# Kanchirankudah GN division, Tirukkovil DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/tirukkovil/kanchirankudah/ Grama Niladhari division · Tirukkovil DS Division # Kanchirankudah Kanchirankudah is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Tirukkovil DS Division, Ampara District, Eastern Province. It covers **10.6 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 10.6km² - 1mapped services ## Where is Kanchirankudah? Kanchirankudah lies in [Tirukkovil DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/tirukkovil/), [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 4 other GN divisions: [Kanchikudicharu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/tirukkovil/kanchikudicharu/), [Sagamam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/tirukkovil/sagamam/), [Thirukkovil 4](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/tirukkovil/thirukkovil-4/) and [Vinayahapuram 3](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/tirukkovil/vinayahapuram-3/). By area it is the 1123rd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 4.9% of [Tirukkovil DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/ampara/tirukkovil/). The centre of Kanchirankudah is about 217 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.0908° N, 81.8046° E. Local names: කාංචිරංකුඩා . 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 Kanchirankudah Named natural and historic features inside Kanchirankudah, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Rufuskulam Aru 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 Kanchirankudah 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 Kanchirankudah Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Thirukkovil base Hospital · Thirukkovil 2 5.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.11512&mlon=81.85188#map=17/7.11512/81.85188) Bank Hatton National Bank · Thirukkovil 3 6.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.11655&mlon=81.85258#map=17/7.11655/81.85258) ATM People's Bank ATM · Senanayakepura 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29100&mlon=81.67385#map=17/7.29100/81.67385) Petrol pump CO OP Fuel station · Navatkadu 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20833&mlon=81.84905#map=17/7.20833/81.84905) Hotel Hilltop Cabanas · Sangamankanda 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.02688&mlon=81.87638#map=17/7.02688/81.87638) Mall Mega Plaza · Navatkadu 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.20947&mlon=81.84583#map=17/7.20947/81.84583) School Vinayagapuram Shakthy Vidyalayam · Vinayahapuram 1 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.10371&mlon=81.84436#map=17/7.10371/81.84436) College TT Metro Campus · Town Division 01 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.21813&mlon=81.84975#map=17/7.21813/81.84975) Police station Thirukkovil Army Camp · Kanchirankudah 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.09333&mlon=81.82289#map=17/7.09333/81.82289) 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 Kanchirankudah Places mapped inside Kanchirankudah in open map data, by type. - 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. ## Other GN divisions in Tirukkovil DS Division - Kanchikudicharu - Sagamam - Sangamangramam - Thambiluvil 1 - Thambiluvil 1 East - Thambiluvil 1 South - Thambiluvil 1 West - Thambiluvil 2 - Thambiluvil 2 East - Thambiluvil 2 North - Thambiluvil 2 West - Thandiyadi - Thangavelauthapuram - Thirukkovil 1 - Thirukkovil 2 - Thirukkovil 3 - Thirukkovil 4 - Vinayahapuram 1 - Vinayahapuram 2 - Vinayahapuram 3 - Vinayahapuram 4 ## Quick answers - Where is Kanchirankudah?In Tirukkovil DS Division, Ampara District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Kanchirankudah?Kanchikudicharu, Sagamam, Thirukkovil 4 and Vinayahapuram 3 - What is the best time to visit Kanchirankudah?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Kanchirankudah?Thirukkovil base Hospital, about 5.9 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Kanchirankudah?Hatton National Bank, about 6.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Kanchirankudah?People's Bank ATM, about 27 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Kanchirankudah?CO OP Fuel station, about 14 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Kanchirankudah?LK5245085 (OCHA common operational dataset)