# Thekkam GN division, Madhu DS Division, Mannar District

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/madhu/thekkam/

Grama Niladhari division · Madhu DS Division 

# Thekkam

Thekkam is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Madhu DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province. It covers **2.96 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 3.0km²
- 1mapped services

## Where is Thekkam?

Thekkam lies in [Madhu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/madhu/), [Mannar District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/), [Northern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 5 other GN divisions: [Madhu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/madhu/madhu/), [Mathakiramam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/madhu/mathakiramam/), [Pannavedduvan](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/madhu/pannavedduvan/), [Periyakaddu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/vavuniya/vengalacheddikulam/periyakaddu/) and [Poomalarnthan](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/madhu/poomalarnthan/). By area it is the 5015th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.5% of [Madhu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/madhu/). The centre of Thekkam is about 206 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 8.7603° N, 80.1699° E. Local names: තෙක්කාම් .

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 Thekkam and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Mannar District, the warmest month is Apr (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 1,093 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (269 mm) and the driest Jun (14 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 25 53 

Feb 26 40 

Mar 28 45 

Apr 29 88 

May 29 75 

Jun 29 14 

Jul 28 17 

Aug 28 39 

Sep 28 58 

Oct 28 199 

Nov 27 269 

Dec 26 196 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Thekkam

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Divisional Hospital Murunkan · Murunkan 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.83663&mlon=80.03778#map=17/8.83663/80.03778) 

Bank BOC · Cheddikulam 20 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.65203&mlon=80.31476#map=17/8.65203/80.31476) 

Petrol pump Ceypetco · Poomalarnthan 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.77035&mlon=80.15428#map=17/8.77035/80.15428) 

Hotel Luvero Shade Inn · Poomalarnthan 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.76891&mlon=80.15643#map=17/8.76891/80.15643) 

School Mn/Sinhala Maha Vidyalayam · Poomalarnthan 3.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.77608&mlon=80.14528#map=17/8.77608/80.14528) 

College Department of ICT - FOT ,University of Vavuniya · Salambaikkulam 25 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.75451&mlon=80.39968#map=17/8.75451/80.39968) 

Police station Parayanalankulam Police Station · Periyakaddu 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.74744&mlon=80.18613#map=17/8.74744/80.18613) 

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 Thekkam

Places mapped inside Thekkam in open map data, by type.

- Restaurants1

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 Madhu DS Division

- Iranailluppaikulam
- Kakkayankulam East
- Kakkayankulam West
- Kalmadu
- Keerisuddan
- Madhu
- Maluvarayarkaddayadampan
- Mathakiramam
- Palampiddy
- Pannavedduvan
- Parasankulam
- Periya-Pandivirichchan East
- Periya-Pandivirichchan West
- Periyamurippu
- Poomalarnthan
- Vilathikulam

## Quick answers

- Where is Thekkam?In Madhu DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Thekkam?Madhu, Mathakiramam, Pannavedduvan, Periyakaddu and Poomalarnthan
- What is the best time to visit Thekkam?January to February
- Where is the nearest hospital to Thekkam?Divisional Hospital Murunkan, about 17 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Thekkam?BOC, about 20 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Thekkam?Ceypetco, about 2.1 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Thekkam?LK4209070 (OCHA common operational dataset)