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Table 432 (Soc., Infra., Build.,) |
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Materials used in Housing (Selected Districts)
(1986/87 ) |
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Soc 432j |
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District |
Percentage of the House in the District (%) |
Floor |
Wall |
Roof |
Mud |
Cow dung |
Mud |
Wood |
Cadjan*1 |
Cadjan*1/Palmirah*2 |
Matale |
12.6 |
39.3 |
41.9 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
25.6 |
Galle |
27.5 |
0.7 |
38.8 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
21.0 |
Matara |
34.7 |
0.4 |
35.0 |
0.3 |
2.1 |
23.3 |
Hambantota |
54.4 |
3.9 |
61.0 |
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1.3 |
54.9 |
Kurunegala |
30.0 |
25.1 |
61.0 |
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2.2 |
65.5 |
Puttalam |
17.6 |
8.9 |
30.0 |
2.3 |
14.3 |
52.6 |
Anuradhapura |
41.9 |
27.0 |
69.5 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
58.1 |
© 2008, KRI (Kusaka Research
Institute) |
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Source: |
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Survey of
Demographic And Social Aspects - Department of Census and Statistics,
Colombo, 86/87 |
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1) Cadjan = coconut
leaf |
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2) Palmirah =
coconut like tree called "thal" in Sinhala |
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Revised: 2008(y)/10(m)/30(d) |
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Chief Editor: |
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Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.) |
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The
Head, Department of Management Studies |
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University
of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
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