Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat Explained

Official Name:	Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat
Settlement Type:	Divisional Secretariat
Pushpin Map:	Sri Lanka
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:	250
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Sri Lanka
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sri Lanka
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Western Province
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Gampaha
Government Type:	Divisional Secretary's Division
Leader Title:	Divisional Secretary
Leader Name:	D. M. Rathnayake
Established Date:	1972
Unit Pref:	metric
Population Total:	178,816
Population Density Km2:	1,200
Timezone:	Sri Lanka Standard Time
Utc Offset:	+5:30
Website:	http://www.attanagalla.ds.gov.lk/

Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Gampaha District, of Western Province, Sri Lanka.The duties possessed by " Rate Mahattaya " have been entrusted with Divisional Revenues Officers in 1950 In forming Divisional Assistant Government Agent Attanagalla has become a Divisional Secretariat in 1972 which covers Attanagalla Electorate.

Administrative units

Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat which had possessed 86 Gama Niladhari Divisional at the beginning is now consisted of 151 Grama Niladhari Divisions(GN Divisions)^[1] which is the highest number of GN divisions located in a Divisional secretariat in Sri Lanka for the time being.

Population

	Main Town	Divisional Secretary	GN Divisions	Area (km^2) ^[2]	Population (2012 Census)^[3]						Population Density (/km^2)
				Other	Total
		D. M. Rathnayake	151	149	154,969	21,389	927	657	874	178,816	1,200

External links

• Attanagalla Divisional Secrertarat
• Divisional Secretariats Portal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Grama Niladhari Divisions. Gampaha District Secretariat. 2014-03-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212071123/http://www.gampaha.dist.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=71&lang=en. 2013-12-12. dead.
2. Web site: Land area by province, district and divisional secretariat division . Statistical Abstract 2011 . Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121113190307/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/Abstract2011/CHAP1/AB1-2-A.pdf . 2012-11-13 .
3. Web site: A6 : Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary's Division, 2012. Census of Population & Housing, 2011. Department of Census & Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2014-03-22. 2016-11-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101151718/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=pop32&gp=Activities&tpl=3. dead.