# Sammanthurai DS Division, Ampara District – GN divisions > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/ Divisional Secretariat division · Ampara District # Sammanthurai DS Division Sammanthurai DS Division is a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division of Sri Lanka in Ampara District, Eastern Province. It covers **108.9 km²**. It is divided into 51 GN divisions. 13 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 43 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 109km² - 51GN divisions - 43mapped services ## Where is Sammanthurai DS Division? Sammanthurai DS Division lies in [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 10 other DS divisions: [Addalaichenai DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/addalaichenai/), [Ampara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/ampara/), [Damana DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/damana/), [Irakkamam DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/irakkamam/), [Kalmunai DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/kalmunai/), [Karaitivu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/karaitivu/), [Navithanveli DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/navithanveli/), [Nintavur DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/nintavur/), [Sainthamaruthu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sainthamaruthu/) and [Uhana DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/uhana/). By area it is the 197th largest of 339 DS divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 2.4% of [Ampara District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/). The centre of Sammanthurai DS Division is about 217 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.3324° N, 81.7735° E. Local names: සම්මන්තුරේ · சம்மாந்துறை . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## GN divisions of Sammanthurai DS Division Grama Niladhari division Area km² Localities Services [Block 'J' East 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/block-j-east-01/) 0.1 0 2 [Block 'J' East 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/block-j-east-02/) 0.1 0 1 [Block 'J' East 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/block-j-east-03/) 0.7 0 0 [Block 'J' West 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/block-j-west-01/) 0.3 0 1 [Block 'J' West 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/block-j-west-02/) 1.0 0 0 [Kallarichchel 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/kallarichchel-01/) 0.2 0 0 [Kallarichchel 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/kallarichchel-02/) 1.0 0 2 [Kallarichchel 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/kallarichchel-03/) 0.8 0 0 [Karuwaddukal 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/karuwaddukal-01/) 0.1 0 0 [Karuwaddukal 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/karuwaddukal-02/) 0.1 0 3 [Karuwaddukal 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/karuwaddukal-03/) 0.1 0 0 [Maddakalaputharavai 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/maddakalaputharavai-01/) 0.1 0 1 [Maddakalaputharavai 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/maddakalaputharavai-02/) 0.4 0 3 [Malayadikiramam 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malayadikiramam-01/) 0.2 0 0 [Malayadikiramam 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malayadikiramam-02/) 0.2 0 1 [Malayadikiramam 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malayadikiramam-03/) 0.2 0 1 [Malayadikiramam 04](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malayadikiramam-04/) 0.4 0 1 [Malkampiddy](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malkampiddy/) 30 3 0 [Malwatte 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malwatte-01/) 4.3 2 1 [Malwatte 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malwatte-02/) 2.8 0 0 [Malwatte 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malwatte-03/) 6.4 2 1 [Malwatte 04](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/malwatte-04/) 3.5 0 1 [Sammanthurai 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-01/) 0.1 0 0 [Sammanthurai 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-02/) 0.1 0 0 [Sammanthurai 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-03/) 0.1 0 1 [Sammanthurai 04](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-04/) 0.1 0 1 [Sammanthurai 05](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-05/) 0.1 0 0 [Sammanthurai 06](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-06/) 0.0 0 1 [Sammanthurai 07](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-07/) 0.1 0 0 [Sammanthurai 08](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-08/) 0.9 1 1 [Sammanthurai 09](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-09/) 0.1 1 1 [Sammanthurai 10](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-10/) 0.1 0 0 [Sammanthurai 11](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-11/) 0.1 0 0 [Sammanthurai 12](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-12/) 0.2 0 0 [Sammanthurai TD 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-td-01/) 1.4 0 1 [Sammanthurai TD 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-td-02/) 0.1 0 1 [Sammanthurai TD 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-td-03/) 0.1 0 0 [Sammanthurai TD 04](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sammanthurai-td-04/) 3.7 1 2 [Sennelgramam 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sennelgramam-01/) 1.0 0 4 [Sennelgramam 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/sennelgramam-02/) 2.8 0 1 [Udanga 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/udanga-01/) 0.2 0 0 [Udanga 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/udanga-02/) 0.7 0 1 [Valathapitty 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/valathapitty-01/) 28 1 2 [Valathapitty 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/valathapitty-02/) 8.8 0 0 [Veeramunai 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/veeramunai-01/) 0.7 0 1 [Veeramunai 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/veeramunai-02/) 0.1 0 0 [Veeramunai 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/veeramunai-03/) 0.1 0 1 [Veeramunai 04](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/veeramunai-04/) 5.8 0 2 [Vilinayadi 01](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/vilinayadi-01/) 0.2 2 1 [Vilinayadi 02](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/vilinayadi-02/) 0.1 0 0 [Vilinayadi 03](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/sammanthurai/vilinayadi-03/) 0.1 0 2 Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). ## Villages and localities in Sammanthurai DS Division Open gazetteers list **13 villages, towns and localities** in Sammanthurai DS Division. Settlements here lie between about 3 m and 26 m above sea level (median 14 m). - Chadayantalawa - Madduppalai - Majeed Puram - Malkampiddy - Mallikaitivu - Malwatta - Malwatte - Naina Kadu - Sammanthurai - Sammanturai - Sengapadai - Sorikalmunai - Veeramunai 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 Sammanthurai DS Division Named natural and historic features inside Sammanthurai DS Division, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 10 rivers and streams; 1 reservoir or tank. - Avarana Kulam - Chalam Vaikal Aru - Gal Oya - Kidamula Aru - Kombuulanda Aru - Kurunalkangi Aru - Manawali Aru - Moravil Aru - Odanga Aru - Pattankatti Aru - Savata Vaikal ### Estates 6 estates. - Gansabhawa - Kurunaihanti Anicut - Paranankattu Anicut - Pattampitti Anicut - Sengapadai Anicut - Verraiadi Anicut 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 Sammanthurai DS Division 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/). ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Sammanthurai DS Division Places mapped inside Sammanthurai DS Division in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals1 - Banks6 - Petrol pumps2 - Hotels1 - Shopping malls1 - Schools25 - Colleges and universities6 - Police stations1 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. ## Quick answers - Where is Sammanthurai DS Division?In Ampara District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Sammanthurai DS Division?Addalaichenai DS Division, Ampara DS Division, Damana DS Division, Irakkamam DS Division, Kalmunai DS Division, Karaitivu DS Division, Navithanveli DS Division, Nintavur DS Division, Sainthamaruthu DS Division and Uhana DS Division - How many villages are in Sammanthurai DS Division?13 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Sammanthurai DS Division?Settlements lie between 3 m and 26 m - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Sammanthurai DS Division?1 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Sammanthurai DS Division?February to March - How many hospitals are in Sammanthurai DS Division?1 mapped - How many banks are in Sammanthurai DS Division?6 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Sammanthurai DS Division?2 mapped - What is the P-code of Sammanthurai DS Division?LK5218 (OCHA common operational dataset)