Property prices in Batticaloa City
This page summarises 134 public property listings in Batticaloa City, Batticaloa district, collected from ikman.lk on 3 November 2026. Figures are asking prices, not sale prices. Each row shows the median (the middle ad), the middle half of ads (25th to 75th percentile) and the number of ads behind it.
| Measure | Median | Middle half of ads | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land, per perch | Rs 278,846 | Rs 160,000 to Rs 500,063 | 86 |
| Houses for sale, asking price | Rs 13 million | Rs 6.8 million to Rs 29 million | 30 |
| Houses, asking price per sq ft | Rs 7,750 | Rs 4,167 to Rs 14,800 | 29 |
How Batticaloa City compares
- Median land per perch: Rs 278,846, about 43% of the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 650,000). Rank 68 of 85 towns with enough listings, highest first.
- Median house asking prices: Rs 13 million, about 34% of the middle town figure island-wide (Rs 38.62 million). Rank 65 of 66 towns with enough listings, highest first.
The island reference is the median of town medians for towns with at least 30 listings, so it describes a typical town, not the national market.
What stands out in Batticaloa City
- The sample is mostly land (86 of 116 usable ads).
- Asking-price spread for land, per perch is wider than a typical town: the middle half runs Rs 160,000 to Rs 500,063 (a 3.1x gap between the quartiles, against 1.6x for the median town).
- Within Batticaloa district, the median land, per perch here is close to the district figure (Rs 278,846 vs Rs 278,846), rank 1 of 1 priced towns in the district.
How the Batticaloa City numbers have moved
- Land per perch: the median is up about 12% compared with a week earlier - Rs 278,846 against Rs 250,000 on 27 October, on 86 ads now and 73 then.
This compares daily asking medians on changing samples of ads; it describes this site's sample, not a formal price index.
Read this before using the numbers
Sellers ask more than buyers pay, and listings expire or sell. Outliers are trimmed to the 5th to 95th percentile band and ads whose title names a different town are excluded. The method page explains every step. Nothing here is valuation or investment advice.