# Ovissa North GN division, Poojapitiya DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/ovissa-north/ Grama Niladhari division · Poojapitiya DS Division # Ovissa North Ovissa North is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Poojapitiya DS Division, Kandy District, Central Province. It covers **0.59 km²**. - 0.6km² ## Where is Ovissa North? Ovissa North 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 5 other GN divisions: [Diddeniya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/diddeniya/), [Kasawatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/akurana/kasawatta/), [Kiralagama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/kiralagama/), [Ovissa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/ovissa-south/) and [Watagoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/watagoda/). By area it is the 12001st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.0% of [Poojapitiya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/kandy/poojapitiya/). The centre of Ovissa North is about 96 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.3826° N, 80.5951° E. Local names: ඕවිස්ස උතුර . 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 Ovissa North Named natural and historic features inside Ovissa North, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 1 estate. - Craigingilt 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 Ovissa North 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 Ovissa North Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital MOH Office - Pujapitiya · Diddeniya 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.38096&mlon=80.59072#map=17/7.38096/80.59072) Bank BOC · Paleepana 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.38119&mlon=80.58653#map=17/7.38119/80.58653) ATM NSB · Mahanuwara 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29601&mlon=80.63686#map=17/7.29601/80.63686) Petrol pump Ankumbura Filling Station · Alawatta 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.42528&mlon=80.56411#map=17/7.42528/80.56411) Hotel Kandy Garden Villa · Paleepana 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.37794&mlon=80.58727#map=17/7.37794/80.58727) Mall Cargills Food City · Dodangolla 3.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.36431&mlon=80.61603#map=17/7.36431/80.61603) School Neo-Vision International PreSchool & Day Care Center · Paleepana 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.38083&mlon=80.58605#map=17/7.38083/80.58605) College Azhar College Akurana · Akurana 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.37340&mlon=80.61969#map=17/7.37340/80.61969) Police station Alawatugoda Police Station · Alawathugoda 3.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.40947&mlon=80.60866#map=17/7.40947/80.60866) 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 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 - Harankahawa - 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 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 Ovissa North?In Poojapitiya DS Division, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Ovissa North?Diddeniya, Kasawatta, Kiralagama, Ovissa South and Watagoda - What is the best time to visit Ovissa North?January to March and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Ovissa North?MOH Office - Pujapitiya, about 0.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Ovissa North?BOC, about 1.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Ovissa North?NSB, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Ovissa North?Ankumbura Filling Station, about 5.8 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Ovissa North?LK2106210 (OCHA common operational dataset)