# Karainagar North GN division, Karainagar DS Division > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-north/ Grama Niladhari division · Karainagar DS Division # Karainagar North Karainagar North is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Karainagar DS Division, Jaffna District, Northern Province. It covers **1.73 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1.7km² - 1mapped services ## Where is Karainagar North? Karainagar North 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 5 other GN divisions: [Karainagar Centre](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-centre/), [Karainagar East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-east/), [Karainagar North East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-north-east/), [Karainagar North West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-north-west/) and [Karainagar West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/karainagar-west/). By area it is the 7639th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 7.3% of [Karainagar DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/karainagar/). The centre of Karainagar North is about 313 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.7533° N, 79.8802° E. Local names: කාරෙයිනගර් උතුර . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Weather in Karainagar North 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 Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisonal Hospital - Karainagar · Karainagar East 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.74074&mlon=79.88671#map=17/9.74074/79.88671) Bank People's Bank · Kayts 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.69984&mlon=79.86416#map=17/9.69984/79.86416) ATM BOC · Grand Bazaar 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.66601&mlon=80.01294#map=17/9.66601/80.01294) Petrol pump Lanka IOC · Karainagar East 1.8 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 5.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.71342&mlon=79.85075#map=17/9.71342/79.85075) Mall Nirosh Multicomplex · Mallakam Centre 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.76320&mlon=80.03070#map=17/9.76320/80.03070) School J/Karai Meigandan Vidyalayam · Karainagar North 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.74982&mlon=79.87516#map=17/9.74982/79.87516) College Yarlton College · Karainagar West 1.4 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 7.9 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 Places mapped inside Karainagar North 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 East - Karainagar North West - Karainagar South - Karainagar South East - Karainagar South West - Karainagar West ## Quick answers - Where is Karainagar North?In Karainagar DS Division, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Karainagar North?Karainagar Centre, Karainagar East, Karainagar North East, Karainagar North West and Karainagar West - What is the best time to visit Karainagar North?January to February - Where is the nearest hospital to Karainagar North?Divisonal Hospital - Karainagar, about 1.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Karainagar North?People's Bank, about 6.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Karainagar North?BOC, about 17 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Karainagar North?Lanka IOC, about 1.8 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Karainagar North?LK4104005 (OCHA common operational dataset)