Alutgama
Village
Alutgama is located in Sri Lanka
Alutgama
Alutgama
Coordinates: 7°32′08″N 80°35′38″E / 7.5355°N 80.5938°E / 7.5355; 80.5938[1]
Country Sri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province
DistrictMatale District
Divisional secretariatYatawatta Divisional Secretariat
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Alutgama is a village within Matale District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is located south from Yatawatta and north of Matale.

History

A historic vihāra is located in Alutgama. The village inhabitants were "Vellalas, Fishers, Hangarammu, Blacksmiths, [and] Tamils", as recorded in Archibald Campbell Lawrie's 1896 gazetteer of the province. Low-country Sinhalese and Moormen were also recorded to own land.[2]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Ref.
1881217[2]
1891185[2]

See also

References

  1. "Alutgama". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  2. 1 2 3 Lawrie, Archibald Campbell (1896). A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). State Print. Corporation. p. 21. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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