Palkumbura

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Palkumbura
Village
Palkumbura
CountryFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Province Central Province
District Kandy District
Divisional secretariat Harispattuwa
Time zone UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)

Palkumbura is a village in Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.

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History

Historically, Palkumbura was located in Medasiya Pattuwa in Harispattuwa. It was part of Kurundugolle-wasam, a grouping of villages—Kurundugolla, Walgama, and Palkumbura—governed by an arachchi—the arachchis of this wasam were Muslim. [1]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Ref.
1881 60 [1]
1891 60 [1]
1901 62 [2]
1911 85 [2]
1921 107 [3]
Dehianga was grouped with
Kurundugolla during the 1871 census.

See also

Referneces

  1. 1 2 3 Lawrie, Archibald Campbell (1896). A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). Vol. 2. State Print. Corporation. p. 140, 578. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 Census of Ceylon, 1911. Colombo: Ceylon Dept. of Census and Statistics. 1912. p. 44. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Report on the Census of Ceylon: 1921, Volume 2. Sri Lanka: Ceylon. Superintendent of Census. 1923. p. 68.


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