# Kovilkulam GN division, Manmunai Pattu DS Division – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/kovilkulam/

Grama Niladhari division · Manmunai Pattu DS Division 

# Kovilkulam

Kovilkulam is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Manmunai Pattu DS Division, Batticaloa District, Eastern Province. It covers **0.46 km²**.

- 0.5km²

## Where is Kovilkulam?

Kovilkulam lies in [Manmunai Pattu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/), [Batticaloa District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/), [Eastern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 4 other GN divisions: [Arayampathy South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/arayampathy-south/), [Rajadurai Gramam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/rajadurai-gramam/), [Selvanagar](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/selvanagar/) and [Thalankudah](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/thalankudah/). By area it is the 12630th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.8% of [Manmunai Pattu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/). The centre of Kovilkulam is about 223 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.6609° N, 81.7379° E. Local names: කෝවිල්කුලම් .

Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka).

## Weather in Kovilkulam and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Batticaloa District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 1,664 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Dec (331 mm) and the driest Jun (35 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **February to March**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
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- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 25 152 

Feb 26 113 

Mar 27 86 

Apr 28 120 

May 29 106 

Jun 28 35 

Jul 28 37 

Aug 29 50 

Sep 29 80 

Oct 28 222 

Nov 26 331 

Dec 25 331 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Kovilkulam

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Hospital Arayampathy Hospital · Arayampathy East 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.67319&mlon=81.73446#map=17/7.67319/81.73446) 

Bank Commercial Bank ATM · Selvanagar 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.65819&mlon=81.74074#map=17/7.65819/81.74074) 

ATM Peoples Bank ATM · Vantharumoolai West 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.79463&mlon=81.58001#map=17/7.79463/81.58001) 

Petrol pump Co-op Petrol Station · Arayampathy East 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.67142&mlon=81.73462#map=17/7.67142/81.73462) 

Hotel Hotel Beachway · Kattankudy Division 3 East 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.68170&mlon=81.73177#map=17/7.68170/81.73177) 

Mall Soft Magic Kalmunai · LK5221215 29 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.41406&mlon=81.82716#map=17/7.41406/81.82716) 

School BT/ Arayampathy Maha Vid · Arayampathy Central 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.66894&mlon=81.73473#map=17/7.66894/81.73473) 

College ATI Batticaloa · Selvanagar 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.65768&mlon=81.74084#map=17/7.65768/81.74084) 

Police station Police post · Kokkadicholai 5.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.61708&mlon=81.71337#map=17/7.61708/81.71337) 

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 Manmunai Pattu DS Division

- Arayampathy 1
- Arayampathy 2
- Arayampathy 3
- Arayampathy Central
- Arayampathy East
- Arayampathy North
- Arayampathy South
- Arayampathy West
- Kankeyanodai
- Kankeyanodai South
- Kirankulam
- Kirankulam Central
- Kirankulam North
- Kirankulam South
- LK5127018
- Manmunai
- Mavilankanthurai
- Ollikulam
- Palamunai
- Puthukudiyiruppu
- Puthukudiyiruppu North
- Puthukudiyiruppu South
- Rajadurai Gramam
- Selvanagar
- Selvanagar East
- Thalankudah
- Vedarkudiyiruppu

## Quick answers

- Where is Kovilkulam?In Manmunai Pattu DS Division, Batticaloa District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Kovilkulam?Arayampathy South, Rajadurai Gramam, Selvanagar and Thalankudah
- What is the best time to visit Kovilkulam?February to March
- Where is the nearest hospital to Kovilkulam?Arayampathy Hospital, about 1.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Kovilkulam?Commercial Bank ATM, about 0.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Kovilkulam?Peoples Bank ATM, about 23 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Kovilkulam?Co-op Petrol Station, about 1.2 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Kovilkulam?LK5127095 (OCHA common operational dataset)