Kilinochchi District

**Kilinochchi District** ( __; ) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. These districts are the second level of administrative divisions in the country; the first level are the provinces. Kilinochchi District is part of the Northern Province. The capital of the district is the town of Kilinochchi.

## Geography

Kilinochchi District is in the north of Sri Lanka in the Northern Province. It has an area of .

## Administrative units

Kilinochchi District is divided into 4 Divisional Secretary's Division (DS Divisions), each headed by a Divisional Secretary (previously known as an Assistant Government Agent). The DS Divisions are further sub-divided into 95 Grama Niladhari Divisions (GN Divisions).

## Infobox (district)

- **name**: Kilinochchi District
- **native name**:

- **settlement type**: Districts of Sri Lanka, Administrative District
- **image skyline**: Lone Palm Tree.jpg
- **imagesize**: 250px
- **image caption**: Paranthan
- **image map**: Kilinochchi district.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Sri Lanka
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Sri Lanka
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces of Sri Lanka, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern
- **established title**: Created
- **established date**: February 1984
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Kilinochchi
- **parts type**: Divisional Secretary's Division, DS Division
- **parts style**: coll
- **p1**: Kandavalai Divisional Secretary's Division, Kandavalai
- **p2**: Karachchi Divisional Secretary's Division, Karachchi
- **p3**: Pachchilaipalli Divisional Secretary's Division, Pachchilaipalli
- **p4**: Poonakary Divisional Secretary's Division, Poonakary
- **leader title**: District Secretary
- **leader name**: R. Ketheeswaran
- **leader title1**: Parliament of Sri Lanka, MPs
- **leader title2**: Northern Provincial Council, MPCs
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1279
- **area land km2**: 1205
- **area water km2**: 74
- **area water percent**: 5.79
- **area rank**: 23rd (1.95% of total area)
- **population total**: 112875
- **population rank**: 23rd (0.56% of total pop.)
- **population as of**: 2012 census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **demographics type1**: Demographics of Sri Lanka#People, Ethnicity
- **demographics1 footnotes**: (2012 census)
- **demographics1 title1**: Sri Lankan Tamil people, Sri Lankan Tamil
- **demographics1 info1**: 109,528 (97.03%)
- **demographics1 title2**: Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka, Indian Tamil
- **demographics1 info2**: 1,682 (1.49%)
- **demographics1 title3**: Sinhalese people, Sinhalese
- **demographics1 info3**: 962 (0.85%)
- **demographics1 title4**: Sri Lankan Moors
- **demographics1 info4**: 678 (0.60%)
- **demographics1 title5**: Other
- **demographics1 info5**: 25 (0.02%)
- **demographics type2**: Religion in Sri Lanka, Religion
- **demographics2 footnotes**: (2012 census)
- **demographics2 title1**: Hinduism in Sri Lanka, Hindu
- **demographics2 info1**: 93,084 (82.47%)
- **demographics2 title2**: Christianity in Sri Lanka, Christian
- **demographics2 info2**: 18,118 (16.05%)
- **demographics2 title3**: Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Buddhist
- **demographics2 info3**: 945 (0.84%)
- **demographics2 title4**: Islam in Sri Lanka, Muslim
- **demographics2 info4**: 678 (0.60%)
- **demographics2 title5**: Other
- **demographics2 info5**: 50 (0.04%)
- **timezone1**: Sri Lanka
- **utc offset1**: +05:30
- **postal code type**: Postal codes in Sri Lanka, Post Codes
- **area code type**: Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka, Telephone Codes
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:LK, LK-42
- **registration plate**: NP
- **blank name sec1**: Official Languages
- **blank info sec1**: Tamil language, Tamil, Sinhala language, Sinhala