# Uppuveli GN division, Town & Gravets DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/uppuveli/ Grama Niladhari division · Town & Gravets DS Division # Uppuveli Uppuveli is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Town & Gravets DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. It covers **1.28 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 102 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1.3km² - 102mapped services - 9 mtypical elevation ## Where is Uppuveli? Uppuveli 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 4 other GN divisions: [Murugapuri](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/murugapuri/), [Puliyankulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/puliyankulam/), [Salli](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/salli/) and [Varodayanagar](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/varodayanagar/). By area it is the 9086th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.0% of [Town & Gravets DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/). The centre of Uppuveli is about 240 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. It is about 4.0 km from Trincomalee, the main town of Town & Gravets DS Division. The centre point is at 8.6118° N, 81.2176° E. Local names: උප්පුවේලි . 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 Uppuveli Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Uppuveli. - Alles Garden - Challi - Red Bluff 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 Uppuveli 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 Uppuveli Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Hymavathie Hospital · Anpuvalipuram 3.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58718&mlon=81.20746#map=17/8.58718/81.20746) Bank HNB Bank Uppuveli · Uppuveli 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.60456&mlon=81.21682#map=17/8.60456/81.21682) ATM People's Bank · Abayapura 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58741&mlon=81.21478#map=17/8.58741/81.21478) Petrol pump Lanka IOC · Uppuveli 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.61958&mlon=81.21006#map=17/8.61958/81.21006) Hotel Palm Beach Resort Trinco · Uppuveli 0.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.61164&mlon=81.21785#map=17/8.61164/81.21785) Mall Fernandos beach market · Uppuveli 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.61353&mlon=81.21796#map=17/8.61353/81.21796) School Mathumai Amabal School · Uppuveli 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.60827&mlon=81.21701#map=17/8.60827/81.21701) College ATI-Trincomalee · Varodayanagar 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.60023&mlon=81.19865#map=17/8.60023/81.19865) Police station Uppuveli Police Station · Jinnanagar 2.0 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 Uppuveli Places mapped inside Uppuveli in open map data, by type. - Banks1 - Petrol pumps1 - Hotels58 - Shopping malls1 - Schools2 - Pharmacies1 - Restaurants38 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 - Poompuhar - Puliyankulam - Salli - Sampalthivu - Selvanayahapuram - Singhapura - Sivapuri - Sonagavadi - Sumedhankarapura - Thillainagar - Thirukkadaloor - Varodayanagar - Villundy - Wellaimanal - Welveri - Wilgama ## Quick answers - Where is Uppuveli?In Town & Gravets DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Uppuveli?Murugapuri, Puliyankulam, Salli and Varodayanagar - How many villages are in Uppuveli?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Uppuveli?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Uppuveli?Hymavathie Hospital, about 3.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Uppuveli?HNB Bank Uppuveli, about 0.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Uppuveli?People's Bank, about 2.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Uppuveli?Lanka IOC, about 1.2 km from the centre - How many banks are in Uppuveli?1 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Uppuveli?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Uppuveli?LK5315035 (OCHA common operational dataset)