Located in Badulla District of Uva Province, Ridhimaliyadda Pradeshiya Sabha jurisdiction has an area of 430.03 square kilometers, and there are 11 constituencies, 42 village officer domains and 169 villages in that administrative jurisdiction. A population of 63,144 belonging to 18,315 families lives here. They belong to all three ethnicities, Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim. Their literacy rate is 80%.
Employment in the area is 58% of the population. For that, employment in the leading agricultural sector contributes 30% to the population and 52% to employment.
Accordingly, the Ridhimaliyadda Divisional Council, established under the Divisional Council Act No. 15 of 1987 for the welfare, comfort and enjoyment of the people living in the said jurisdiction, controls, administers and streamlines public health, public utility services and public roads.
Located in Badulla District of Uva Province, Ridhimaliyadda Pradeshiya Sabha jurisdiction has an area of 430.03 square kilometers, and there are 11 constituencies, 42 village officer domains and 169 villages in that administrative jurisdiction. A population of 63,144 belonging to 18,315 families lives here. They belong to all three ethnicities, Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim. Their literacy rate is 80%.
Employment in the area is 58% of the population. For that, employment in the leading agricultural sector contributes 30% to the population and 52% to employment.
Accordingly, the Ridhimaliyadda Divisional Council, established under the Divisional Council Act No. 15 of 1987 for the welfare, comfort and enjoyment of the people living in the said jurisdiction, controls, administers and streamlines public health, public utility services and public roads.