Kanamulai

KANAMULAI

Kanamulai – In Kadayamotai division, Akkarai pattu south, Puttalam pattu division, Puttalam         district.

Distance and situation:         A mile and half from Madurankuli towards the south.

Cultivation: Paddy fields and coconut gardens.

Inhabitants: Mukkuwas

Population: 1881:     36 Houses; 105 Males; 81 Females; 186 Persons;

1891:     37 Houses; 95 Males; 70 Females; 165 Persons;

1901:    42 Houses; 119 Males; 104 Females; 223 Persons;

Race: 3  Low – country Sinhalese;    218  Tamils;    2  Moors

Religion: 2  Christians;    1  Buddhist;    8  Hindus;   212  Muhammadans

Literacy:                       27 Male

Age:                             0-5               20 Males     20 females

5-15             31 Males     29 Females

15-30           39 Males     32 Females

30-35           23 Males     21 Females

Over 55        6 Males 2 Females

Occupation: 1 Manufacture

54 Pasture and agriculture

1 pro- fissional

2 Labourers

2 others

163 Dependents

(GAZETTEER of the PUTTALAM DISTRICT of the NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE of CEYLON – FRANK MODDER F.R.G.S.  – 1908)