# Gopalapuram GN division, Kuchchaweli DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kuchchaweli/gopalapuram/ Grama Niladhari division · Kuchchaweli DS Division # Gopalapuram Gopalapuram is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Kuchchaweli DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. It covers **2.16 km²**. Open map data shows 49 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 2.2km² - 49mapped services ## Where is Gopalapuram? Gopalapuram lies in [Kuchchaweli DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kuchchaweli/), [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 2 other GN divisions: [Nilaveli](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kuchchaweli/nilaveli/) and [Vallaiyoothu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kuchchaweli/vallaiyoothu/). By area it is the 6560th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.5% of [Kuchchaweli DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kuchchaweli/). The centre of Gopalapuram is about 245 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 8.6981° N, 81.1869° E. Local names: ගෝපාලපුරම් . 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 Gopalapuram Named natural and historic features inside Gopalapuram, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 1 estate. - Medway 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 Gopalapuram 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 Gopalapuram Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisional · Nilaveli 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.68095&mlon=81.19366#map=17/8.68095/81.19366) Bank Bank of Ceylon · Nilaveli 2.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.67988&mlon=81.19503#map=17/8.67988/81.19503) ATM People's Bank · Abayapura 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58741&mlon=81.21478#map=17/8.58741/81.21478) Petrol pump Lanka Fuel Mart · Vallaiyoothu 2.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.72019&mlon=81.17469#map=17/8.72019/81.17469) Hotel Pearl inn green · Gopalapuram 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.69596&mlon=81.18972#map=17/8.69596/81.18972) Mall Fernandos beach market · Uppuveli 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.61353&mlon=81.21796#map=17/8.61353/81.21796) School T/Gopalapuram GTMS · Gopalapuram 0.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.69769&mlon=81.18776#map=17/8.69769/81.18776) College Languages and Communication studies -Trincomalee Campus · Nilaveli 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.68347&mlon=81.19061#map=17/8.68347/81.19061) Police station Uppuveli Police Station · Jinnanagar 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.59372&mlon=81.21747#map=17/8.59372/81.21747) 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 Gopalapuram Places mapped inside Gopalapuram in open map data, by type. - Hotels26 - Schools1 - Restaurants22 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 Kuchchaweli DS Division - Cassimnagar - Iqbalnagar - Irakkandy - Iranaikerni - Jayanagar - Kaddukulam - Kallampattu - Kuchchaveli - Kumburupiddy East - Kumburupiddy North - Kumburupiddy South - Nilaveli - Periyakulam - Pulmoddai Division No. 1 - Pulmoddai Division No. 2 - Pulmoddai Division No. 3 - Pulmoddai Division No. 4 - Senthoor - Thennamaranvadiya - Thiriyaya - Vallaiyoothu - Veerancholai - Veloor ## Quick answers - Where is Gopalapuram?In Kuchchaweli DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Gopalapuram?Nilaveli and Vallaiyoothu - What is the best time to visit Gopalapuram?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Gopalapuram?Divisional, about 2.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Gopalapuram?Bank of Ceylon, about 2.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Gopalapuram?People's Bank, about 13 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Gopalapuram?Lanka Fuel Mart, about 2.8 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Gopalapuram?LK5306100 (OCHA common operational dataset)