Badulla District

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title: "Badulla District" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["badulla-district", "districts-of-sri-lanka"] topic_path: "general/badulla-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badulla_District" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය

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| name = Badulla District | native_name = බදුල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කය

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Badulla District ( badūlla distrikkaya; Patuḷai māvaṭṭam) is a district in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. The entire land area of the Badulla district is 2,861 sqkm and has a total population of 871763 as of 2024. The district is bounded by the Kandy district to the North and by Nuwara Eliya and Matale districts to the West. The South-Eastern border creates with the districts of Rathnapura,Monaragala & Ampara. Mainly the economy of the district is based on agricultural farming and livestock.

Badulla District is an agricultural district where tea and various vegetables are cultivated. The district is divided into an upper region and a lower region which differ in climatic and geographic characteristics. The upper region of the district is known for tea plantations and vegetable cultivation while the lower region focuses more on paddy farming.

Education

Universities

Schools

Bandarawela

Mahiyanganaya

  • Mahiyanganaya National school

Passara

  • Passara National College
  • Passara Tamil Maha Vidyalayam National College
  • Sri Ramakrishna College
  • Al Adhan Maha Vidyalaya
  • Barathy Maha Vidyalayam
  • Tamils Girls maha vidyalayam
  • Gonakelle Tamil Maha Vidiyalayam

welimada

  • Welimada Central Collage

Electorate divisions in Badulla District

Major cities

Major towns

Other places

Demography

| thumb = left | caption = Ethnicity in Badulla District (2024) | label1 = Sinhala | value1 = 73.44 | color1 = maroon | label2 = Hill Tamils | value2 = 10.97 | color2 = peachpuff | label3 = Sri Lankan Tamils | value3 = 9.38 | color3 = orange | label4 = Sri Lankan Moors | value4 = 5.98 | color4 = green | other-label = Others | other-color = grey | other = y

According to the 2024 census,the population of Badulla district was 871,763.

Religion

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| style = float: none; clear: none; | auto_percent = true | round = 2 | type = Religions | source = tags -- | group1 = Buddhism | pop1 = 589,393 | group2 = Hinduism | pop2 = 157,360 | group3 = Islam | pop3 = 47,172 | group4 = Roman Catholic | pop4 = 11,630 | group5 = Other Christian | pop5 = 5985 | group6 = Other | pop6 =

Important locations in Badulla District

References

References

  1. "Uva Province".
  2. "Uva".
  3. (2024). "Population by ethnicity according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024".
  4. https://www.statistics.gov.lk//Resource/en/Population/CPH_2024/CPH2024_Preliminary_Report.pdf {{Bare URL PDF. (September 2025)
  5. (2024). "Population by religion according to Divisional Secretariat Divisions, 2024".

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