# Ganthalawa Unit 11 GN division, Kantale DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kantale/ganthalawa-unit-11/ Grama Niladhari division · Kantale DS Division # Ganthalawa Unit 11 Ganthalawa Unit 11 is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Kantale DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. It covers **1.05 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 1.1km² - 31 mtypical elevation ## Where is Ganthalawa Unit 11? Ganthalawa Unit 11 lies in [Kantale DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kantale/), [Trincomalee District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/), [Eastern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 3 other GN divisions: [Ganthalawa Unit 12](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kantale/ganthalawa-unit-12/), [Mollipothana](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/thambalagamuwa/mollipothana/) and [Vendrasanpura Unit 16](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kantale/vendrasanpura-unit-16/). By area it is the 9961st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.3% of [Kantale DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kantale/). The centre of Ganthalawa Unit 11 is about 211 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 8.4121° N, 81.0521° E. Local names: ගන්තලාව ඒකක 11 . 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 Ganthalawa Unit 11 Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Ganthalawa Unit 11. - Ganthalawa - Unit Eleven 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 Ganthalawa Unit 11 and the best time to visit Using the climate of Trincomalee District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 1,565 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (327 mm) and the driest Jun (28 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 26 127 Feb 26 93 Mar 28 71 Apr 29 109 May 29 105 Jun 29 28 Jul 29 36 Aug 29 57 Sep 29 80 Oct 28 227 Nov 27 327 Dec 26 304 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Ganthalawa Unit 11 Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Base Hospital - Kanthale · Kantale Town 7.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.36689&mlon=81.00494#map=17/8.36689/81.00494) Bank Bank of Ceylon · Kantale Town 7.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.36109&mlon=81.00512#map=17/8.36109/81.00512) ATM People's Bank · Abayapura 26 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58741&mlon=81.21478#map=17/8.58741/81.21478) Petrol pump 99 Filling Station · Mollipothana North 4.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.45369&mlon=81.06243#map=17/8.45369/81.06243) Hotel Lake Front Rest - Kanthale · Kantale Town 7.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.36715&mlon=80.99867#map=17/8.36715/80.99867) Mall Kinniya Orchid Fashion · Maharoof Gramam 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.48233&mlon=81.16910#map=17/8.48233/81.16910) School T/KIN/Buhary Nager Muslim Maha Vidyalayam, Mullipothana · Mollipothana 2.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.43572&mlon=81.05209#map=17/8.43572/81.05209) College NAMS College of Higher Studies · Kurinchakerny 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.50184&mlon=81.17033#map=17/8.50184/81.17033) Police station Police Station - Agbopura · Agbopura 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.32070&mlon=80.96893#map=17/8.32070/80.96893) 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 Kantale DS Division - Agbopura - Batukachchiya - Bhathiyagama - Ganthalawa Unit 12 - Jayanthipura - Kantale Town - Kantale Town South - Pansalgodella - Peraru East - Peraru Unit 02 - Peraru West - Rajaela Unit 03 - Rajaela Unit 04 - Rajaela Unit 05 - Rajawewa - Seenipura - Sooriyapura - Vendrasanpura Unit 14 - Vendrasanpura Unit 15 - Vendrasanpura Unit 16 - Wanela East - Wanela West ## Quick answers - Where is Ganthalawa Unit 11?In Kantale DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Ganthalawa Unit 11?Ganthalawa Unit 12, Mollipothana and Vendrasanpura Unit 16 - How many villages are in Ganthalawa Unit 11?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Ganthalawa Unit 11?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Ganthalawa Unit 11?Base Hospital - Kanthale, about 7.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Ganthalawa Unit 11?Bank of Ceylon, about 7.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Ganthalawa Unit 11?People's Bank, about 26 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Ganthalawa Unit 11?99 Filling Station, about 4.8 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Ganthalawa Unit 11?LK5321015 (OCHA common operational dataset)