# Welveri GN division, Town & Gravets DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/welveri/ Grama Niladhari division · Town & Gravets DS Division # Welveri Welveri is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Town & Gravets DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. It covers **16.9 km²**. - 16.9km² ## Where is Welveri? Welveri 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 6 other GN divisions: [Galmetiyawa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/thambalagamuwa/galmetiyawa-north/), [Kanniya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/kanniya/), [Kithuluthuwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/morawewa/kithuluthuwa/), [Muththunagar](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/muththunagar/), [Nilaveli](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/kuchchaweli/nilaveli/) and [Wilgama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/wilgama/). By area it is the 618th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 13.0% of [Town & Gravets DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/eastern/trincomalee/town-gravets/). The centre of Welveri is about 235 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. It is about 10.0 km from Trincomalee, the main town of Town & Gravets DS Division. The centre point is at 8.6173° N, 81.1474° E. Local names: වෙල්වේරි . 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 Welveri Named natural and historic features inside Welveri, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 3 reservoirs and tanks; 1 river or stream. - Iratai Kulam - Kittiluttu Aru - Maraiarin Kulam - Velveri Kulam ### History 1 ruin. - Nandanar Kovil 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 Welveri 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 Welveri Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Hymavathie Hospital · Anpuvalipuram 7.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58718&mlon=81.20746#map=17/8.58718/81.20746) Bank HNB Bank Uppuveli · Uppuveli 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.60456&mlon=81.21682#map=17/8.60456/81.21682) ATM People's Bank · Abayapura 8.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.58741&mlon=81.21478#map=17/8.58741/81.21478) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Eluppaikulam 6.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.62796&mlon=81.20488#map=17/8.62796/81.20488) Hotel Hotwell resort in kanniya · Kanniya 3.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.60473&mlon=81.17137#map=17/8.60473/81.17137) Mall Fernandos beach market · Uppuveli 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.61353&mlon=81.21796#map=17/8.61353/81.21796) School Annewill Pre-School & Academy · Varodayanagar 5.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.60046&mlon=81.19184#map=17/8.60046/81.19184) College ATI-Trincomalee · Varodayanagar 5.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.60023&mlon=81.19865#map=17/8.60023/81.19865) Police station Police Station · Abayapura 8.1 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. ## 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 - Uppuveli - Varodayanagar - Villundy - Wellaimanal - Wilgama ## Quick answers - Where is Welveri?In Town & Gravets DS Division, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Welveri?Galmetiyawa North, Kanniya, Kithuluthuwa, Muththunagar, Nilaveli and Wilgama - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Welveri?3 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Welveri?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Welveri?Hymavathie Hospital, about 7.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Welveri?HNB Bank Uppuveli, about 7.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Welveri?People's Bank, about 8.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Welveri?Ceypetco, about 6.4 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Welveri?LK5315010 (OCHA common operational dataset)