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Table 415 (Pro., Agr., Rice)
Paddy: Extent Sown (Weeding) (District) (1996-2000)
pro 415e (ha) (ha) (ha)
Year Maha (1996/1997) Yala (1997) Maha (1997/1998) Yala (1998) Maha (1998/1999) Yala (1999) Maha (1999/2000) Yala (2000)
               Treatment      District Hand Weeded Used Weedcide Used Water Unweeded Total Hand Weeded Used Weedcide Used Water Unweeded Total Hand Weeded Used Weedcide Used Water Unweeded Total Hand Weeded Used Weedcide Used Water Unweeded Total Hand Weeded Used Weedcide Used Water Unweeded Total Hand Weeded Used Weedcide Used Water Unweeded Total Hand Weeded Used Weedcide Used Water Unweeded Total Hand Weeded Used Weedcide Used Water Unweeded Total
Sri Lanka 110,992 271,819 7,875 40,053 430,739 67,352 150,987 4,874 24,290 247,503 136,207 352,444 9,660 35,779 534,090 74,216 161,806 7,100 15,992 259,114 137,194 349,408 10,735 32,376 529,713 79,923 236,172 5,950 21,061 343,106 105,004 387,105 10,272 33,197 535,578 62,924 242,174 6,283 14,900 326,281
Colombo 365 3,636 334 941 5,276 130 1,396 10 194 1,730 589 4,134 21 610 5,354 21 319 - 99 439 172 2,844 93 1,803 4,912 565 1,883 85 849 3,382 58 3,162 384 1,195 4,799 154 851 5 69 1,079
Gampaha 1,473 8,423 147 2,235 12,278 349 1,735 71 142 2,297 1,059 9,566 36 1,372 12,033 181 890 15 384 1,470 1,648 7,557 76 1,561 10,842 348 2,735 25 514 3,622 1,230 7,361 222 1,271 10,084 143 1,547 - 241 1,931
Kalutara 965 8,208 1,455 5,723 16,351 369 7,271 531 3,370 11,541 1,504 8,253 1,248 4,990 15,995 944 5,021 482 3,189 9,636 1,062 10,147 1,355 2,833 15,397 887 7,536 848 3,973 13,244 541 10,170 1,113 3,632 15,456 1,205 7,959 487 3,166 12,817
Kandy  12,618 1,858 101 2,314 16,891 6,771 2,219 1,415 917 11,322 10,864 3,227 642 1,728 16,461 4,404 2,201 79 1,180 7,864 11,045 2,586 255 2,075 15,961 7,700 2,420 79 1,108 11,307 10,955 2,261 474 2,118 15,808 5,012 2,535 92 756 8,395
Matale 4,485 8,028 329 1,443 14,285 2,355 1,933 97 460 4,845 7,634 7,878 195 570 16,277 2,502 3,332 12 212 6,058 5,156 7,455 - 993 13,604 2,149 3,778 201 364 6,492 3,957 9,087 86 1,157 14,287 1,286 4,846 76 127 6,335
Nuwara Eliya 5,504 74 - 85 5,663 2,862 20 - - 2,882 6,015 436 13 139 6,603 2,538 159 - - 2,697 5,786 681 65 13 6,545 2,234 9 60 - 2,303 6,241 65 137 72 6,515 1,800 32 452 - 2,284
Galle 1,187 11,330 1,344 3,596 17,457 246 5,724 852 2,640 9,462 1,647 10,831 1,420 3,628 17,526 35 1,058 98 412 1,603 833 12,021 1,377 2,772 17,003 913 9,259 1,056 3,039 14,267 1,184 10,707 1,387 3,637 16,915 670 9,891 443 1,644 12,648
Matara 2,310 15,447 54 235 18,046 1,329 13,184 45 544 15,102 3,244 13,514 87 503 17,348 2,230 9,597 96 133 12,056 2,624 14,198 154 171 17,147 1,391 13,958 224 416 15,989 1,133 15,430 189 412 17,164 739 15,169 361 148 16,417
Hambanthota 2,647 15,517 - 221 18,385 1,393 13,701 - 214 15,308 3,673 20,679 271 25 24,648 1,578 16,045 1,165 - 18,788 726 22,681 - - 23,407 372 20,109 21 165 20,667 1,894 18,433 20 20 20,367 1,533 19,711 21 21 21,286
Jaffna  - - - - 0 - - - - 0 2,090 4,571 - 101 6,762 - - - - 0 3,785 4,610 - 17 8,412 - - - - 0 5,997 2,804 44 - 8,845 - - - - 0
Kilinochchi - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Mannar - - - - 0 1 131 5 7 144 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 227 4,149 480 1,814 6,670 - - - - 0
Vauniya  243 1,917 871 81 3,112 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 182 5,422 - 258 5,862 12 1,143 - - 1,155 - - - - 0 - 918 - - 918
Mullativu - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
Batticaloa 2,615 23,058 - 2,142 27,815 462 4,952 - 88 5,502 2,179 31,777 105 1,090 35,151 238 9,384 1,621 91 11,334 8,832 27,444 - 219 36,495 1,574 13,113 59 104 14,850 2,985 35,736 - 550 39,271 1,032 14,376 - - 15,408
Ampara 38,014 17,400 - - 55,414 28,688 9,691 38 38 38,455 48,405 9,473 174 58 58,110 42,532 10,042 - - 52,574 44,919 11,285 - 226 56,430 39,564 13,901 - - 53,465 33,935 23,784 - 290 58,009 30,941 22,264 1,364 - 54,569
Trincomalee - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0 781 20,187 - 148 21,116 133 11,882 109 - 12,124 236 21,006 - 215 21,457 908 12,057 - - 12,965
Kurunegala  11,048 36,502 2,136 11,354 61,040 4,517 24,606 1,506 8,994 39,623 14,475 48,522 3,545 7,311 73,853 3,982 17,602 265 4,699 26,548 11,180 43,154 5,522 8,317 68,173 7,155 33,829 1,132 3,170 45,286 10,496 45,640 4,266 7,313 67,715 4,067 23,719 1,572 4,819 34,177
Puttalam 1,701 6,020 155 760 8,636 288 2,454 54 204 3,000 1,847 11,413 - 625 13,885 892 4,026 10 30 4,958 2,310 10,693 26 172 13,201 839 5,252 - 267 6,358 1,256 7,743 - 375 9,374 568 5,477 - 193 6,238
Anuradhapura 928 13,765 94 944 15,731 153 3,998 17 76 4,244 5,876 60,131 - 2,323 68,330 636 13,390 - 113 14,139 3,129 49,050 - 848 53,027 331 18,906 117 117 19,471 3,166 52,585 283 509 56,543 424 20,746 42 - 21,212
Polonnaruwa 615 41,631 220 1,495 43,961 3,281 32,207 - 178 35,666 2,120 45,490 241 337 48,188 698 40,886 1,440 611 43,635 10,617 33,926 - 2,642 47,185 4,245 41,761 - 138 46,144 2,613 48,050 154 410 51,227 1,817 46,007 - - 47,824
Badulla 8,677 10,006 - 304 18,987 3,346 6,147 - 67 9,560 11,636 9,336 285 657 21,914 2,874 6,788 1,150 243 11,055 10,219 10,325 106 551 21,201 972 8,505 314 29 9,820 7,069 13,798 - 426 21,293 3,249 7,728 - - 10,977
Monaragala 1,819 9,804 35 154 11,812 296 2,578 12 41 2,927 2,001 11,413 247 841 14,502 89 3,486 248 46 3,869 2,797 10,994 84 112 13,987 689 4,595 16 - 5,300 918 12,067 13 499 13,497 620 5,000 75 46 5,741
Rathnapura 5,930 7,198 513 1,449 15,090 6,475 3,409 172 1,384 11,440 4,205 8,682 908 2,135 15,930 4,862 4,329 12 2,626 11,829 4,923 8,498 470 1,787 15,678 3,108 6,053 948 2,527 12,636 3,038 9,908 981 1,651 15,578 4,121 5,528 1,088 1,492 12,229
Kegalla 5,309 938 87 4,568 10,902 3,638 1,411 49 4,631 9,729 2,830 859 20 6,509 10,218 2,709 972 176 1,823 5,680 3,289 1,996 41 4,858 10,184 2,914 1,661 89 4,220 8,884 3,121 1,801 - 5,082 10,004 1,672 1,572 205 2,087 5,536
Udawalawe 240 8,635 - 9 8,884 370 8,608 - 45 9,023 371 9,395 - - 9,766 50 7,009 101 50 7,210 1,029 7,707 289 - 9,025 222 6,807 567 61 7,657 331 9,356 39 - 9,726 132 8,672 - - 8,804
Mahaweli "H" Area 2,299 22,424 - - 24,723 33 3,612 - 56 3,701 1,943 22,864 202 227 25,236 221 5,270 130 51 5,672 150 23,947 822 - 24,919 1,606 7,077 - - 8,683 2,423 22,002 - 549 24,974 831 5,569 - 91 6,491
© ２００7， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Statistical Abstract 2001, Department of Censes & Statistics, Sri Lanka.
Revised:  2007(y)/03(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