Uda Makuruppe is a village in the Nuwara Eliya District of Central Province, Sri Lanka. Listed as Uda Makuruppa grama niladhari division in the Hanguranketha Divisional Secretariat, the 2011 Sri Lanka census gives its population as 748.[1]
Uda Makuruppe | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Province | Central Province |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) |
| GN No. | 484B |
History edit
In A gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon of 1898, Uda Makuruppe and Palle Makuruppe are listed as villages in the Kohoke korale of Upper Hewaheta. The combined population of the two villages is given as 228 in 1871, 254 in 1881 and 216 in 1891. Two wewas or tanks in Uda Makuruppe were no longer in use and the rice paddies were watered by small elas or streams. A vihara lay in ruins, but a kovila is described as "in good order".[2]
The Uda part of the name means upper; Palle means lower.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing 2012 - Population by GN division and sex 2012". Sri Lanka Census of Population and Housing, 2011. p. 94. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Campbell, Lawrie Archibald (1898). A gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). Vol. II. Colombo: G. J. A. Skeen. p. 524. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Know the Etymology: 232 - Uda-peruwa, Palle-peruwa". tamilnet.com. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
External links edit
7°08′N 80°48′E / 7.133°N 80.800°E
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