A Korale or Corale was formerly a revenue district in

Ceylon Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

(Sri Lanka). During the British colonial administration, a low country korale was under the purview of a

Mudaliyar Thuluva Vellalar, also known as Agamudi Mudaliar or Arcot Mudaliars, is a caste found in northern Tamil Nadu, southern Andhra Pradesh and southern Karnataka. They were an elite and dominant land-owning community. Etymology The earliest occu ...

while an upcountry korale came under the purview of a post that was itself known as Korale or Korale Mahaththaya. To this day localities retain their old names and most

land titles Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, ...

retain reference to the Korale the land is located in.

List of korales

The following were the officially recognized divisions used in the 1911 Sri Lanka Census.

Notes

References

{{Terms for types of administrative territorial entities British Ceylon Transitional period of Sri Lanka Kandyan period

List of korales

See also

Notes

References