Baduraliya

Demographic figures from Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Baduraliya is a town in the Kalutara District in Sri Lanka. It is approximately 82 km (51 mi) from Colombo and 58 km (36 mi) from Rathnapura. Baduraliya was named after a rally against taxes. "Badu" in Sinhala means taxes and “raliya” means a rally. Baduraliya is surrounded by tea plantations and rubber estates, and it is at an altitude of 27 m (89 ft) above sea level.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Sri Lankan Blue Mormon

Papilio agenor parinda

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Angled Pierrot

Caleta decidia

Seen 2026-09-13

Sri Lanka Tree-climbing Crab

Perbrinckia scansor

Seen 2026-09-13

Grey Swallowtail Moth

Micronia aculeata

Seen 2026-09-13

Spotback Loach

Schistura notostigma

Seen 2026-09-12

Tinolius eburneigutta

Tinolius eburneigutta

Seen 2026-09-08

Common Spiny Loach

Lepidocephalichthys thermalis

Seen 2026-09-07

Purple Allamanda

Allamanda blanchetii

Seen 2026-09-05

Philippine Ground Orchid

Spathoglottis plicata

Seen 2026-09-05

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).