Around 25 holidays per year. Each holiday is differently applied to the Public, Banking and Mercantile sectors. Normal business hours are Monday – Friday / 09.00 – 17.00 hrs
Population - 21,481,334
Male – 9.457
Female – 9.095
Density per sq. km. – 380
Growth rate – 1.3%
Religion (%)
Buddhist 69.1 Muslim 7.6
Hindu 7.1 Christian 6.2
Unspecified 10
Literacy (%)
Male – 92.3
Female – 89.1
Climate
Temperature – (Mean annual) 270C in the lowland, 150C at Nuwara Eliya (altitude 1800m).Relative humidity varies from 70% during the day to 90% at night.