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Table 432 (Soc., Infra., Build.,)
Materials used in Housing (Selected Districts) (1986/87 )
Soc 432j
District Percentage of the House in the District (%)
Floor Wall Roof
Mud Cow dung Mud Wood Cadjan*1 Cadjan*1/Palmirah*2
Matale 12.6 39.3 41.9 0.4 0.2 25.6
Galle 27.5 0.7 38.8 0.6 1.6 21.0
Matara 34.7 0.4 35.0 0.3 2.1 23.3
Hambantota 54.4 3.9 61.0 _ 1.3 54.9
Kurunegala 30.0 25.1 61.0 _ 2.2 65.5
Puttalam 17.6 8.9 30.0 2.3 14.3 52.6
Anuradhapura 41.9 27.0 69.5 0.1 0.4 58.1
© 2008, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Survey of Demographic And Social Aspects - Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, 86/87
Note;
1) Cadjan = coconut leaf
2) Palmirah = coconut like tree called "thal" in Sinhala
Revised:  2008(y)/10(m)/30(d)
Chief Editor:
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka