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Table  01 (Health, Environ.)
Building Unit Distribution (Type, District) (2001)
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House Housing Units Collective Living Quarters Institutions Non-housind Units Total Number of Units
          Number    District Number Number Number Number Number
Sri Lanka 4,687,157 87.1 36,980 0.7 24,097 0.4 632,469 11.8 5,380,703
Colombo 507,678 83.5 8,477 1.4 2,599 0.4 89,349 14.7 608,103
Gampaha 511,621 85.4 16,404 2.7 1,877 0.3 68,996 11.5 598,898
Kalutara 270,147 88.8 757 0.2 1,332 0.4 32,139 10.6 304,375
Kandy 316,610 87.4 705 0.2 1,937 0.5 42,940 11.9 362,192
Matale 120,335 87.1 464 0.3 639 0.5 16,659 12.1 138,097
Nuwara Eliya 175,423 90.1 526 0.3 722 0.4 18,072 9.3 194,743
Galle 253,697 88.3 1,079 0.4 1,422 0.5 31,032 10.8 287,230
Matara 197,552 87.3 518 0.2 968 0.4 27,176 12.0 226,214
Hambantota 148,516 88.3 569 0.3 885 0.5 18,221 10.8 168,191
Jaffna 110,603 84.0 284 0.2 471 0.4 20,260 15.4 131,618
Mullaittive - - - - - - - - -
Mannar 31,849 88.2 96 0.3 208 0.6 3,957 11.0 36,110
Vauniya - - - - - - - - -
Kilinochchi - - - - - - - - -
Batticaloa 112,778 89.2 277 0.2 377 0.3 12,963 10.3 126,395
Ampara 145,184 86.1 610 0.4 871 0.5 22,047 13.1 168,712
Trincomalee 81,379 87.7 530 0.6 654 0.7 10,178 11.0 92,741
Kurunegala 411,545 87.7 680 0.1 2,299 0.5 54,519 11.6 469,043
Puttalam 192,295 86.8 1,213 0.5 961 0.4 27,080 12.2 221,549
Anuradhapuraya 206,078 87.1 806 0.3 1,524 0.6 28,107 11.9 236,515
Polonnaruwa 98,491 86.1 716 0.6 523 0.5 14,657 12.8 114,387
Badulla 200,076 89.0 648 0.3 816 0.4 23,247 10.3 224,787
Monaragala 110,063 87.5 690 0.5 703 0.6 14,278 11.4 125,734
Rathnapura 273,447 89.7 689 0.2 1,262 0.4 29,329 9.6 304,727
Kegalle 211,790 88.1 242 0.1 1,047 0.4 27,263 11.3 240,342
© 2008, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source; 
Statistical Abstract 2004, Department of Census & Statistics
Revised:  2008(y)/07(m)/31(d)
Chief Editor:
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka