# Minnukkan GN division, Manthai West DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/minnukkan/ Grama Niladhari division · Manthai West DS Division # Minnukkan Minnukkan is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Manthai West DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province. It covers **2.31 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 2.3km² - 7 mtypical elevation ## Where is Minnukkan? Minnukkan lies in [Manthai West DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/), [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: [Kannady](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/kannady/), [Maligaithidal](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/maligaithidal/), [Nedunkandal](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/nedunkandal/), [Pappamoddai](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/pappamoddai/) and [Veddayarmurrippu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/veddayarmurrippu/). By area it is the 6213th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.4% of [Manthai West DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/). The centre of Minnukkan is about 226 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 8.9617° N, 80.0063° E. Local names: මිනුක්කන් . 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 Minnukkan Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Minnukkan. - Cheddiyarmakankaddaikadu - Kandal 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). ## Landscape and landmarks of Minnukkan Named natural and historic features inside Minnukkan, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 reservoirs and tanks. - Akattik Kulam - Kilavanakaddu Kulam Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Minnukkan 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 Minnukkan Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisional Hospital Adampan · Adampan 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.94333&mlon=79.99668#map=17/8.94333/79.99668) Bank Bank of Ceylon · Uppukulam South 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.97746&mlon=79.91567#map=17/8.97746/79.91567) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Vidathaltheevu East 7.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.00602&mlon=80.06017#map=17/9.00602/80.06017) Hotel Mannar Guest House · Uppukulam South 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.97990&mlon=79.91571#map=17/8.97990/79.91571) School St Anthony's pre school nedunkandal · Nedunkandal 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.95504&mlon=80.00392#map=17/8.95504/80.00392) College Thakshila Educational Institute · Paliaru 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.10210&mlon=80.15625#map=17/9.10210/80.15625) Police station Silawaththai Police · Chilavathurai 25 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. ## Other GN divisions in Manthai West DS Division - Adampan - Alkaddiveli - Andankulam - Anthoniyarpuram - Aththimoddai - Illupaikadavai - Kalliyadi - Kannady - Karunkandal - Karunkandal Vannakulam - Kaththankulam - Kayanagar - Koorai - Kovilkulam - Maligaithidal - Nedunkandal - Palaiperumalkaddu - Palaiyadiputhukulam - Paliaru - Palikuli - Pallamadhu - Pappamoddai - Parappukadanthan East - Parappukadanthan West - Periyamadhu East - Periyamadhu West - Sornapuri - Thevanpiddy - Vaddakandal - Veddayarmurrippu - Vellankulam - Vidathaltheevu Central - Vidathaltheevu East - Vidathaltheevu North - Vidathaltheevu West ## Quick answers - Where is Minnukkan?In Manthai West DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Minnukkan?Kannady, Maligaithidal, Nedunkandal, Pappamoddai and Veddayarmurrippu - How many villages are in Minnukkan?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Minnukkan?2 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Minnukkan?January to February - Where is the nearest hospital to Minnukkan?Divisional Hospital Adampan, about 2.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Minnukkan?Bank of Ceylon, about 10 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Minnukkan?Ceypetco, about 7.7 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Minnukkan?LK4206110 (OCHA common operational dataset)