Question

State the population composition of sri lanka

Answer 1

Sri lanka has three communities the majority was with sinhala community and these people followed Buddhism.another community is the tamil speaking people segregated into indian and Sri Lankan Tamils which have their origin from sri lanka.the Tamils are in minority occupying a small corner of the country.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. the major social groups are the sinhals speakers 74%
2. the Tamil speakers 18% is the other social group
3. among Tamils there are two subgroups Tamil natives of the country are called Sri lankan Tamils which were13%...the rest whose forefathers came from India is plantation workers during the colonial period, are called Indian Tamils
4. most of Sinhala speaking people are the Buddhist, while most of Tamils are Hindus or muslims...
5. there are about 7% Christians who are both Tamil and sinhals

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