# Dickoya GN division, Norwood DS Division – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/dickoya/ Grama Niladhari division · Norwood DS Division # Dickoya Dickoya is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Norwood DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province. It covers **4.29 km²**. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 6 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 4.3km² - 6mapped services - 1,229 mtypical elevation ## Where is Dickoya? Dickoya lies in [Norwood DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/), [Nuwara Eliya District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/), [Central Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 5 other GN divisions: [Annfield](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/annfield/), [Dickoya South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/dickoya-south/), [Hatton East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/hatton-east/), [Injuster](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/injuster/) and [Wanarajah](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/wanarajah/). By area it is the 3491st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.2% of [Norwood DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/central/nuwara-eliya/norwood/). The centre of Dickoya is about 86 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.8699° N, 80.6273° E. Local names: දික්ඔය . 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 Dickoya Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in Dickoya. - Ambatenna - Battalagalla Lower Division - Battalagalla Upper Division - Darawala - Dickoya - Dikoya - Fordyce 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). ## Landscape and landmarks of Dickoya Named natural and historic features inside Dickoya, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 2 estates. - Barkindale - Kinloch 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 Dickoya and the best time to visit Using the climate of Nuwara Eliya District, the warmest month is Apr (average 22 °C) and the coolest is Jan (19 °C), after allowing for this place being about 310 m higher 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 19 108 Feb 20 86 Mar 21 104 Apr 22 175 May 22 164 Jun 21 101 Jul 21 82 Aug 21 92 Sep 21 129 Oct 21 234 Nov 20 274 Dec 20 212 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Dickoya Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Battalgala Ground · Dickoya 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.86318&mlon=80.62588#map=17/6.86318/80.62588) Bank Bank of Ceylon · Hatton North 3.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.89078&mlon=80.59926#map=17/6.89078/80.59926) ATM ATM HNB · Maskeliya 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83341&mlon=80.57251#map=17/6.83341/80.57251) Petrol pump Ceypetco Filling Station · Norwood 3.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83920&mlon=80.61228#map=17/6.83920/80.61228) Hotel Daffodils Beach Hotel · Dickoya 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87111&mlon=80.61137#map=17/6.87111/80.61137) Mall Shakthi Electronics and Furnitures · Maskeliya 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83399&mlon=80.57181#map=17/6.83399/80.57181) School Hornsey college · Injuster 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.86184&mlon=80.62412#map=17/6.86184/80.62412) College Arafa College - Weligama · Newvalleygama 3.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.85505&mlon=80.59970#map=17/6.85505/80.59970) Police station Norwood Police Station · Norwood 3.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83721&mlon=80.61426#map=17/6.83721/80.61426) 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 Dickoya Places mapped inside Dickoya in open map data, by type. - Hospitals3 - Hotels3 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 Norwood DS Division - Annfield - Aulton Watta - Bagawanthalawa South - Bogawana - Brownlow - Brownswick - Dickoya South - Gawarawila - Hatton East - Hatton North - Hatton South - Hatton West - Injuster - Kirkoswald - Kotiyagala - Lethant - Loinon - Mahanelu - Maskeliya - Maussakele - Mocha - Moray - Newvalleygama - Norwood - Panmur - Rosella - Ruwanpura - Seethagangula - Shanon - Strathspey - Tillary - Venture - Wanarajah - Welioya ## Quick answers - Where is Dickoya?In Norwood DS Division, Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Dickoya?Annfield, Dickoya South, Hatton East, Injuster and Wanarajah - How many villages are in Dickoya?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Dickoya?January to March and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Dickoya?Battalgala Ground, about 0.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Dickoya?Bank of Ceylon, about 3.9 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Dickoya?ATM HNB, about 7.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Dickoya?Ceypetco Filling Station, about 3.8 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Dickoya?3 mapped - What is the P-code of Dickoya?LK2330220 (OCHA common operational dataset)