# Karainagar North West GN division, Karainagar DS Division > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-north-west/ Grama Niladhari division · Karainagar DS Division # Karainagar North West Karainagar North West is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Karainagar DS Division, Jaffna District, Northern Province. It covers **2.52 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 2.5km² - 1mapped services - 9 mtypical elevation ## Where is Karainagar North West? Karainagar North West lies in [Karainagar DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/), [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 3 other GN divisions: [Karainagar Centre](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-centre/), [Karainagar North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-north/) and [Karainagar West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-west/). By area it is the 5783rd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 10.7% of [Karainagar DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/). The centre of Karainagar North West is about 313 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.7524° N, 79.8646° E. Local names: කාරෙයිනගර් වයඹ . 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 Karainagar North West Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Karainagar North West. - Kovalam 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 Karainagar North 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 Karainagar North West Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisonal Hospital - Karainagar · Karainagar East 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.74074&mlon=79.88671#map=17/9.74074/79.88671) Bank People's Bank · Kayts 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.69984&mlon=79.86416#map=17/9.69984/79.86416) ATM BOC · Grand Bazaar 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.66601&mlon=80.01294#map=17/9.66601/80.01294) Petrol pump Lanka IOC · Karainagar East 3.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.73958&mlon=79.88952#map=17/9.73958/79.88952) Hotel Fort Hammenhiel Resort · Karainagar South West 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.71342&mlon=79.85075#map=17/9.71342/79.85075) Mall Nirosh Multicomplex · Mallakam Centre 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.76320&mlon=80.03070#map=17/9.76320/80.03070) School J/Thangodai AMTM School · Karainagar North West 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.74455&mlon=79.86810#map=17/9.74455/79.86810) College Yarlton College · Karainagar West 1.3 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 9.5 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 Karainagar North West Places mapped inside Karainagar North 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 Karainagar DS Division - Karainagar Centre - Karainagar East - Karainagar North - Karainagar North East - Karainagar South - Karainagar South East - Karainagar South West - Karainagar West ## Quick answers - Where is Karainagar North West?In Karainagar DS Division, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Karainagar North West?Karainagar Centre, Karainagar North and Karainagar West - How many villages are in Karainagar North West?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Karainagar North West?January to February - Where is the nearest hospital to Karainagar North West?Divisonal Hospital - Karainagar, about 2.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Karainagar North West?People's Bank, about 5.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Karainagar North West?BOC, about 19 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Karainagar North West?Lanka IOC, about 3.1 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Karainagar North West?LK4104025 (OCHA common operational dataset)