# Harankahawa GN division, Poojapitiya DS Division – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/harankahawa/

Grama Niladhari division · Poojapitiya DS Division 

# Harankahawa

Harankahawa is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Poojapitiya DS Division, Kandy District, Central Province. It covers **0.77 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 0.8km²
- 1mapped services

## Where is Harankahawa?

Harankahawa lies in [Poojapitiya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/), [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: [Henegama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/henegama/), [Molagoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/molagoda/), [Pathirada](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/pathirada/) and [Udahingulwala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/udahingulwala/). By area it is the 11131st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.3% of [Poojapitiya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/). The centre of Harankahawa is about 91 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.3891° N, 80.5403° E. Local names: හරංකහව .

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

## Landscape and landmarks of Harankahawa

Named natural and historic features inside Harankahawa, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Estates

1 estate.

- Lily-Valley

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Harankahawa and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Kandy District, the warmest month is Apr (average 24 °C) and the coolest is Jan (21 °C). 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 21 108 

Feb 22 86 

Mar 23 104 

Apr 24 175 

May 24 164 

Jun 23 101 

Jul 23 82 

Aug 23 92 

Sep 23 129 

Oct 23 234 

Nov 22 274 

Dec 22 212 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Harankahawa

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital bokkawala · Bokkawala 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.39290&mlon=80.55321#map=17/7.39290/80.55321) 

Bank Bank of Ceylon · Bokkawala 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.39273&mlon=80.55394#map=17/7.39273/80.55394) 

ATM BOC · Pilimathalawa 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.26587&mlon=80.55474#map=17/7.26587/80.55474) 

Petrol pump Ankumbura Filling Station · Alawatta 4.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.42528&mlon=80.56411#map=17/7.42528/80.56411) 

Hotel Villa Jalamankada 276 · Harankahawa 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.38596&mlon=80.54438#map=17/7.38596/80.54438) 

Mall Cargills Food City · Dodangolla 8.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.36431&mlon=80.61603#map=17/7.36431/80.61603) 

School Yashodara Pre-School · Gallella 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.37434&mlon=80.53992#map=17/7.37434/80.53992) 

College Regency bording school · Wewala North 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.40307&mlon=80.55103#map=17/7.40307/80.55103) 

Police station Galagedara Police · Haddapitiya 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.37385&mlon=80.52607#map=17/7.37385/80.52607) 

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.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Harankahawa

Places mapped inside Harankahawa in open map data, by type.

- Hotels1

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

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other GN divisions in Poojapitiya DS Division

- Alagoda
- Alawatta
- Ambaruppa
- Ankumbura North
- Ankumbura South
- Ankumbura Udagama
- Bamunupola
- Batagalla North
- Batagalla South
- Batagolladeniya
- Batugoda North
- Batugoda South
- Bokkawala
- Dehiwatta
- Diddeniya
- Diwanawatta
- Dolapihilla North
- Dolapihilla South
- Dombagammana
- Egodamulla North
- Egodamulla South
- Galhinna
- Galkanda
- Gallella
- Godahena
- Henegama
- Ihalamulla
- Kahatagasthenna
- Kahawatta North
- Kahawatta South
- Kaluwana North
- Kaluwana South
- Kiralagama
- Kovilamuduna
- Madadeniya
- Marathugoda North
- Marathugoda South
- Maruddana
- Medagoda
- Molagoda
- Morankanda
- Mullegama North
- Mullegama South
- Ovissa North
- Ovissa South
- Pahala Hingulwala
- Pahala Kithulgolla
- Paleepana
- Pallegama Pahala
- Palliya Kotuwa
- Pathirada
- Rambukewela
- Siyapathgama
- Uda Kithulgolla
- Udahena
- Udahingulwala
- Uggahakumbura
- Uggala Janapadaya
- Waldeniya
- Warakadeniya
- Watagalathenna
- Watagoda
- Welgala
- Weligalla
- Wewala
- Wewala North

## Quick answers

- Where is Harankahawa?In Poojapitiya DS Division, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Harankahawa?Henegama, Molagoda, Pathirada and Udahingulwala
- What is the best time to visit Harankahawa?January to March and June to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Harankahawa?bokkawala, about 1.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Harankahawa?Bank of Ceylon, about 1.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Harankahawa?BOC, about 14 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Harankahawa?Ankumbura Filling Station, about 4.8 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Harankahawa?LK2106180 (OCHA common operational dataset)
