Statistics

Responsibility

Collecting of information of population, agriculture, industries, marketing and services on district and divisional basis for preparation of statistical information which necessary for formulate policies and plans in national level.

Main Tasks

Census is conducted once in 10 years
Preparation of District Statistical Manual
Rice yield estimation survey
Land Farming Statistics
Animal Husbandry Statistics
Paddy statistics
A Survey for Estimation of Big Onion Production
Building Statistics
Annual Survey of Industry Construction and Services
Quarterly Survey of Industrial Production
Survey of felled timber
Coconut Production Estimation Survey
Apart from this the survey conducted by the department periodically and every 3 years etc

Statistic Hand Book

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 .

Lands Use Pattern in District

Lands Use Pattern in District – 2024

Nature of land	Area(Hec)	Percentage (%)
Built Up Land	4,520.00	2.20
Homesteads / Home Gardens	35,673.00	17.33
Agricultural Land
Tea	3,534.00	1.72
Rubber	2,305.00	1.12
Coconut	4,952.00	2.41
Paddy	24,651.00	11.98
Mixed Tree and Other Peranials	1,339.00	0.65
Field Crops	7,006.00	3.40
Other Cultivation	8,139.00	3.95
Abandoned Agricultural Land
Abandoned Paddy	228.00	0.11
Abandoned Rubber	579.00	0.28
Abandoned Tea	792.00	0.38
Other	21.26	0.01
Forest Land
Dense Forest	43,947.00	21.35
Open Forest	33,713.00	16.38
Scrub	12,046.00	5.85
Grassland	1,861.00	0.90
Forest Plantation	4,616.00	2.24
Wetland
Marsh	26.00	0.01
Swamp	54.00	0.03
Water Bodies	10,088.00	4.90
Rocks	5,117.00	2.49
Bare Land	631.00	0.31
Total	205,838.26	100.00

Source :- District Land use Planning Office

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	Others
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

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	DFCC Bank	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

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	-

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

Population by Age Group and D.S Division – 2021

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	76,609	7,502	7,081	6,209	5,601	5,104	5,685
Dambulla	79,085	7,387	6,710	6,043	6,265	6,176	6,724
Naula	29,557	2,645	2,539	2,291	2,380	1,836	2,204
Pallepola	32,337	2,900	2,825	2,566	2,321	2,040	2,317
Yatawatta	33,079	2,800	2,822	2,655	2,634	2,151	2,318
Matale	81,884	6,576	7,066	6,941	7,001	5,471	5,441
Ambanganga Korale	17,110	1,615	1,602	1,428	1,171	919	1,182
Laggala Pallegama	17,468	1,440	1,303	1,291	1,198	1,277	1,452
Wilgamuwa	32,260	3,472	2,764	2,599	2,319	2,365	2,749
Rattota	56,168	4,967	5,032	4,603	4,087	3,455	3,781
Ukuwela	74,405	6,961	6,903	6,243	5,868	4,740	4,822
Total of the District	529,962	48,265	46,647	42,869	40,845	35,534	37,675

D.S. Division	Total Population	Age Group (Years)
D.S. Division	Total Population	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60 >
Galewela	6,190	5,668	5,226	4,986	4,822	4,101	3,304	5130
Dambulla	6,972	5,792	5,426	5,327	4,904	3,989	3,069	4,301
Naula	2,373	2,111	2,035	2,033	1,887	1,730	1,328	2,165
Pallepola	2,415	2,201	2,131	2,253	2,220	1,937	1,525	2,686
Yatawatta	2,551	2,056	2,217	2,226	2,189	1,914	1,658	2,888
Matale	5,918	5,418	5,480	5,619	5,343	4,615	4,023	6,972
Ambanganga Korale	1,304	1,107	1137	1,092	1,152	1,006	853	1,541
Laggala Pallegama	1,431	1,301	1,181	1,294	1,260	1,012	733	1,295
Wilgamuwa	2,821	2,376	2,170	2,099	1,944	1,657	1,142	1,783
Rattota	4,119	3,433	3,623	3,861	3,688	3,277	3,003	5,239
Ukuwela	5,739	4,813	4,738	4,838	4,639	4,055	3,742	6,304
Total of the District	41,833	36,276	35,365	35,628	34,048	29,293	24,380	40,304

Sown and Harvested Extent of paddy by D.S Division

Sown and Harvested Extent of paddy by D.S Division - 2023/2024 - (Maha Season)

Sown and Harvested Extent of paddy by D.S Division - 2023/2024 - (Maha Season)

D.S. Division	Extent of Lands sown (Hec.)				Harvested Extent (Hec.)
	Mode of Irrigation		Rainfed	Total	Mode of Irrigation		Rainfed	Total
	Major	Minor	Rainfed	Total	Major	Major	Rainfed	Total
Galewela	622.02	1,401.30	1,248.32	3,271.63	622.02	1,401.30	1,248.32	3,271.63
Dambulla	2,318.49	2,080.13	319.95	4,718.58	2,318.49	2,080.13	319.95	4,718.58
Naula	150.91	687.58	120.60	959.09	150.91	679.53	120.07	950.51
Pallepola	-	262.65	554.03	816.67	-	262.65	554.03	816.67
Yatawatta	-	378.79	284.10	662.89	-	378.79	284.10	662.89
Matale	-	269.12	20.23	289.36	-	269.12	20.23	289.36
Ambanganga Korale	-	244.60	24.28	268.88	-	244.60	24.28	268.88
Laggala Pallegama	1,249.29	516.39	14.57	1,780.25	1,249.29	516.39	14.57	1,780.25
Wilgamuwa	2,842.17	791.58	1,728.85	5,362.61	2,808.59	784.70	1,688.85	5,282.15
Rattota	91.06	377.18	19.83	488.06	91.06	377.18	19.83	488.06
Ukuwela	91.46	323.76	62.73	477.94	91.46	323.76	62.73	477.94
Total	7,365.40	7,333.06	4,397.49	19,095.95	7,331.82	7,318.13	4,356.96	19,006.91

Sown and Harvested Extent of paddy by D.S Division - 2024 - (yala Season)

Sown and Harvested Extent of paddy by D.S Division - 2024 - (yala Season)

D.S. Division	Extent of Lands sown (Hec.)				Harvested Extent (Hec.)
	Mode of Irrigation		Rainfed	Total	Mode of Irrigation		Rainfed	Total
	Major	Minor	Rainfed	Total	Major	Minor	Rainfed	Total
Galewela	509.92	446.46	95.06	1,051.44	509.92	446.46	95.06	1,051.44
Dambulla	1,917.00	1,541.16	10.52	3,468.68	1,917.00	1,541.16	10.52	3,468.68
Naula	53.30	125.50	3.48	182.27	53.30	125.50	3.48	182.27
Pallepola	-	55.77	132.34	188.10	-	55.77	132.34	188.10
Yatawatta	-	52.12	42.01	94.13	-	52.12	42.01	94.13
Matale	-	127.56	12.18	139.74	-	127.56	12.18	139.74
Ambanganga Korale	-	119.99	11.29	131.28	-	119.99	11.29	131.28
Laggala	1,062.04	163.70	3.76	1,229.50	1,062.04	163.70	3.76	1,229.50
Wilgamuwa	2,965.16	380.80	159.14	3,505.10	2,965.16	380.80	159.14	3,505.10
Rattota	73.53	280.78	9.87	364.18	73.53	280.78	9.87	364.18
Ukuwela	71.14	196.91	45.88	313.93	71.14	196.91	45.88	313.93
Total	6,652.08	3,490.74	525.54	10,668.36	6,652.08	3,490.74	525.54	10,668.36

Source -Department of Census and Statistics

Extent and production of permenent and semi permenent crops in district

Extent and production of permenent and semi permenent crops in district - 2024

Crop	Cultivated Extent (Hectares)		Yield
Crop	In production	Not in Production	Unit	Quantity
Cinnamon	472.96	138.05	Kg	269,942.00
Coffee	534.69	73.68	Kg	258,882.00
Cocoa	408.36	39.95	Kg	432,834.08
Pepper	6,989.78	555.22	Kg	4,054,469.50
Cardamom	140.52	6.72	Kg	103,687.50
Cloves	706.74	60.98	Kg	443,754.75
Arecant	1,294.37	215.45	Kg	4,104,573.00
Cashew	286.35	106.75	In-1000s	58,351.25
Orenge	168.07	32.76	In-nos	1,631,195.00
Lime	176.14	48.85	In-nos	3,849,851.00
Mango	981.09	246.72	In-nos	19,069,890.00
Jack	1,383.14	230.96	In-nos	5,973,382.50
Jackfruit	194.52	32.56	In-nos	1,194,345.00
Cane sugar	2.42	0.61	Kg	6,010.53
Plantain	1,042.68	241.14	In-1000s	2,072.67
Papaw	97.67	27.98	In-nos	629,030.00
Pineapple	22.22	1.85	In-nos	101,475.00
Pasion fruit	11.10	3.34	In-nos	166,325.00
Rambutan	96.20	29.32	In-1000s	481.26
Betel	33.28	5.67	In-1000s	21,977.50

Source - Department of Census and Statistics

Extent and production of Sesonal crops in district

Extent and production of Sesonal crops in district-2020/2021 yala and Maha

Crop	Cultivated Extent		Production
Crop	Maha	Yala	Maha	Yala
Kurakkan	125.3	72.0	287.4	169.7
Maize	159.5	269.0	316.2	603.2
Green gram	432.4	729.8	801.2	1345.8
Cowpea	20.5	146.1	35.9	257.5
Black Grame	94.1	233.6	183.5	413.6
Gingelly	12.2	50.2	9.4	29.9
Peanut	51.7	408.4	102.3	721.1
Manioc	165.7	191.9	2761.6	3112.2
Sweet Potatose	243.0	366.3	3923.3	4795.1
Potatose	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Red onion	0.0	8.0	0.0	0.0
Green Chillies	139.4	396.7	684.2	2082.1
Mustard	0.7	1.2	0.4	0.9
Ginger	106.2	116.5	1063.3	1217.6
Turmeric	104.4	185.7	1160.7	2048.6
Luffa	109.1	174.3	1721.0	2716.7
Ladies Fingers	73.3	189.9	723.0	1862.0
Brinjals	140.6	279.0	2071.7	3995.6
Bitter Gourd	58.1	126.6	855.4	1787.6
Snakegourd	51.7	130.0	794.6	1395.6
Tomatoes	149.9	505.3	2593.5	8679.9
Cucumber	67.1	149.2	1274.7	2731.5
Cabbage	73.9	263.4	824.5	3776.2
Carrot	0.7	1.0	6.5	8.0
Nochol	47.7	182.6	568.3	2178.1
Beetroot	23.3	131.4	470.9	3182.9
Radish	18.9	54.6	373.6	1052.6
Bean	214.6	262.7	2851.0	3317.4
Leek	11.5	0.5	127.540.6	5.9
Ash - Pumpkin	6.0	20.6	59.3	270.0
Pumpkin	120.5	249.7	2075.2	3890.5
Ash - plantain	12.9	33.0	118.9	323.5
Capsicum	45.6	79.5	438.9	716.2
B.Onion	0.0	1765.4	0.0	31049.4

Extent and production of Big Onion in Matale district

Extent and production of Big Onion in Matale district - 2019/2021

D.S. Division	Year	No of Farmers	Extent (Hec.)	Production
D.S. Division	Year	No of Farmers	Extent (Hec.)	Mt.	%
Galewela	2019	122	57.0	1,032	11
	2020	671	229.9	2,831	18.60
	2021	780	223.4	4,401	11.26
Dambulla	2019	864	367.0	7,031	78
	2020	2079	781.1	10,513	69.09
	2021	2739	1265.1	29,477	75.40
Naula	2019	185	48.0	960	11
	2020	389	157.2	1,810	11.89
	2021	636	198.6	3,853	9.86
Laggala	2020	80	78.3	12	0.08
Laggala	2021	29	78.0	1,365	3.49
Other	2020	14	4.4	51	0.34
Total	2019	1171	472.0	9,023	100
	2020	3233	1250.73	15,217	100
	2021	4184	1765.07	39,096	100

livestock Statistics by D.S.Divition

livestock Statistics by D.S.Divition - 2021

D.S. Division	Cattle	Buffaloes	Goats	Pigs	Cock/Hens	Duck	Turkey
Galewela	6,415	396	1,225	7,782	22,8914	166	117
Dambulla	5,008	876	417	471	16,144	0	3
Naula	1,559	57	257	610	39,265	11	50
Pallepola	950	128	272	0	19,915	0	4
Yatawatta	888	141	433	2	155,782	0	5
Matale	1,279	72	788	235	194,815	13	19
Ambanganga Korale	431	48	242	0	14,896	0	16
Laggala	491	789	44	0	5,445	2	3
Wilgamuwa	1,070	21	60	0	2,367	0	0
Rattota	1,010	244	1,105	122	35,077	45	26
Ukuwela	765	123	1,060	0	7,861	29	16
Total	19,866	2,895	5,903	9,222	720,481	266	259

Statistician
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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	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

DISTRICT STATISTICAL HANDBOOK