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{{Infobox settlement

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Dewalapola

|official_name = Dewalapola

|native_name = <big>දෙවලපොල </big> <br> <small>தேவலபோல </small>

|native_name = <big>දෙවලපොල </big> <br> <small>தேவலபோல </small>

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|image_map = File:Dewalapola Route Map.png

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|map_caption = Route map of Dewalapola

|map_caption = Route map of Dewalapola

|pushpin_map = Sri Lanka

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Sri Lanka

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Sri Lanka

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|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|District]]

|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Sri Lanka|District]]

|subdivision_name2 = [[Gampaha District]]

|subdivision_name2 = [[Gampaha District]]

|leader_title=Municipal Council

|leader_title=Municipal Council

|leader_name=[[Minuwangoda]]

|leader_name=[[Minuwangoda]]

|leader_title1=Headquarters

|leader_title1=Headquarters

|leader_name1=[[Grama Niladhari|Grama Niladhari Division (106)]]

|leader_name1=[[Grama Niladhari|Grama Niladhari Division (106)]]

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|language = Sinhala, English

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|population_density_km2 = 150 <!–Don’t include commas!–>

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|timezone = [[Sri Lanka Standard Time|SLST]]

|timezone = [[Sri Lanka Standard Time|SLST]]

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|elevation_m = 23

|elevation_m = 23

|postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Sri Lanka|Postal code]]

|postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Sri Lanka|Postal code]]

|postal_code = 11102

|postal_code = 11102

|area_code =[[Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka|011]]

|area_code =[[Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka|011]]

|website = {{URL|http://www.minuwangoda.ds.gov.lk/}}

|website = {{URL|http://www.minuwangoda.ds.gov.lk/}}

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”’Dewalapola”’ is a small rural area in [[Minuwangoda]] Divisional Secretariate of [[Gampaha]] District,<ref>{{cite web|title=Minuwangoda Divisional Secretariat|url=http://www.minuwangoda.ds.gov.lk/}}</ref> [[Western Province, Sri Lanka]]. It is situated on the 245/1 Nittambuwa – Katunayake / Airport bus route between Veyangoda and Minuwangoda.

”’Dewalapola”’ is a small rural area in [[Minuwangoda]] Divisional Secretariate of [[Gampaha]] District,<ref>{{cite web|title=Minuwangoda Divisional Secretariat|url=http://www.minuwangoda.ds.gov.lk/}}</ref> [[Western Province, Sri Lanka]]. It is situated on the 245/1 Nittambuwa – Katunayake / Airport bus route between Veyangoda and Minuwangoda.

Town in Western Province, Sri Lanka

Dewalapola is a small rural area in Minuwangoda Divisional Secretariate of Gampaha District,^[1] Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the 245/1 Nittambuwa – Katunayake / Airport bus route between Veyangoda and Minuwangoda.

The major landuses in the area are rubber, coconut, MHG, rice and pineapples.^[2] Dewalapola is the home of Sri Sudarshanarama Purana Viharaya,^[3] Minu / Ananda Maha Vidyalaya (AMV), a public library, a post office^[4] and an Ayurvedic Center of the Department Of Ayurveda, Ministry Of Indigenous Medicine.^[5]

The name Dewalapola is a compound formed of Dewele (of two times) and Pola (place) which means a place that used twice (a day). Accordance with the historical scripts found in Sri Lanka, for example Mahawamsa and Rajavaliya,^[6] Udugampola Rajadhaniya (the Kingdom of Udugampola) was being ruled by King Sakalakala Wallabha^[7] when his elder half brother, Buwanakabahu, owned the throne under the name of Dharma Parakramabahu IX(1508 AD – 1528 AD) of the Kingdom of Kotte succeeding his father King Veera Parakramabahu.^[8]

King Sakalakala Wallabha with one of his Raja Shilpis, named Balasuriya Kankanama, the devoted superintendent of irrigation of the kingdom,^[9] used to take rest for refreshments at Dewalapola twice a day on his way to and from the construction site of Mabodale wewa.^[10]

Age Group	Number
18>x	974
18<x	1252
Total	2226