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	Table 44(Pop., Marriage)
	Percentage Distribution of Population (Marital Status, Sex, District) 2001
	Pop 44e						（％）
Status　　　　　　　　　　District	Never Married	Married (Registered)	Married (Customary)	Widowed	Divorced	Legally Separated	Separated (Not Legally)	Not Stated
Both Sexes
Colombo	48.5	44.7	2.2	3.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6
Gampaha	48.2	44.8	2.4	3.5	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.5
Kaluthara	47.4	45.5	2.5	3.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5
Kandy	49.4	43.5	2.5	3.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5
Matale	47.4	44.7	2.5	4.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.5
Nuwara-eliya	49.8	40.8	5.3	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6
Galle	49.7	44.0	1.8	3.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5
Matara	50.5	43.9	1.4	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4
Hambanthota	50.6	43.3	1.7	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.8
Kurunegala	46.2	47.0	1.4	3.8	0.2	0.1	3.7	0.6
Puttalam	49.0	42.9	2.2	4.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.8
Anuradhapura	48.0	45.5	2.0	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.7
Polonnaruwa	47.9	44.9	2.6	3.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.9
Badulla	49.8	43.4	2.8	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6
Monaragala	51.7	43.0	1.5	2.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.7
Rathnapura	49.6	42.8	3.1	2.9	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.7
Kegalle	47.5	44.6	3.1	3.5	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.7
Ampara	53.3	38.3	4.0	3.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6
Male
Colombo	52.9	43.4	2.1	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3
Gampaha	52.0	44.1	2.3	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.2
Kaluthara	52.1	43.8	2.4	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.2
Kandy	53.8	42.3	2.4	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Matale	52.2	43.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	-	0.5	0.2
Nuwara-eliya	53.5	39.7	4.9	1.3	-	-	0.2	0.3
Galle	54.1	42.7	1.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1
Matara	55.4	41.9	1.3	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1
Hambanthota	54.7	41.8	1.6	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4
Kurunegala	50.9	45.8	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.2
Puttalam	53.2	42.3	2.1	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.6
Anuradhapura	52.1	44.2	2.0	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.2
Polonnaruwa	52.0	43.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5
Badulla	53.6	42.5	2.6	0.8	0.1	-	0.2	0.2
Monaragala	55.6	41.5	1.3	0.8	0.1	-	0.3	0.4
Rathnapura	53.8	41.2	3.0	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.4
Kegalle	52.6	42.7	2.8	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3
Ampara	57.4	37.2	3.7	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4
Female
Colombo	44.2	46.0	2.3	5.6	0.2	0.1	0.6	1.0
Gampaha	44.6	45.5	2.5	5.9	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.8
Kaluthara	42.9	47.1	2.5	6.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2
Kandy	45.2	44.7	2.6	5.9	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.8
Matale	42.5	46.1	2.6	7.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.9
Nuwara-eliya	46.3	41.8	5.6	4.8	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9
Galle	45.5	45.3	2.0	5.8	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9
Matara	46.0	45.8	1.4	5.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.7
Hambanthota	46.5	44.9	1.8	5.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.1
Kurunegala	41.6	48.2	1.6	6.5	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.9
Puttalam	45.0	43.5	2.3	6.8	0.2	0.1	1.0	1.1
Anuradhapura	43.9	46.9	2.0	5.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.1
Polonnaruwa	43.7	46.3	2.8	5.2	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.3
Badulla	46.1	44.2	2.9	5.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0
Monaragala	47.7	44.5	1.6	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0
Rathnapura	45.5	44.4	3.2	4.9	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.0
Kegalle	42.5	46.4	3.3	5.9	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.1
Ampara	49.2	39.3	4.3	5.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.9
© 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