Hatton is a small town in Nuwara Eliya District

Nuwara Eliya District

Nuwara Eliya District is a district in Central Province, Sri Lanka. Its area is 1,228 km². Nuwara Eliya town is a tourist attraction.-Demographics:...

 of Central Province, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

. It is known for its Ceylon tea plantations and industry. Hatton, which is locally administered by Hatton-Dickoya

Dickoya

Dickoya is a town in Nuwara Eliya District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Dickoya forms Hatton-Dickoya urban council with Hatton....

 Urban Council, had 14,255 in population according to the census carried out in 2001. The town is situated at an elevation of 1271 m. It is notable that companies operating island-wide like Hatton National Bank

Hatton National Bank

Hatton National Bank PLC is a leading private bank in Sri Lanka. It has overseas extension offices in Chennai and Karachi.- History :...

 and Brown & Co. Ltd. were founded in Hatton. & Awarded Peace Town In Sri Lanka During Period of Chairman Mr. M A Aboosally (UC)

Located in the Colombo

Colombo

Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...

-Badulla

Badulla

Badulla , is the capital of Uva Province, Sri Lanka. Badulla is located 60 km southeast of Kandy, almost encircled by the Badulu Oya River, about 680 metres above sea level and is surrounded by picturesque hills and mountains, most of which have tea plantations.-Geography:It is located on the...

 railway line, and Avissawella - Nuware Eliya main Road (A7) the town serves as a gateway to Adam's Peak

Adam's Peak

Sri Pada , is a tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka...

 pilgrims, Nuwara Eliya and tourists.

In 2008 part of the Hatton town including religious places, was Gazetted as a Religious Zone by the Government of Sri Lanka.

Demographics

Ethnicity	Population	% Of Total
Indian Tamils Indian Tamils Indian Tamils may refer to:* Tamil people from or living in India* Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka...	4,713	33.06
Sinhalese Sinhalese people The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group,forming the majority of Sri Lanka,constituting 74% of the Sri Lankan population.They number approximately 15 million worldwide.The Sinhalese identity is based on language, heritage and religion. The Sinhalese speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language and the...	3,752	26.32
Sri Lankan Tamils	3,278	23.00
Sri Lankan Moors Sri Lankan Moors The Sri Lankan Moors are the third largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka comprising 8% of the country's total population . They are predominantly followers of Islam. The Moors trace their ancestry to Arab traders who settled in Sri Lanka some time between the 8th and 15th centuries...	2,309	16.20
Other (including Burgher Burgher people The Burghers are a Eurasian ethnic group, historically from Sri Lanka, consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries and local women, with some minorities of Swedish, Norwegian, French and Irish.Today the mother tongue of the Burghers... , Malay)	203	1.42
Total	14,255	100

Main Schools

• Highlands College - Tamil & English Medium
• Sri Pada College - Sinhala Medium
• St. Gabriel's Convent - Sinhala & Tamil Medium
• St. John Bosco's College Tamil & Sinhala Medium
• Highlevel International School - English Medium

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