State-owned land bank: 139 land records in Matara district
Matara district (many locations)
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The BOI state-owned land workbook lists 139 land records in Matara district, about 276 hectares where an extent is given, mostly forest or scrub and vacant land, across 16 DS divisions.
Key facts from the documents
Records with the most entries: Devinuwara, Weligama, Pasgoda and Kotapola DS divisions.
Recorded land use: forest or scrub (94), vacant (33), cultivated, grass and settlement (the rest).
Each row gives GN division, a local land name, grid coordinates and extent in hectares.
The workbook gives no investment suitability for these rows.
How to take it further
Download the workbook from the BOI and contact the officer for state-owned lands named on the Available Lands page.
Evidence
The 2 documents this record
rests on. Facts are restated in our words; the documents are linked, not copied.
Primary sourceStatutory body or authority
State-Owned Land Bank (district land records workbook)
Board of Investment of Sri Lanka
Document date
11 Sep 2026
Retrieved
30 Oct 2026
Where to look
Sheets "Dashboard" (Mathara: 140 records) and "Mathara" (139 rows with a district)
Supports
Number of land records, DS divisions, extents and recorded land use in Matara district.
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Web page with no date of its own; dated the day it was read
Supports
Names the BOI officers who handle enquiries for BOI-owned and state-owned land.
Reuse terms
No reuse licence is published (footer: 'All Rights Reserved'); no terms forbid citing it. Only facts (place, extent, land use, recommended activities) are restated in our words under section 8 of the Intellectual Property Act No. 36 of 2003 (mere data). Rates, tables and the file itself are not copied; the file is linked.
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