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Bibile - The Country Side of Sinhale

Bibile is a town located in Monaragala District, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. Bibile's land is important to Sri Lankan agriculture. It was well known for oranges, though still oranges grown there the original variety 'Bibile Sweet is no longer in existence. Bibile was known as 'Sinhale' in Martin Wickremesinghe's novel "Gamperaliya".

The population is completely (100%) rural. There are 35208 people living in Bibile and the population density is about 74.4%. As per the official records majority of the population are Sinhalese(91.6%. There are other ethnic groups such as Muslims and mooors and 8.3% are Indian Tamils. The population growth (2012) has reached to 2.5%. The literacy rate is about 84.5% (as of 2012). However, there are about 65.4% does not attend school. Employment rate is about 90.9%.

The name of Bibile town is known to the world for many reasons. Name of Professor Senaka Bibile is one of them. His father was a native of Bibile. Professor Senaka Bibile was the founder of Sri Lanka’s drug policy, which was used as a model for development of policies based on rational pharmaceutical use in other countries as well by the WHO, UNCTAD and the Non-Aligned Movement. Due to the far reaching effects of his proposals and policies, he has been called the 'greatest medical benefactor of humanity that Sri Lanka has hitherto produced'. 
Dr. Wijya Jayathilake, currently the Executive Director of Transparency International Sri Lanka is also a native of Bibile area.

Wellassa Madya Maha Vidayalaya, Bilile (known as Wellassa Central College) is one of the main school that produced large number of professionals and distinguished people.

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