Back Kalutara District CEB Kalutara (Distrikt) German Distrito de Kalutara Spanish ناحیه کالوتارا Persian Kalutaran piirikunta Finnish Kalutara (district) French कलुतर जिला Hindi Distrik Kalutara ID Distretto di Kalutara Italian カルタラ県 Japanese
Kalutara District
කළුතර දිස්ත්රික්කය களுத்துறை மாவட்டம் | |
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 Location within Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates: 06°35′N 80°10′E / 6.583°N 80.167°E | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Western |
| Capital | Kalutara |
| Largest City | Kalutara |
| Major Cities | |
| DS Division | |
| Government | |
| • District Secretary | S. K. Henadeera |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,598 km2 (617 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,576 km2 (608 sq mi) |
| • Water | 22 km2 (8 sq mi) 1.38% |
| • Rank | 20th (2.44% of total area) |
| Population (2012 census)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,217,260 |
| • Rank | 5th (6.01% of total pop.) |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity (2012 census)[2] | |
| • Sinhalese | 1,054,991 (86.67%) |
| • Sri Lankan Moors | 112,276 (9.22%) |
| • Sri Lankan Tamil | 24,362 (2.00%) |
| • Indian Tamil | 23,611 (1.94%) |
| • Other | 2,020 (0.17%) |
| Religion (2012 census)[3] | |
| • Buddhist | 1,016,632 (83.52%) |
| • Muslim | 114,422 (9.40%) |
| • Christian | 46,109 (3.79%) |
| • Hindu | 39,773 (3.27%) |
| • Other | 324 (0.03%) |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (Sri Lanka) |
| Post Codes | 12000-12999 |
| Telephone Codes | 034, 038 |
| ISO 3166 code | LK-13 |
| Vehicle registration | WP |
| Official Languages | Sinhala, Tamil |
| Website | Kalutara District Secretariat |
Kalutara District (Sinhala: කළුතර දිස්ත්රික්කය; Tamil: களுத்துறை மாவட்டம் Kaḷuttuṟai Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The 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 Kalutara .