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Table A26: Average Distance and Time to Access Basic Services, 2009-2010<br />

Average<br />

distance,<br />

kilometres<br />

Average time from house, minutes<br />

Province District/sector Nearest bus Nearest bus Municipal Divisional Grama Post office/ Bank, Agrarian<br />

halt halt council/ secretariat niladhari sub-post government service<br />

urban council/ office office office or private centre<br />

pradeshiya<br />

saba<br />

<strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> 1.8 11.1 35.9 37.4 12.7 17.8 24.8 35.9<br />

Sector Urban n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Rural n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Estate n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Western Colombo 1.3 8.3 26.4 27.7 12.1 13.8 15.8 39.8<br />

Gampaha 1.2 8.3 25.7 32.1 9.8 12.7 16.3 30.0<br />

Kalutara 1.6 11.0 32.7 35.2 12.8 17.9 24.1 32.2<br />

Central Kandy 1.9 11.8 40.8 39.8 13.6 19.5 29.7 38.3<br />

Matale 1.6 9.9 33.5 33.6 12.0 18.0 25.9 27.7<br />

Nuwara Eliya 2.0 13.7 52.0 69.5 16.3 22.3 26.7 48.0<br />

Southern Galle 2.0 12.8 33.2 36.4 10.9 18.4 26.9 31.4<br />

Matara 2.0 11.7 33.8 34.4 13.2 16.6 23.2 36.0<br />

Hambantota 1.7 8.5 35.8 36.2 11.4 19.9 23.4 36.2<br />

Northern Jaffna 2.2 11.1 23.6 25.7 8.2 13.0 23.9 27.4<br />

Killinochchi n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Mannar n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Vavuniya 1.7 7.9 31.3 31.3 10.3 18.8 31.9 29.8<br />

Mullativu n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.<br />

Eastern Batticaloa 1.8 12.4 31.0 32.3 9.5 15.2 22.8 28.3<br />

Ampara 2.3 15.8 39.7 39.5 15.5 21.6 36.7 38.1<br />

Trincomalee 2.0 13.2 37.3 35.2 15.4 23.4 31.0 33.2<br />

North Western Kurunegala 1.5 11.5 38.1 33.5 12.4 17.5 22.6 31.4<br />

Puttalam 2.2 13.2 35.4 35.0 11.7 18.7 24.4 35.1<br />

North Central Anuradhapura 1.9 10.4 31.6 32.7 10.7 16.6 28.8 30.0<br />

Polonnaruwa 1.7 9.9 42.1 42.4 10.5 14.9 24.1 39.5<br />

Uva Badulla 2.0 14.9 59.4 56.7 16.5 22.2 39.1 47.2<br />

Monaragala 2.2 13.9 51.1 48.7 17.1 26.6 38.9 42.4<br />

Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura 1.6 12.2 47.4 48.9 19.3 25.2 31.2 43.1<br />

Kegalle 1.8 9.9 36.5 38.7 12.3 16.4 24.1 42.8<br />

Source: Calculations based on Department of Census and Statistics of <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong> 2010c.<br />

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