Uda Makuruppe Explained

Official Name:Uda Makuruppe
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sri Lanka
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Central Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Unit Pref:Metric
Timezone:Sri Lanka Standard Time
Utc Offset:+5:30
Blank Name Sec1:GN No.
Blank Info Sec1:484B

Uda Makuruppe is a village in the Nuwara Eliya District of Central Province, Sri Lanka. Listed as Uda Makuruppa grama niladhari division in the Hanguranketha Divisional Secretariat, the 2011 Sri Lanka census gives its population as 748.[1]

History

In A gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon of 1898, Uda Makuruppe and Palle Makuruppe are listed as villages in the Kohoke korale of Upper Hewaheta. The combined population of the two villages is given as 228 in 1871, 254 in 1881 and 216 in 1891. Two wewas or tanks in Uda Makuruppe were no longer in use and the rice paddies were watered by small elas or streams. A vihara lay in ruins, but a kovila is described as "in good order".[2]

The Uda part of the name means upper; Palle means lower.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of Population and Housing 2012 - Population by GN division and sex 2012 . 19 November 2023 . Sri Lanka Census of Population and Housing, 2011 . 94.
  2. Book: Campbell, Lawrie Archibald . A gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane) . G. J. A. Skeen . 1898 . II . Colombo . 524 . en . 19 November 2023.
  3. Web site: 2 December 2012 . Know the Etymology: 232 - Uda-peruwa, Palle-peruwa . 2023-11-20 . tamilnet.com . en.