In 2007 the division had a population of 42,861 , of which 78.5 per cent were Sinhalese , 17.7 per cent Moors and 3.7 per cent Tamils . The population included 302 displaced persons , 95.0 per cent of whom had been forced to move by ethnic conflict , and 5.0 per cent by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . The division is subdivided into 23 grama niladhari divisions
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Kantalai Divisional Secretariat