# Poompuhar GN division, Town & Gravets DS Division – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/poompuhar/

Grama Niladhari division · Town & Gravets DS Division 

# Poompuhar

Poompuhar is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Town & Gravets DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. It covers **0.75 km²**. Open map data shows 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 0.8km²
- 2mapped services

## Where is Poompuhar?

Poompuhar lies in [Town & Gravets DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/), [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 5 other GN divisions: [Chinabay](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/chinabay/), [Kovilady](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/kovilady/), [Mudcove](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/mudcove/), [Palaiyoottu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/palaiyoottu/) and [Singhapura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/singhapura/). By area it is the 11225th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.6% of [Town & Gravets DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/). The centre of Poompuhar is about 236 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. It is about 2.9 km from Trincomalee, the main town of Town & Gravets DS Division. The centre point is at 8.5795° N, 81.2025° E. Local names: පුම්බුහාර් .

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 Poompuhar 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 Poompuhar

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Hymavathie Hospital · Anpuvalipuram 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58718&mlon=81.20746#map=17/8.58718/81.20746) 

Bank People's Bank Regional Office · Abayapura 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58772&mlon=81.21472#map=17/8.58772/81.21472) 

ATM People's Bank · Abayapura 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58741&mlon=81.21478#map=17/8.58741/81.21478) 

Petrol pump Lanka IOC · Linganagar 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58515&mlon=81.21794#map=17/8.58515/81.21794) 

Hotel Prasanna Guest House · Palaiyoottu 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58583&mlon=81.20866#map=17/8.58583/81.20866) 

Mall Cargills Food City · Sivapuri 2.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.57754&mlon=81.22803#map=17/8.57754/81.22803) 

School St Loudres RCV · Poompuhar 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.57997&mlon=81.20403#map=17/8.57997/81.20403) 

College Technical College · Mihindupura 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.59287&mlon=81.20125#map=17/8.59287/81.20125) 

Police station Police Station · Abayapura 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.59162&mlon=81.21663#map=17/8.59162/81.21663) 

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 Poompuhar

Places mapped inside Poompuhar in open map data, by type.

- Schools2

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 Town & Gravets DS Division

- Abayapura
- Andankulam
- Anpuvalipuram
- Arasadi
- Arunagirinagar
- Chinabay
- Eluppaikulam
- Jinnanagar
- Kanniya
- Kappalthurai
- Kawattikuda
- Kovilady
- Linganagar
- Manayaveli
- Mankaiyoottu
- Mihindupura
- Mudcove
- Murugapuri
- Muththunagar
- Nachchikuda
- Orr's Hill
- Palaiyoottu
- Pattanatheru
- Peeliyady
- Peruntheru
- Puliyankulam
- Salli
- Sampalthivu
- Selvanayahapuram
- Singhapura
- Sivapuri
- Sonagavadi
- Sumedhankarapura
- Thillainagar
- Thirukkadaloor
- Uppuveli
- Varodayanagar
- Villundy
- Wellaimanal
- Welveri
- Wilgama

## Quick answers

- Where is Poompuhar?In Town & Gravets DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Poompuhar?Chinabay, Kovilady, Mudcove, Palaiyoottu and Singhapura
- What is the best time to visit Poompuhar?February to March
- Where is the nearest hospital to Poompuhar?Hymavathie Hospital, about 1.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Poompuhar?People's Bank Regional Office, about 1.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Poompuhar?People's Bank, about 1.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Poompuhar?Lanka IOC, about 1.8 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Poompuhar?LK5315140 (OCHA common operational dataset)