Telephone numbers of Srl Lanka

3 Digit Numbers

^*110 - Ambulance
^*111 - Fire and Rescue
^*114 - Operational Commander Colombo (Sri Lanka Army)
^*115 - Colombo Municipal Council-Operational Unit
^*116 - Sri Lanka Air Force Emergency Service
^*118 - National Help Desk (Ministry of Defence)
^*119 - Police Emergency Service
^* Toll free numbers

4 Digit Numbers

1900 - Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (Telecommunication complaints)
1901 - Ministry of Power and Energy (Power Interruption complaints)
1905 - Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs
1909 - Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (Check mobile IMEI numbers and confirm)
1910 - Lanka Electricity Company (Power Interruption complaints)
1911 - Department of Examinations
1912 - Sri Lanka Tourism
1918 - Ministry of Higher Education
1919 - Government Information Centre
1920 - Ministry of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Services (Agricultural Information)
1922 - State Mortgage and Investment Bank
^*1929 - Ministry of Child Development and Women's Affairs (Child Help Line)
1933 - Sri Lanka Police Department (CID Operations Unit)
1938 - Ministry of Child Development and Women's Affairs (Women Help Line)
1939 - National Water Supply & Drainage Board
^*1948 - National Authority on Tobacco & Alcohol
1954 - Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption
1955 - National Transport Commission
1962 - Department of Immigration and Emigration
1969 - Expressway Emergency
1970 - Department of Pensions
1979 - SriLankan Airlines Ltd.
1984 - National Dangerous Drug Control Board
1987 - Ceylon Electricity Board
1989 - Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
1990 - Med1 (Pvt) Limited (Emergency Medical Services & Doctor at Home Care)
1991 - Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy
^* Toll free numbers

Operator Numbers

Fixed line Operator Numbers

• 1212 - Sri Lanka Telecom
• 0117100100 - Dialog
• 1575 - Lanka Bell

Mobile Operator Numbers

• 1717 - Mobitel
• 1727 - Etisalat
• 1755 - Airtel
• 1777 - Dialog
• 1788 - Hutch

Fixed line (landline) codes

Fixed Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka consist of 10-digits in the xxx y zzzzzz format where:

• "xxx" represents the area code. All area codes begin with 0.
• "y" represents the operator code for fixed (landline) numbers.
• "zzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of six digits.

Area codes

Province	District	Area	Area Code
Eastern	Ampara	Ampara	063
North Central	Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura	025
Western	Colombo	Avissawella	036
Uva	Badulla	Badulla	055
Uva	Badulla	Bandarawela	057
Eastern	Batticaloa	Batticaloa	065
North Western	Puttalam	Chilaw	032
Western	Colombo	Colombo	011
Southern	Galle	Galle	091
Western	Gampaha	Gampaha	033
Southern	Hambantota	Hambantota	047
Central	Nuwara Eliya	Hatton	051
Northern	Jaffna	Jaffna	021
Eastern	Ampara	Kalmunai	067
Western	Kalutara	Kalutara	034
Central	Kandy	Kandy	081
Sabaragamuwa	Kegalle	Kegalle	035
North Western	Kurunegala	Kurunegala	037
Northern	Mannar	Mannar	023
Central	Matale	Matale	066
Southern	Matara	Matara	041
Central	Kandy	Nawalapitiya	054
Western	Gampaha	Negombo	031
Central	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya	052
Western	Kalutara	Panadura	038
North Central	Polonnaruwa	Polonnaruwa	027
Sabaragamuwa	Ratnapura	Ratnapura	045
Eastern	Trincomalee	Trincomalee	026
Northern	Vavuniya	Vavuniya	024

Operator codes

xxx	y	zz zzzz
Area Code (0xx)	2	Sri Lanka Telecom (Wired)
	3	Sri Lanka Telecom (Wireless-CDMA)
	4	Dialog (Wireless-CDMA)
	5	Lanka Bell (Wireless-CDMA)
	7	Dialog (Wireless-CDMA)
	9	Public Pay Phones‡

^‡ No incoming calls are allowed to Public Pay Phones in Sri Lanka.

Mobile operator codes

Mobile numbers in Sri Lanka consist of 10-digits in the xxx zzzzzzz format where:

• "xxx" represents the mobile operator code when contacting a mobile number. All mobile operator codes begin with 07.
• "zzzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of seven digits.

xxx	zzz zzzz
071	Mobitel
072	Etisalat
075	Airtel
076	Dialog
077
078	Hutch

• Mobile phone users must always enter area codes when dialing a fixed (landline) number.

Dialling into Sri Lanka

To Fixed telephone

To dial into Sri Lanka from abroad callers must use the +94 xx y zzzzzz format where:

• "+" is the international call prefix (usually 00).
• "94" is Sri Lanka's country code.
• "xx" represents the area code (i.e. omitting the leading 0 used when calling inside Sri Lanka).
• "y" represents the operator code.
• "zzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of six digits.

To Mobile phone

To dial into Sri Lanka from abroad callers must use the +94 xx zzzzzzz format where:

• "+" is the international call prefix (usually 00).
• "94" is Sri Lanka's country code.
• "xx" represents the mobile operator code (i.e. omitting the leading 0 used when calling inside Sri Lanka).
• "zzzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of seven digits.