# Thalvupadu GN division, Mannar Town DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/thalvupadu/ Grama Niladhari division · Mannar Town DS Division # Thalvupadu Thalvupadu is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Mannar Town DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province. It covers **3.62 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 3.6km² - 3mapped services - 8 mtypical elevation ## Where is Thalvupadu? Thalvupadu lies in [Mannar Town DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/), [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 4 other GN divisions: [Pattithoddam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/pattithoddam/), [Tharapuram East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/tharapuram-east/), [Tharapuram West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/tharapuram-west/) and [Thoddaveli](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/thoddaveli/). By area it is the 4159th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.6% of [Mannar Town DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/). The centre of Thalvupadu is about 229 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 8.9979° N, 79.8670° E. Local names: තාල්වුපාඩු . 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 Thalvupadu Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Thalvupadu. - Talvupadu - Tarakkundu 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 Thalvupadu 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 Thalvupadu Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital District General Hospital - Mannar · Thalvupadu 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.99523&mlon=79.86158#map=17/8.99523/79.86158) Bank People's Bank · Uppukulam South 5.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.97712&mlon=79.91488#map=17/8.97712/79.91488) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Tharapuram East 2.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.00726&mlon=79.88499#map=17/9.00726/79.88499) Hotel Hotel Ahash · Thalvupadu 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.99524&mlon=79.86158#map=17/8.99524/79.86158) School Mn/Punithavalanar RCTMS · Thalvupadu 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.99280&mlon=79.86875#map=17/8.99280/79.86875) College Thakshila Educational Institute · Paliaru 34 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.10210&mlon=80.15625#map=17/9.10210/80.15625) Police station Silawaththai Police · Chilavathurai 30 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.74682&mlon=79.95486#map=17/8.74682/79.95486) 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 Thalvupadu Places mapped inside Thalvupadu in open map data, by type. - Hospitals1 - Hotels1 - 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 Mannar Town DS Division - Eluthur - Emilnagar - Erukkalampiddy Centre - Erukkalampiddy East - Erukkalampiddy North - Erukkalampiddy South - Erukkalampiddy West - Kaddukarankudiyiruppu - Kallikattaikadu - Mathoddam - Moor Street - Nagathalvu - Neelasenai - Olaithoduwai - Pallimunai East - Pallimunai West - Panankaddikoddu East - Panankaddikoddu West - Parappankandal - Pattithoddam - Periyakadai - Periyakarisal - Periyanavatkulam - Pesalai North - Pesalai South - Pesalai West - Pettah - Puthukkamam - Puthukudiyiruppu - Savatkaddu - Sinnakadai - Siruthoppu - Southbar - Talaimannar North - Talaimannar South - Thalaimannar - Thalaimannar Pier East - Thalaimannar Pier West - Tharapuram East - Tharapuram West - Thiruketheeswaram - Thoddaveli - Thullukudiyiruppu - Uppukulam North - Uppukulam South - Uyilankulam - Uyirtharasankulam - Vannamottai ## Quick answers - Where is Thalvupadu?In Mannar Town DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Thalvupadu?Pattithoddam, Tharapuram East, Tharapuram West and Thoddaveli - How many villages are in Thalvupadu?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Thalvupadu?January to February - Where is the nearest hospital to Thalvupadu?District General Hospital - Mannar, about 0.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Thalvupadu?People's Bank, about 5.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Thalvupadu?Ceypetco, about 2.2 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Thalvupadu?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Thalvupadu?LK4203130 (OCHA common operational dataset)