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Population Religion wise and sector wise

Sector	Total	Buddhist	Hindu	Islam	Catholic Roman	Christian	Other
Urban	97750	97750	409	9485	419	243	14
Rural	684952	664185	4441	14347	1094	800	87
Estate	21297	4733	14058	175	1389	933	100
Total	803999	756098	18908	24007	2901	1975	110

Population ethnicity wise – 2006

Sector	Sinhala	Tamil Sri Lanka	Tamil Indian	Muslim Sri Lanka	Burgar	Malay	Other
Urban	87753	413	45	9450	36	32	21
Rural	664873	2208	3477	14166	118	68	41
Estate	4420	2439	14415	19	0	02	02
Total	757046	5060	17937	23635	154	102	64

Population in the district of division wise - 2006

No	Divisional Secretariat	G N Divisions	Total Population	Number of families	Number of housing units
1	Matara	29	114298	27869	25977
2	Weligama	48	70180	19258	15596
3	Thihagoda	40	32640	9638	8589
4	Kotapola	37	67596	16369	16094
5	Devenuwara	41	46674	11191	11113
6	Welipitiya	38	48756	13196	11892
7	Kirinda Puhulwella	25	20574	5880	5018
8	Kamburupitiya	39	39438	11607	10112
9	Pasgoda	43	59285	15517	15201
10	Pitabaddara	40	52081	13310	13020
11	Dikwella	48	54187	15228	12902
12	Malimbada	66	33289	9166	8536
13	Mulatiyana	48	48645	14077	13147
14	Athuraliya	28	31869	8787	7773
15	Akuressa	46	52595	14125	12828
16	Hakmana	34	31892	9126	8177
Total		650	803999	214345	196097

Population on the age group

age group	Male	Female	Total
All ages	389921	414078	803999
Less than 01	7290	6911	14202
1 – 4	28159	26897	55055
5 -9	38010	36299	74309
10 -14	40916	39172	80088
15 -19	39649	39417	79066
20 - 24	31685	33334	65020
25 – 29	25928	28991	54919
30 – 34	24944	28958	53902
35 – 39	25258	29067	54324
40 – 44	25921	28458	54379
45 – 49	22593	25696	48289
50 – 54	20317	22850	43167
55 – 59	15520	17875	33395
60 – 64	11566	13071	24637
65 and more	32167	37080	69247