around 150, 000 tamils are there in sri lanka.
around 150, 000 tamils are there in sri lanka.
how many tamils are there in sri lanka?
around 150, 000
according to the 2012 census there were 2,270,924 sri lankan tamils in sri lanka, 11.2% of the population. sri lankan tamils constitute an overwhelming majority of the population in the northern province and are the largest ethnic group in the eastern province. they are minority in other provinces. 70% of sri lankan tamils in sri lanka live in the northern and eastern provinces.









































there are no accurate figures for the number of sri lankan tamils living in the diaspora. estimates range from 450,000 to one million.









































section::::society.:other tamil-speaking communities.
sri lankan tamils
tamil eelam is a proposed independent state that tamils in sri lanka and the sri lankan tamil diaspora aspire to establish in the north and east of sri lanka. irrespective of the ethnic differences, the british imposed a unitary state structure in british ceylon for better administration. during the british colonial rule, many tamils held higher positions than the sinhalese in the government, because they were favored by the british for their qualification in english education. in the sri lankan highlands the lands of the sinhalese were seized by the british and indian tamils were settled there as plantation workers. after the british colonial rule in sri lanka ended, ethnic tension between the sinhalese and the sri lankan tamils rose. the sinhalese, constituting a majority of the country, resented the minority tamils having huge power in the island. in 1948 about 700,000 indian tamil tea plantation workers from sri lanka were made stateless and deported to india. in 1956 the prime minister of sri lanka passed the sinhala only act, an act where sinhala replaced english as the only official language of sri lanka. due to this, many tamils were forced to resign as civil servants/public servants because they were not fluent in sinhala. the sri lankan tamils saw the act as linguistic, cultural and economic discrimination against them.
tamils