# Handaganawa GN division, Minipe DS Division, Kandy District

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Grama Niladhari division · Minipe DS Division 

# Handaganawa

Handaganawa is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Minipe DS Division, Kandy District, Central Province. It covers **5.27 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here.

- 5.3km²
- 95 mtypical elevation

## Where is Handaganawa?

Handaganawa lies in [Minipe DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/minipe/), [Kandy District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/), [Central Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 4 other GN divisions: [Batumulla](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/minipe/batumulla/), [Diyabubula](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/minipe/diyabubula/), [Lunumadalaketiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/minipe/lunumadalaketiya/) and [Pangaragammana](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/pangaragammana/). By area it is the 2777th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 2.1% of [Minipe DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/minipe/). The centre of Handaganawa is about 132 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.2781° N, 80.9915° E. Local names: හඳගනාව .

Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka).

## Villages and localities in Handaganawa

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Handaganawa.

- Pangaragammana

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Weather in Handaganawa and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Kandy District, the warmest month is Apr (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jan (24 °C), after allowing for this place being about 447 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,762 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (274 mm) and the driest Jul (82 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and June to August**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 24 108 

Feb 25 86 

Mar 26 104 

Apr 27 175 

May 27 164 

Jun 26 101 

Jul 25 82 

Aug 26 92 

Sep 26 129 

Oct 26 234 

Nov 25 274 

Dec 25 212 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Handaganawa

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Base Hospital Mahiyangana - මුලික රෝහල මහියංගණය · Poojanagaraya 5.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.32501&mlon=80.99103#map=17/7.32501/80.99103) 

Bank Hatton National Bank · Mahiyanganaya Town 6.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.33881&mlon=80.99185#map=17/7.33881/80.99185) 

ATM PET · Nildandaheenna 25 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.07918&mlon=80.89370#map=17/7.07918/80.89370) 

Petrol pump SINOPEC · Mahiyanganaya Town 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.33225&mlon=80.99347#map=17/7.33225/80.99347) 

Hotel Sorabora Gedara Hotel · Weraganthota 4.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.31667&mlon=80.98280#map=17/7.31667/80.98280) 

Mall Wijeratna Super · Mangoda 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29142&mlon=80.83290#map=17/7.29142/80.83290) 

School Rohana Primary School · Pangaragammana 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.28111&mlon=81.00743#map=17/7.28111/81.00743) 

College Rantembe Cadets Training School · Bembiya 8.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20663&mlon=80.95717#map=17/7.20663/80.95717) 

Police station Mahiyangana Police Station · Mahiyanganaya Town 6.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.33520&mlon=80.99322#map=17/7.33520/80.99322) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Other GN divisions in Minipe DS Division

- 08 Ela
- Ambagahapelessa
- Ambagolla
- Asamodagamyaya
- Batumulla
- Bembiya
- Bulathwelkandura
- Dambagahawela
- Dambepitiya
- Dehemigama
- Diyabubula
- Dungolla
- Galamuduna
- Gurulupotha
- Hasalaka
- Hasalaka Nagaraya
- Himbutuwa
- Keenapelessa
- Kindigoda North
- Kindigoda South
- Kolonyaya
- Lunumadalaketiya
- Maha Eswedduma
- Mahagalaheenna
- Mahayaya North
- Mahayaya South
- Minipe
- Morayaya
- Muttettuthenna
- Pallegaladebokka
- Pallewatta
- Palugolla
- Rathnella
- Thorapitiya
- Thotillagas Ella
- Udagaladebokka
- Udattawa
- Udattawa North
- Udawela
- Udayagala
- Ulpathagama
- Waragolla
- Welgahawadiya
- Welgala
- Weragama
- Weraganthota
- Wewere

## Quick answers

- Where is Handaganawa?In Minipe DS Division, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Handaganawa?Batumulla, Diyabubula, Lunumadalaketiya and Pangaragammana
- How many villages are in Handaganawa?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Handaganawa?January to March and June to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Handaganawa?Base Hospital Mahiyangana - මුලික රෝහල මහියංගණය, about 5.2 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Handaganawa?Hatton National Bank, about 6.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Handaganawa?PET, about 25 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Handaganawa?SINOPEC, about 6.0 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Handaganawa?LK2121200 (OCHA common operational dataset)