# Delft West GN division, Delft DS Division, Jaffna District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/delft/delft-west/ Grama Niladhari division · Delft DS Division # Delft West Delft West is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Delft DS Division, Jaffna District, Northern Province. It covers **9.23 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 9.2km² - 1mapped services - 5 mtypical elevation ## Where is Delft West? Delft West lies in [Delft DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/delft/), [Jaffna District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/), [Northern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 2 other GN divisions: [Delft Centre West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/delft/delft-centre-west/) and [Delft South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/delft/delft-south/). By area it is the 1349th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 19.1% of [Delft DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/delft/). The centre of Delft West is about 290 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.5361° N, 79.6670° E. Local names: ඩෙල්ෆ් බටහිර . 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 Delft West Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Delft West. - Anangkani - Delft West - Panakani - Pumunai 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 Delft West and the best time to visit Using the climate of Jaffna District, the warmest month is Apr (average 30 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 1,144 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (293 mm) and the driest Jun (21 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to February**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 26 45 Feb 27 33 Mar 28 39 Apr 30 75 May 30 78 Jun 29 21 Jul 29 24 Aug 29 50 Sep 28 73 Oct 28 210 Nov 27 293 Dec 26 202 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Delft West Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Hospital · Delft Centre West 3.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.52690&mlon=79.70000#map=17/9.52690/79.70000) Bank Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC · Velanai East Centre 28 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.63742&mlon=79.90167#map=17/9.63742/79.90167) ATM Bank of Ceylon · Delft Centre East 5.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.52766&mlon=79.71170#map=17/9.52766/79.71170) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Pungudutivu South West 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.59616&mlon=79.79349#map=17/9.59616/79.79349) Hotel John mary · Delft Centre 4.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.52816&mlon=79.70424#map=17/9.52816/79.70424) School J/Saivapragasa Vidyalayam · Delft South 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.52548&mlon=79.66587#map=17/9.52548/79.66587) College Yarlton College · Karainagar West 32 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.74336&mlon=79.87196#map=17/9.74336/79.87196) Police station Vaddukoddai Pollice Station · Vadducoddai South West 37 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.72844&mlon=79.94774#map=17/9.72844/79.94774) 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 Delft West Places mapped inside Delft West in open map data, by type. - Schools1 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 Delft DS Division - Delft Centre - Delft Centre East - Delft Centre West - Delft East - Delft South ## Quick answers - Where is Delft West?In Delft DS Division, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Delft West?Delft Centre West and Delft South - How many villages are in Delft West?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Delft West?January to February - Where is the nearest hospital to Delft West?Hospital, about 3.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Delft West?Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, about 28 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Delft West?Bank of Ceylon, about 5.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Delft West?Ceypetco, about 15 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Delft West?LK4142005 (OCHA common operational dataset)