Daskara

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

Overview

Daskara is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

T

Thilini Jayasinghe

badminton player

D

Dingiri Banda Wijetunga

President of Sri Lanka from 1993 to 1994

R

Rohana Ruwan Well Don

association football player

K

Kaushalya Weeraratne

Sri Lankan cricketer

T

T.B. Kehelgamuwa

Sri Lankan cricketer

T

Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke

Sri Lankan politician (1909–1989)

T

Tikiri Bandara Panabokke

Sri Lankan politician (1883-1963)

Victor Ratnayake

Sri Lankan musician

D

Dasun Paranavithana

footballer

Patrick W. F. Ryan

English Jesuit historian

R

Ron Chandraguptha

Sri Lankan cricketer

G

Geoffrey Beling

Sri Lankan artist and educator (1907-1992)

R

R. P. Gaddum

British politician

J

Janaka Wimalasari

Sri Lankan athletics competitor

S

Somapala Rathnayake

Sri Lankan music director

N

Nusky Ahmed

Sri Lankan cricketer

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

Nearby places in Central

• Buwelikada
  0.6 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Wegiriya
  1.2 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Koshinna
  2 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Watadeniya
  2.1 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Angunawala
  2.2 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Bothalapitiya
  2.3 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Mariyawatte
  4.1 mi away · pop. 6,000
• Ethgala
  5.3 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Ampitiya
  7.3 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Lewella
  8.2 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Wathuwala
  8.3 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Talatuoya
  8.3 mi away · pop. 15,000

Browse all places in Central →

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

Ceylon Krait

Bungarus ceylonicus

Seen 2026-09-24

Indian Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Seen 2026-09-23

Asian Common Toad

Duttaphrynus melanostictus

Seen 2026-09-22

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-09-21

Sailfin Catfishes

Pterygoplichthys

Seen 2026-09-21

White Four Ring

Ypthima ceylonica

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

Seen 2026-09-19

Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher

Ceyx erithaca

Seen 2026-09-19

Common Baron

Euthalia aconthea

Seen 2026-09-19

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