Homagama


Homagama is a town in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka, about south-east of Colombo. The Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha consists of the Homagama divisional secretariat and 10 GN division of Padukka DS division. The total Land area is about is of 90 GN division. The Pradeshiya Sabha was established under act No 15 of 1987, and has the highest population of any pradeshiya sabha area in Sri Lanka. It is home to notable places such as the campus of the National School of Business Management, Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, the Panagoda Cantonment, Upali Newspapers, Mahinda Rajapaksha College Homagama, St. Michael's College, Homagama, the Sri lanka Buddhist and Pali University, Ceylon Biscuits Limited and the Laxapana Battery Company.

Demographics

Data is drawn from the 2012 national census.

NoEthnicityPopulation% Of Total
1Sinhalese231,87898.18
2Sri Lankan Tamils1,9070.81
3Sri Lankan Moors5080.22
4Indian Tamils4600.19
5Other1,4260.60
6Total236,179100

Transport

Homagama sits along the A4 Highway connecting it to both Colombo and Avissawella and beyond. The town is served by two rail lines with 66 trains a day connecting Homagama's two rail stations with Maradana and Avissawella.
Homagama is also served by a significant bus service both internally and as through-routes:
Through-routes
Routes originating from/terminating at Homagama