	6,153	5,783	4,672	4,753
Total	522,316	47,573	45,973	42,251	40,253	35,021	38,117

D.S.Division	Age Group (Years)
D.S.Division	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 >
Galewela	6,100	5,586	5,151	4,915	4,753	4,041	8,312
Dambulla	6,871	5,708	5,348	5,250	4,834	3,931	7,263
Naula	2,340	2,081	2,005	2,004	1,860	1,705	3,441
Pallepola	2,380	2,169	2,101	2,221	2,188	1,909	4,151
Yatawatta	2,514	2,027	2,185	2,194	2,157	1,886	4,480
Matale	5,833	5,340	5,401	5,538	5,266	4,548	10,835
Ambanganga Korale	1,285	1,091	1,121	1,076	1,135	992	2,359
Laggala Pallegama	1,411	1,282	1,164	1,275	1,242	998	1,998
Wilgamuwa	2,780	2,340	2,139	2,070	1,916	1,634	2,833
Rattota	4,060	3,384	3,570	3,805	3,635	3,230	8,124
Ukuwela	5,656	4,744	4,670	4,768	4,572	3,996	9,901
Total	41,230	35,752	34,855	35,116	33,558	28,870	63,747

*Source – Department of Census and Statistics

Percentage Distribution of Population by Ethnicity and D.S. Division Level -2012

D.S. Division	Ethnicity (%)
	Total (%)	Sinhalese	Sri Lankan Tamil	Indian Tamil	Sri Lankan Moors	Other
Galewela	100.0	85.1	1.2	0.4	13.3	0.0
Dambulla	100.0	95.9	1.0	0.1	2.9	0.1
Naula	100.0	94.0	2.4	2.3	1.2	0.1
Pallepola	100.0	92.4	2.2	1.7	3.7	0.0
Yatawatta	100.0	83.3	3.5	6.7	6.5	0.0
Matale	100.0	62.4	16.0	2.4	18.6	0.6
Ambanganga Korale	100.0	75.2	7.5	16.7	0.5	0.1
Laggala Pallegama	100.0	98.3	0.1	1.6	0.0	0.0
Wilgamuwa	100.0	99.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rattota	100.0	72.0	6.9	17.0	3.9	0.2
Ukuwela	100.0	64.8	5.1	9.3	20.5	0.3

*Source – Department of Census and Statistics

Information regarding Paddy Lands & High Lands

Extent of the Paddy Lands Sown and Harvested on Divisional Level in Year 2018 & 2019 - (Maha Season)

D.S. Division	Extent of Lands sown (Hec.)				Extent of Lands Harvested (Hec.)
	By Irrigation		Rainy	Total	By Irrigation		Rainy	Total
	Major	Minor	Rainy	Total	Major	Minor	Rainy	Total
Galewela	666.9	1,412.5	1,182.0	3,261.4	669.9	1,411.5	1,178.6	3,256.9
Dambulla	2,642.0	2,218.5	283.8	5,144.3	2,642.0	2,642.0	283.8	5,144.3
Naula	130.7	702.6	128.1	961.4	130.7	130.7	127.2	956.6
Pallepola	0.0	256.7	566.5	823.2	0.0	0.0	563.2	819.0
Yatawatta	0.0	403.5	252.0	655.5	0.0	0.0	250.1	653.4
Matale	0.0	270.9	35.9	306.8	0.0	0.0	35.9	304.6
Ambanganga Korale	0.0	206.9	27.0	233.9	0.0	0.0	27.0	233.9
Laggala Pallegama	528.0	670.3	35.0	1,233.3	528.0	528.0	35.0	1,170.2
Wilgamuwa	7,562.4	1,955.3	4,282.0	13,799.7	7,556.4	7,556.4	3,860.0	13,349.7
Rattota	98.3	360.5	20.0	478.9	98.3	98.3	20.0	478.9
Ukuwela	69.4	318.0	48.6	436.0	67.8	67.8	47.3	431.8
Total	11,697.7	8,775.6	6,861.0	27,334.3	11,690.1	11,690.1	6,428.1	26,799.2

*Source – Department of Census and Statistics

Extent of the Paddy Lands Sown and Harvested on Divisional Level in Year 2019 - (Yala Season)

D.S. Division	Extent of Lands sown (Hec.)				Extent of Lands Harvested (Hec.)
	By Irrigation		Rainy	Total	By Irrigation		Rainy	Total
	Major	Minor	Rainy	Total	Major	Minor	Rainy	Total
Galewela	311.5	87.0	19.6	418.1	310.5	69.5	19.4	399.4
Dambulla	471.1	185.6	8.6	665.3	454.1	175.4	8.6	638.2
Naula	22.3	56.2	3.6	82.1	22.3	55.1	2.8	80.2
Pallepola	0.0	5.8	29.9	35.7	0.0	5.8	19.6	25.4
Yatawatta	0.0	10.1	9.4	19.5	0.0	0.9	5.6	6.5
Matale	0.0	82.7	4.3	87.0	0.0	78.8	3.1	81..8
Ambanganga Korale	0.0	77.4	7.8	85.2	0.0	77.4	7.8	85.2
Laggala Pallegama	181.8	95.1	22.2	299.1	180.8	80.6	22.2	283.6
Wilgamuwa	2,331.3	170.6	108.1	2,610.0	2,326.7	164.9	89.6	2,581.2
Rattota	43.5	161.1	3.8	208.5	43.5	159.3	3.8	206.6
Ukuwela	28.8	58.1	22.9	109.8	28.8	58.1	22.9	109.8
Total	3,390.4	989.7	240.2	4,620.3	3,366.8	925.9	205.3	4,498.0

*Source – Department of Census and Statistics

Highland Crop Statistics on D.S Divisional Level – 2019 (Extent in Hec.)

D.S.Division	Tea	Rubber	Coconut	Cinnamon	Coffee	Pepper	Cashew	Cloves	Beetles
Galewela				1.9	13.5	472.5	217.2	3.6	13.0
Dambulla				0.0	0.0	1.2	35.2	0.0	0.0
Naula				6.6	41.7	380.4	143.5	1.2	2.3
Pallepola				16.1	30.6	1604.4	56.3	17.8	2.8
Yatawatta				212.4	83.5	635.1	8.2	112.2	3.6
Matale				58.3	118.0	1427.1	41.9	17.0	12.1
Ambanganga Korale				34.8	58.6	1758.6	5.8	77.7	1.9
Laggala Pallegama				0.0	1.0	48.7	1.8	0.0	1.1
Wilgamuwa				0.1	5.3	89.4	18.9	0.0	1.3
Rattota				20.3	115.1	957.2	0.1	192.3	4.2
Ukuwela				70.5	223.7	473.1	5.3	365.8	2.5
Total	3,291	1,589	12,370	421.1	690.9	7,847.6	534.3	787.8	44.8

Information of Economic Census (Agriculture) - 2013/14
Information of Agriculture Census / 2005 – Census of small Tea Estates

D.S. Division	Areca nut	Mango	Orange	Lime	Jack	Banana	Papaw	Pineapple	Other
Galewela	87.4	307.2	34.8	44.5	167.7	246.4	20.2	4.6	-
Dambulla	0.0	30.4	13.8	22.3	31.6	43.9	28.5	0.0	-
Naula	72.9	143.6	25.0	23.4	137.4	76.8	12.0	0.4	-
Pallepola	173.2	107.9	28.2	16.5	238.0	147.6	13.4	5.5	-
Yatawatta	465.8	112.9	18.1	13.4	221.5	161.1	27.2	0.4	-
Matale	107.3	122.2	27.4	27.7	316.5	121.9	17.7	1.0	-
Ambanganga Korale	103.0	36.1	9.5	8.3	184.0	92.5	10.8	0.0	-
Laggala Pallegama	10.6	13.7	7.3	3.5	17.5	9.1	1.9	0.1	-
Wilgamuwa	5.2	60.5	44.3	53.8	73.0	61.0	14.6	2.6	-
Rattota	214.4	140.0	30.9	25.7	247.7	187.0	21.1	1.8	-
Ukuwela	235.8	89.1	16.3	14.5	216.4	147.1	13.0	0.0	-
Total	569.0	339.4	108.2	105.8	738.6	496.7	61.3	4.6	0.0

*Source – District Statistical Branch

Extent of the Paddy Lands Sown and Harvested on Divisional Level in Year 2018 & 2019 - (Maha Season)

Crop	Cultivated Extent		Yield
Crop	In fructify	Un Productive	Unit	Quantity
Cinnamon	336.4	84.7	Kg.	182,259
Coffee	601.0	90.0	Kg.	314,863
Cocoa	594.5	54.6	Kg.	659,041
Pepper	7,172.5	675.1	Kg.	4,992,318
Cardamom	217.6	7.7	Kg.	161,496
Cloves	721.3	66.5	Kg.	552,798
Areca nut	1,207.2	268.5	Kg.	3,177,303
Cashew	387.8	146.4	In 1000s	166,501
Orange	185.9	69.8	In Nos.	1,981,175
Lime	179.7	73.8	In Nos.	4,148,150
Mango	916.2	247.3	In Nos.	21,413,113
Jack	1,538.3	313.0	In Nos.	6,586,402
Jack-fruit	221.3	45.9	In Nos.	1,640,431
Sugar- Cane	0.0	0.0	Kg.	0
Banana	1,041.5	252.9	In Nos.	1,628,935
Papaw	131.4	49.1	In Nos.	892,063
Pineapple	10.9	5.6	In Nos.	54,166
Pasion Fruit	9.1	5.5	In Nos.	117,250
Beetle	28.0	16.8	In 1000s	18,586

*Source – District Statistical Branch

Livestock Statistics on D.S Division Level -2019

D.S. Division	Numbers of
D.S. Division	Cattles	Buffaloes*	Goats	Pigs	Cock/Hens	Duck	Turkey
Galewela	5,866	328	942	4,107	241,036	142	101
Dambulla	4,406	354	354	603	28,893	15	13
Naula	1,659	134	201	69	32,635	17	0
Pallepola	1,051	149	327	10	14,220	5	0
Yatawatta	1,080	206	473	17	339,905	14	13
Matale	1,420	101	499	203	96,428	11	20
Ambanganga Korale	385	45	172	163	3,680	0	2
Laggala Pallegama	547	908	0	0	1,365	0	0
Wilgamuwa	1,064	36	49	18	4,173	0	2
Rattota	1,162	282	933	222	33,284	0	12
Ukuwela	746	178	908	0	7,187	70	20
Total	19,386	2,721	4,858	5,412	802,806	274	183

* Including Milking Cattles/ Buffalos

Source – District Statistical Branch

Milk and Egg Production

Milk and Egg Production on Divisional Level – 2019

D.S. Division	Cow Milk		Buffalo Milk		Eggs
	Milking Cattles	Daily Production	Milking Buffaloes	Daily Productions	Hens	Daily Production
Galewela	2,158	11,566	27	89	126,502	113,717
Dambulla	1,738	5,576	93	326	7,471	6,035
Naula	593	3,240	15	64	12,336	11,154
Pallepola	472	3,739	0	0	3,795	3,093
Yatawatta	364	1,940	0	0	31,500	29,397
Matale	406	2,787	0	0	5,631	4,427
Ambanganga Korale	129	939	0	0	1,045	850
Laggala Pallegama	74	148	0	0	664	664
Wilgamuwa	253	605	0	0	1,312	1,280
Rattota	473	3,658	0	0	5,406	4,916
Ukuwela	274	2,183	0	0	4,834	3,867
Total	6,934	36,381	135	479	200,496	179,400

*Source – District Statistical Branch