Dehianga

Dehianga is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Kandy District, Central Province, northwest of Dehigama, about 8.6 km from Kandy.

History
Archibald Campbell Lawrie's 1896 gazetteer of the province described the village as a hamlet with inhabitants of potters and some Moor families.

Demographics
In the 1921 census, it was recorded that out of the population of 474 people, 134, or 28% of the population, was literate (more than double the 1911 literacy rate of 13% ), although only 4 were literate in English (1911: 2). 99.6% of the population practiced Islam as their primary religion, and the other 0.4% reported practicing Hinduism.