01.Population within Bentota Division - 2012

• Families - 13,130
• Female - 26,614
  
• Male - 25,088
  
• Total Population - 51,702

02.Population by Nation - 2012

• Sinhala - 50,461
• Sri Lankan Tamil - 36
• Indian Tamil - 14
• Muslim - 1142
• Burger - 17
• Others - 29
• Total - 51702
  

03.Population by Religion - 2012

• Buddhist - 50397
• Hindu - 32
• Islam - 1170
• Roman Catholic - 72
• Others - 31
• Total - 51702
  

04.Population by Disability - 2012

• Blindness or Low Vision - 62
• Deaf - 64
• Speech Disability - 68
• Mentally Retarded - 166
• Deformed - 84
• Completly Disabled - 55
• Mix Disabled - 78
• Others - 3
• Catalepsy - 30
• Total - 610

05.Population by Employment(Government Sector) - 2012

• Executive Level - 91
• Public Management Service & Parallel Services - 592
• Engineering - 25
• Doctors - 45
• Law - 40
• Nurse - 149
• Health & Other Service - 129
• Teaching - 449
• Retire Persons - 168
• Labours - 777
• Security - 973
• Others - 529
• Total - 3967

06.Population by Employment(Private Sector) - 2012

• Executive Level - 93
• Garments - 871
• Tourism(Guide) - 638
• Tourism (Hotel Employees) - 1242
• Peon - 144
• Clerk - 144
• Foreign Employment - 565
• Labour - 2394
• Others - 2655
• Total - 8902