# Jayawardhanapura GN division, Ampara DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/jayawardhanapura/ Grama Niladhari division · Ampara DS Division # Jayawardhanapura Jayawardhanapura is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Ampara DS Division, Ampara District, Eastern Province. It covers **1.22 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 6 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1.2km² - 6mapped services - 37 mtypical elevation ## Where is Jayawardhanapura? Jayawardhanapura lies in [Ampara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/), [Ampara District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/), [Eastern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 5 other GN divisions: [Gemunupura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/gemunupura/), [Indrasarapura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/indrasarapura/), [Saddhathissapura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/saddhathissapura/), [Senanayakepura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/senanayakepura/) and [Thissapura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/thissapura/). By area it is the 9324th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.9% of [Ampara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/). The centre of Jayawardhanapura is about 206 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.2977° N, 81.6812° E. Local names: ජයවර්ධනපුර . 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 Jayawardhanapura Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Jayawardhanapura. The largest with a recorded population: Ampara (43,720). - Ampara 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 Jayawardhanapura and the best time to visit Using the climate of Ampara District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 1,693 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (281 mm) and the driest Jul (58 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **February to March**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 26 150 Feb 26 106 Mar 28 94 Apr 28 152 May 29 131 Jun 29 68 Jul 29 58 Aug 29 67 Sep 28 110 Oct 28 217 Nov 27 281 Dec 26 259 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Jayawardhanapura Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital General Hospital Ampara · Indrasarapura 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29173&mlon=81.67834#map=17/7.29173/81.67834) Bank Bank of Ceylon · Jayawardhanapura 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29397&mlon=81.68136#map=17/7.29397/81.68136) ATM People's Bank ATM · Senanayakepura 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29100&mlon=81.67385#map=17/7.29100/81.67385) Petrol pump Brown's Filling Station · Saddhathissapura 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29293&mlon=81.68571#map=17/7.29293/81.68571) Hotel King's Jay Hotel · Jayawardhanapura 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.30102&mlon=81.68261#map=17/7.30102/81.68261) Mall Marwa Mart · Maddakalaputharavai 02 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.36600&mlon=81.81214#map=17/7.36600/81.81214) School Saddathissa High School, Ampara, Srilanka · Jayawardhanapura 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.30005&mlon=81.68611#map=17/7.30005/81.68611) College D. S. Senanayake National College · Gemunupura 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.30415&mlon=81.67239#map=17/7.30415/81.67239) Police station Ampara Police Station · Jayawardhanapura 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29683&mlon=81.67698#map=17/7.29683/81.67698) 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 Jayawardhanapura Places mapped inside Jayawardhanapura in open map data, by type. - Banks1 - Hotels1 - Schools1 - Restaurants1 - Police stations2 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 Ampara DS Division - Ambagahawella - Ambamalthalawa - Dambethalawa - Gemunupura - Indrasarapura - Karangawa - Kotavehera - Mihindupura - Namaloya I - Namaloya II - Namalthalawa - Nawagampura - Paragahakele East - Paragahakele West - Polwaga Janapadaya - Saddhathissapura - Samapura - Senanayakepura - Thissapura - Wavinna North - Wavinna South ## Quick answers - Where is Jayawardhanapura?In Ampara DS Division, Ampara District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Jayawardhanapura?Gemunupura, Indrasarapura, Saddhathissapura, Senanayakepura and Thissapura - How many villages are in Jayawardhanapura?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Jayawardhanapura?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Jayawardhanapura?General Hospital Ampara, about 0.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Jayawardhanapura?Bank of Ceylon, about 0.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Jayawardhanapura?People's Bank ATM, about 1.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Jayawardhanapura?Brown's Filling Station, about 0.7 km from the centre - How many banks are in Jayawardhanapura?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Jayawardhanapura?LK5215040 (OCHA common operational dataset)