# Alaveddy Centre GN division – Villages, Map & Nearest Services

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/alaveddy-centre/

Grama Niladhari division · Valikamam North (Thllippalai) DS Division 

# Alaveddy Centre

Alaveddy Centre is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Valikamam North (Thllippalai) DS Division, Jaffna District, Northern Province. It covers **1.11 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1.1km²
- 1mapped services

## Where is Alaveddy Centre?

Alaveddy Centre lies in [Valikamam North (Thllippalai) DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/), [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 7 other GN divisions: [Alaveddy East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/alaveddy-east/), [Alaveddy North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/alaveddy-north/), [Alaveddy South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/alaveddy-south/), [Alaveddy West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/alaveddy-west/), [Ganeshwaram](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/ganeshwaram/), [Pannalai](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/pannalai/) and [Thurkkapuram](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/thurkkapuram/). By area it is the 9746th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.8% of [Valikamam North (Thllippalai) DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/jaffna/valikamam-north-thllippalai/). The centre of Alaveddy Centre is about 316 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.7767° N, 80.0098° E. Local names: අලවෙට්ටි මධ්‍යම .

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 Alaveddy Centre 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**.

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- Feb
- Mar
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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 Alaveddy Centre

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Alaveddy Divisional Hospital · Alaveddy South 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.76887&mlon=80.00727#map=17/9.76887/80.00727) 

Bank BOC · Ganeshwaram 0.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.77572&mlon=80.01253#map=17/9.77572/80.01253) 

ATM Bank of Ceylon ATM · Kankesanthurai Centre 5.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.81456&mlon=80.04406#map=17/9.81456/80.04406) 

Petrol pump Ceypetco · Mallakam Centre 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.76296&mlon=80.02964#map=17/9.76296/80.02964) 

Hotel Jaffna Heritage Bungalow · Tellippalai East 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.77602&mlon=80.03035#map=17/9.77602/80.03035) 

Mall Nirosh Multicomplex · Mallakam Centre 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.76320&mlon=80.03070#map=17/9.76320/80.03070) 

School J/Sathanantha Vidyalayam · Alaveddy Centre 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.77303&mlon=80.01119#map=17/9.77303/80.01119) 

College St Henry's College · Illavalai 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.79505&mlon=79.99137#map=17/9.79505/79.99137) 

Police station Tellipalai Police · Thurkkapuram 2.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.77639&mlon=80.03001#map=17/9.77639/80.03001) 

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 Alaveddy Centre

Places mapped inside Alaveddy Centre 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 Valikamam North (Thllippalai) DS Division

- Alaveddy East
- Alaveddy North
- Alaveddy South
- Alaveddy West
- Ganeshwaram
- Ilavalai North
- Ilavalai North West
- Kadduvan
- Kadduvan West
- Kankesanthurai Centre
- Kankesanthurai South
- Kankesanthurai West
- Kollankaladdy
- Kurumbasiddy
- Kurumbasiddy East
- Mallakam Centre
- Mallakam North
- Mallakam South
- Maviddapuram
- Maviddapuram South
- Myliddy North
- Myliddythurai North
- Myliddythurai South
- Naguleswaram
- Palai Veemankamam North
- Palai Veemankamam South
- Palaly East
- Palaly North
- Palaly North West
- Palaly South
- Palaly West
- Pannalai
- Tellippalai
- Tellippalai East
- Thanthai Selvapuram
- Theiyiddy East
- Theiyiddy North
- Theiyiddy South
- Thenmylai
- Thurkkapuram
- Varuthalaivilan
- Vasavilan East
- Vasavilan West
- Vithakapuram

## Quick answers

- Where is Alaveddy Centre?In Valikamam North (Thllippalai) DS Division, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Alaveddy Centre?Alaveddy East, Alaveddy North, Alaveddy South, Alaveddy West, Ganeshwaram, Pannalai and Thurkkapuram
- What is the best time to visit Alaveddy Centre?January to February
- Where is the nearest hospital to Alaveddy Centre?Alaveddy Divisional Hospital, about 0.9 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Alaveddy Centre?BOC, about 0.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Alaveddy Centre?Bank of Ceylon ATM, about 5.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Alaveddy Centre?Ceypetco, about 2.7 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Alaveddy Centre?LK4112025 (OCHA common operational dataset)
