# Palamunai GN division, Manmunai Pattu DS Division – Villages

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

Grama Niladhari division · Manmunai Pattu DS Division 

# Palamunai

Palamunai is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Manmunai Pattu DS Division, Batticaloa District, Eastern Province. It covers **1.61 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here.

- 1.6km²
- 7 mtypical elevation

## Where is Palamunai?

Palamunai 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 3 other GN divisions: [Selvanagar](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/selvanagar/), [Selvanagar East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/selvanagar-east/) and [Vedarkudiyiruppu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/vedarkudiyiruppu/). By area it is the 8014th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 6.3% of [Manmunai Pattu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/batticaloa/manmunai-pattu/). The centre of Palamunai is about 225 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.6611° N, 81.7504° E. Local names: පාලමුණෙයි .

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 Palamunai

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Palamunai.

- Palamunai

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 Palamunai 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
- Oct
- 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 Palamunai

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Arayampathy Hospital · Arayampathy East 2.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.67319&mlon=81.73446#map=17/7.67319/81.73446) 

Bank Commercial Bank ATM · Selvanagar 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.65819&mlon=81.74074#map=17/7.65819/81.74074) 

ATM Peoples Bank ATM · Vantharumoolai West 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.79463&mlon=81.58001#map=17/7.79463/81.58001) 

Petrol pump Ceypetco · Vedarkudiyiruppu 1.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.65006&mlon=81.74545#map=17/7.65006/81.74545) 

Hotel Hotel Beachway · Kattankudy Division 3 East 3.1 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 1.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.66894&mlon=81.73473#map=17/7.66894/81.73473) 

College Batticaloa National College of Education · Selvanagar 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.65456&mlon=81.74292#map=17/7.65456/81.74292) 

Police station Police post · Kokkadicholai 6.4 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
- Kovilkulam
- LK5127018
- Manmunai
- Mavilankanthurai
- Ollikulam
- Puthukudiyiruppu
- Puthukudiyiruppu North
- Puthukudiyiruppu South
- Rajadurai Gramam
- Selvanagar
- Selvanagar East
- Thalankudah
- Vedarkudiyiruppu

## Quick answers

- Where is Palamunai?In Manmunai Pattu DS Division, Batticaloa District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Palamunai?Selvanagar, Selvanagar East and Vedarkudiyiruppu
- How many villages are in Palamunai?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Palamunai?February to March
- Where is the nearest hospital to Palamunai?Arayampathy Hospital, about 2.2 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Palamunai?Commercial Bank ATM, about 1.1 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Palamunai?Peoples Bank ATM, about 24 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Palamunai?Ceypetco, about 1.3 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Palamunai?LK5127040 (OCHA common operational dataset)