# Thevanpiddy GN division, Manthai West DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/thevanpiddy/ Grama Niladhari division · Manthai West DS Division # Thevanpiddy Thevanpiddy is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Manthai West DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province. It covers **5.56 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 5.6km² - 5 mtypical elevation ## Where is Thevanpiddy? Thevanpiddy 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 2 other GN divisions: [Mulankavil](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/kilinochchi/poonakary/mulankavil/) and [Vellankulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/vellankulam/). By area it is the 2582nd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.9% of [Manthai West DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/manthai-west/). The centre of Thevanpiddy is about 253 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.1959° N, 80.1152° E. Local names: තේවන්පිට්ටි . 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 Thevanpiddy Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Thevanpiddy. - Thevampiddy - Vellaimunthal - Vellankulam 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 Thevanpiddy Named natural and historic features inside Thevanpiddy, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 reservoir or tank. - Putu 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 Thevanpiddy 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 Thevanpiddy Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Base Hospital Mulankavil · Mulankavil 6.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.24369&mlon=80.14288#map=17/9.24369/80.14288) Bank BOC Mulankavil · Kariyalainagapaduvan 7.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.25797&mlon=80.14324#map=17/9.25797/80.14324) ATM HNB · Anandapuram 38 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.37266&mlon=80.40931#map=17/9.37266/80.40931) Petrol pump Poonakary MPCS · Mulankavil 7.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.25759&mlon=80.14253#map=17/9.25759/80.14253) Hotel Green line guest house and restaurant · Paliaru 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.15438&mlon=80.11593#map=17/9.15438/80.11593) School Mn/Vellankulam GTMS · Vellankulam 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.18385&mlon=80.12607#map=17/9.18385/80.12607) College Thakshila Educational Institute · Paliaru 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.10210&mlon=80.15625#map=17/9.10210/80.15625) Police station Nachchikuda Police Station · Jeyapuram North 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.31240&mlon=80.15989#map=17/9.31240/80.15989) 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 - Minnukkan - Nedunkandal - Palaiperumalkaddu - Palaiyadiputhukulam - Paliaru - Palikuli - Pallamadhu - Pappamoddai - Parappukadanthan East - Parappukadanthan West - Periyamadhu East - Periyamadhu West - Sornapuri - Vaddakandal - Veddayarmurrippu - Vellankulam - Vidathaltheevu Central - Vidathaltheevu East - Vidathaltheevu North - Vidathaltheevu West ## Quick answers - Where is Thevanpiddy?In Manthai West DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Thevanpiddy?Mulankavil and Vellankulam - How many villages are in Thevanpiddy?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Thevanpiddy?1 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Thevanpiddy?January to February - Where is the nearest hospital to Thevanpiddy?Base Hospital Mulankavil, about 6.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Thevanpiddy?BOC Mulankavil, about 7.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Thevanpiddy?HNB, about 38 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Thevanpiddy?Poonakary MPCS, about 7.5 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Thevanpiddy?LK4206005 (OCHA common operational dataset)