Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat

Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat
Divisional Secretariat
Country  Sri Lanka
Province Western Province
District Gampaha District
Government
 • Type Divisional Secretary's Division
 • Divisional Secretary D. M. Rathnayake
Population
 • Total 178,816
 • Density 3,000/sq mi (1,200/km2)
Time zone Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+5:30)
Website http://www.attanagalla.ds.gov.lk/

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.

Administrative units

Attanagalla 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

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Grama Niladhari Divisions". Gampaha District Secretariat.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012". Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka.


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