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This article is about the district in Sri Lanka For the town see Polonnaruwa Polonnaruwa District Sinhala ප ළ න නර ව ද ස ත ර ක කය Tamil ப லன னற வ ம வட டம is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka the second level administrative division of the country It is also one of the two districts of North Central Province and has an area of 3 293 km2 7 Polonnaruwa District ප ළ න නර ව ද ස ත ර ක කය ப லன னற வ ம வட டம Administrative DistrictMap of Sri Lanka with Polonnaruwa District highlightedCoordinates 8 00 N 81 00 E 8 000 N 81 000 E 8 000 81 000 Coordinates 8 00 N 81 00 E 8 000 N 81 000 E 8 000 81 000CountrySri LankaProvinceNorth Central ProvinceLargest TownPolonnaruwaDS Division 1 List DimbulagalaElaheraHingurakgodaLankapuraMedirigiriyaThamankaduwaWelikandaGovernment District SecretaryW A Dharmasiri MPsList Maithripala SirisenaRoshan RanasingheSiripala GamalathAmarakeerthi AthukoralaKins Nelson MPCs 2 List Peshala JayarathneH B SemasingheK H NandasenaR M P B RathnayakeS M RanjithArea 3 Total3 293 km2 1 271 sq mi Land3 077 km2 1 188 sq mi Water216 km2 83 sq mi 6 55 Rank5th 5 01 of total area Population 2012 4 Total403 335 Density120 km2 320 sq mi Ethnicity 5 Sinhalese365 476 90 6 Moors29 060 7 2 Sri Lankan Tamil7 356 1 8 Indian Tamil1 190 0 3 Other253 0 06 Religion 6 Buddhist361 920 89 7 Muslim30 427 7 5 Hindu6 835 1 7 Christian4 090 1 00 Other63 0 01 Time zoneUTC 05 30 Sri Lanka Post Codes51000Telephone Codes027ISO 3166 codeLK 72Vehicle registrationNCOfficial LanguagesSinhala TamilThe district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary previously known as a Government Agent appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka The capital of the district is the city of Polonnaruwa Contents 1 Administrative Units 2 Demographics 2 1 Ethnicity 2 2 Religion 3 Politics and government 3 1 Local government 4 Education 5 Towns 6 ReferencesAdministrative Units EditDS Division Main Town Divisional Secretary GNDivisions Area km2 PopulationThamankaduwa Polonnaruwa Mr H S K J Bandara 55 468 78 94254Hingurakgoda Hingurakgoda Mr H S K J Bandara Acting 53 709 04 77202Medirigiriya Medirigiriya Mr W M I Karunarathne 45 574 04 78654Lankapura Thalpotha Miss R W R M C Ranawarna 27 184 43365Welikanda Welikanda Mrs M M Hairunnisha 29 548 42700Dimbulagala Manampitiya Mr P T M Irfan 56 581 83 95807Elahera Bakamuna Mr C M Karunarathne 28 227 31 49924Demographics EditEthnicity Edit The majority of the population are Sinhalese with a minority Sri Lankan Moor and Sri Lankan Tamil population 8 Ethnicity in Polonnaruwa District 9 Population PercentSinhalese 90 6 Sri Lankan Moor 7 2 Sri Lankan Tamil 1 8 Indian Tamils 0 3 Religion Edit Religion in Polonnaruwa District 2011 10 Population PercentBuddhism 89 7 Islam 7 5 Hinduism 1 7 Christianity 1 0 According to the 2011 census 10 89 7 of the population were Buddhists 7 5 Muslim 1 7 Hindu and 1 Christian Politics and government EditLocal government Edit Local Authority RegisteredElectors Elected MembersSLPP SLFP UNP JVP Other TotalDimbulagala Divisional Council 64142 7 7 6 1 0 21Elahera Divisional Council 36567 9 4 4 0 1 18Hingurakgoda Divisional Council 50546 13 10 8 2 0 33Lankapura Divisional Council 28369 6 8 7 1 2 24Medirigiriya Divisional Council 52530 14 9 9 2 0 34Polonnaruwa Divisional Council 38459 5 8 3 1 0 17Polonnaruwa Municipal Council 24809 3 5 2 1 0 11Welikanda Divisional Council 21182 5 6 5 0 0 16Total 316604 62 57 44 8 3 174Education EditFollowing are some of the schools in the Polonnaruwa District Royal Central College Polonnaruwa Thopawewa National School Polonnaruwa Polonnaruwa Muslim Central College Kaduruwela Ananda Balika National School Hingurakgoda Minneriya National School Minneriya Medirigiriya National School Medirigiriya Diulankadawala Central College Diulankadawala Mahasen National School Bakamuna Vilayaya Nationala School Aralaganwila Polonnaruwa Sungavil Muslim Maha VidyalayaTowns EditKaduruwela Hingurakgoda Minneriya Bakamuna Aralaganwila Medirigiriya Giritale Elahera Jayantipura Galamuna Lankapura Sungavila Manampitiya Siripura Welikanda Dimbulagala Thambala PulastigamaReferences Edit Sri Lanka Administrative Division Districts and Divisional Secretariats Population Statistics Charts and Map North Central Provincial Council Provincial Cabinet Archived from the original on 2017 05 19 Retrieved 2017 04 26 Archived copy PDF www statistics gov lk Archived from the original PDF on 13 November 2012 Retrieved 12 January 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Census of Population and Housing 2011 Census of Population and Housing 2011 Census of Population and Housing 2011 25 Districts in 9 Provinces of Sri Lanka Census of Population and Housing 2011 Census of Population and Housing 2011 a b Department of Census and Statistics The Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Polonnaruwa District amp oldid 1108141341, 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