Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat
Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Gampaha District, of Western Province, Sri Lanka.The duties possessed by " Rate Mahattaya " have been entrusted with Divisional Revenues Officers in 1950 In forming Divisional Assistant Government Agent Attanagalla has become a Divisional Secretariat in 1972 which covers Attanagalla Electorate.
Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat | |
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  Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat Location in Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates: 7°07′12″N 80°06′01″E / 7.12°N 80.1003°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Western Province |
| District | Gampaha |
| Established | 1972 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Secretary's Division |
| • Divisional Secretary | D. M. Rathnayake |
| Population | |
• Total | 178,816 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) |
| Website | http://www.attanagalla.ds.gov.lk/ |
Administrative units
editAttanagalla Divisional Secretariat which had possessed 86 Gama Niladhari Divisional at the beginning is now consisted of 151 Grama Niladhari Divisions(GN Divisions)[1] which is the highest number of GN divisions located in a Divisional secretariat in Sri Lanka for the time being.
Population
edit| DS Division | Main Town | Divisional Secretary | GN Divisions [1] |
Area (km2) [2] |
Population (2012 Census)[3] | Population Density (/km2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinhalese | Sri Lankan Moors | Sri Lankan Tamil | Malays | Other | Total | ||||||
| Attanagalla | Attanagalla | D. M. Rathnayake | 151 | 149 | 154,969 | 21,389 | 927 | 657 | 874 | 178,816 | 1,200 |
Demography
edit- Buddhist (84.5%)
- Hindu (0.60%)
- Muslim (12.4%)
- Roman Catholic (2.10%)
- Other Christian (0.40%)
- Other (0.00%)
References
edit- 1 2 "Grama Niladhari Divisions". Gampaha District Secretariat. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ↑ "Land area by province, district and divisional secretariat division" (PDF). Statistical Abstract 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-13.
- ↑ "A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Census Map". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
External links
edit- Attanagalla Divisional Secrertarat Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Divisional Secretariats Portal
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