Nuwara Eliya District - Demographics

Demographics

Ethnic groups
Sinhalese	282,621	(40.17%)
Sri Lankan Tamil	46,066	(6.55%)
Sri Lankan Moor	16,555	(2.35%)
Indian Tamil	355,830	(50.57%)
Burgher	632	(0.09%)
Sri Lankan Malay	1,059	(0.15%)
Other	847	(0.12%)

Religions
Buddhism	279,139	(39.67%)
Hinduism	359,135	(51.04%)
Islam	19,099	(2.71%)
Roman Catholic	35,008	(4.98%)
Other Christian	10,741	(1.53%)
Other	488	(0.07%)

The population according to 2001 census is 703,610 of which 50.61% Tamils of Indian origin, 40.2% are Sinhalese, 6.5% native Sri Lankan Tamils and 2.4% Sri Lankan Moors. 51.0% of the population are Hindu, 39.7.0 % Buddhists, 5% Roman catholic, 2.7% muslim and 1.5% belong to non-catholic Christian denominations.

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