Census confirmed for 2011

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has issued a gazette notification ordering the holding of a national census on population and housing next year. The notification was issued on May 25.

The Census and Statistics Department has been preparing for this islandwide census, the first across Sri Lanka since the ethnic conflict began in 1983, which should provide key details about population, jobs, cultures and a more accurate assessment of how many people – particularly from the north and the east - have migrated since the conflict began.