{"checked":"2026-10-04","censusYear":2024,"sources":[{"file":"district-religion.xlsx","url":"https://www.statistics.gov.lk/Population/StaticalInformation/CPH2024/PopulationA/A3","sha256":"2486798e3a6d97945fde210d0937447a798910d10ed6279773791dce67e2802c"},{"file":"ds-religion.xlsx","url":"https://www.statistics.gov.lk/Population/StaticalInformation/CPH2024/PopulationA/A7","sha256":"e0012c7c463f737ef4cd00a1d9e5ac130f52fe68dcc4326e6067b6d6248a270b"},{"file":"gn-retry.xlsx","url":"https://www.statistics.gov.lk/Population/StaticalInformation/CPH2024/GNLevel/GN_Level_Population_by_Religion","sha256":"2598faf0e728021f50f76624679495969b8918e5172c877b6dc30511837a15de"},{"file":"mosques-anuradhapura.pdf","url":"https://muslimaffairs.gov.lk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ANURADHAPURA-DISTRICT.pdf","sha256":"c4b6559c54867f6626bbf34fdd24b72e553228421022f16e97bb27fefd4ae2d7"}],"notes":["Religion category: Islam; persons, not households or ethnicity.","GN religion counts under 10 are grouped into Other by DCS. Source dashes are null, not zero.","GN Islam counts are not summed to replace district or DS totals.","No mosque boundary, resident affiliation, or mosque-to-GN match is inferred.","Mosque names, registration strings and city spellings are retained from the official list. Whitespace is normalised."]}