# Vattakandal GN division, Vanathavilluwa DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/vanathavilluwa/vattakandal/ Grama Niladhari division · Vanathavilluwa DS Division # Vattakandal Vattakandal is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Vanathavilluwa DS Division, Puttalam District, North Western Province. It covers **9.66 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 9.7km² - 9 mtypical elevation ## Where is Vattakandal? Vattakandal lies in [Vanathavilluwa DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/vanathavilluwa/), [Puttalam District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/), [North Western Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 4 other GN divisions: [Karadipuwal](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/vanathavilluwa/karadipuwal/), [Mailankulama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/vanathavilluwa/mailankulama/), [Manalthivu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/puttalam/manalthivu/) and [Samagipura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/vanathavilluwa/samagipura/). By area it is the 1272nd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.3% of [Vanathavilluwa DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/north-western/puttalam/vanathavilluwa/). The centre of Vattakandal is about 131 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 8.1093° N, 79.8503° E. Local names: වට්ටකණ්ඩල් . 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 Vattakandal Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Vattakandal. - Ambalam Vattakandal - Vidatamunai 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). ## Landscape and landmarks of Vattakandal Named natural and historic features inside Vattakandal, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 reservoir or tank. - Ambalam Wewa ### Estates 1 estate. - Karadipuval 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 Vattakandal and the best time to visit Using the climate of Puttalam District, the warmest month is Apr (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 1,295 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (247 mm) and the driest Jul (34 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to February and June to September**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 56 Feb 26 47 Mar 28 76 Apr 29 145 May 28 110 Jun 28 44 Jul 27 34 Aug 27 51 Sep 27 87 Oct 27 227 Nov 26 247 Dec 26 171 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Vattakandal Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Kuwait Hospital · Puttalam East 6.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.05083&mlon=79.83573#map=17/8.05083/79.83573) Bank BOC · Puttalam South 9.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.02926&mlon=79.83301#map=17/8.02926/79.83301) ATM HNB · Puttalam South 9.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.02780&mlon=79.83050#map=17/8.02780/79.83050) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Thiladiya 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.00630&mlon=79.83854#map=17/8.00630/79.83854) Hotel Cloud Nine Wilpattu · Samagipura 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.13028&mlon=79.83832#map=17/8.13028/79.83832) Mall Zara Textiles Pvt Limited Puttalam · Periyapalli Kudiyiruppuwa 9.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.03190&mlon=79.82804#map=17/8.03190/79.82804) School President's Science College · Pudukudirippuwa 7.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.04149&mlon=79.82811#map=17/8.04149/79.82811) College Puttalam Zahira · Manalthivu 6.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.05303&mlon=79.82908#map=17/8.05303/79.82908) Police station Police Station-Puttalam · Puttalam South 8.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.03035&mlon=79.83466#map=17/8.03035/79.83466) 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 Vanathavilluwa DS Division - Aluth Eluwankulama - Bandaranayakapura - Karadipuwal - Karathivu North - Karathivu South - Mailankulama - Mangala Pura - Parana Eluwankulama - Pukkulama - Ralmaduwa - Samagipura - Serakkuliya - Vanathavilluwa North - Vanathavilluwa South - Wijayapura East - Wijayapura West ## Quick answers - Where is Vattakandal?In Vanathavilluwa DS Division, Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Vattakandal?Karadipuwal, Mailankulama, Manalthivu and Samagipura - How many villages are in Vattakandal?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Vattakandal?1 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Vattakandal?January to February and June to September - Where is the nearest hospital to Vattakandal?Kuwait Hospital, about 6.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Vattakandal?BOC, about 9.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Vattakandal?HNB, about 9.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Vattakandal?Ceypetco, about 12 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Vattakandal?LK6206080 (OCHA common operational dataset)