# Vankalai East GN division, Nanaddan DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/nanaddan/vankalai-east/ Grama Niladhari division · Nanaddan DS Division # Vankalai East Vankalai East is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Nanaddan DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province. It covers **5.58 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 5.6km² - 1mapped services ## Where is Vankalai East? Vankalai East lies in [Nanaddan DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/nanaddan/), [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 6 other GN divisions: [Kallikattaikadu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/kallikattaikadu/), [Nagathalvu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/nagathalvu/), [Puthukkamam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/mannar-town/puthukkamam/), [Thomaspuri](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/nanaddan/thomaspuri/), [Vankalai North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/nanaddan/vankalai-north/) and [Vankalai West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/nanaddan/vankalai-west/). By area it is the 2563rd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 3.8% of [Nanaddan DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mannar/nanaddan/). The centre of Vankalai East is about 220 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 8.9122° N, 79.9403° E. Local names: වන්කාලෙයි නැගෙනහි . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Landscape and landmarks of Vankalai East Named natural and historic features inside Vankalai East, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Getting around 1 railway halt. - Thirukethiswaram 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 Vankalai East 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 Vankalai East Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Vankalai Hospital Complex · Thomaspuri 2.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.89214&mlon=79.93511#map=17/8.89214/79.93511) Bank People's Bank · Uppukulam South 7.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.97712&mlon=79.91488#map=17/8.97712/79.91488) Petrol pump N. Shanmugakumaran · Nagathalvu 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.92000&mlon=79.94603#map=17/8.92000/79.94603) Hotel Mannar Guest House · Uppukulam South 8.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.97990&mlon=79.91571#map=17/8.97990/79.91571) School St.Anne's College · Vankalai East 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=8.89410&mlon=79.93392#map=17/8.89410/79.93392) College Thakshila Educational Institute · Paliaru 32 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.10210&mlon=80.15625#map=17/9.10210/80.15625) Police station Silawaththai Police · Chilavathurai 18 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 Vankalai East Places mapped inside Vankalai East 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 Nanaddan DS Division - Achchankulam - Aththikkuli - Cheddiyar Mahankaddai Adampan - Chemmantheevu - Chundikkuli - Ilahadipiddy - Ilanthaimoddai - Iraddaikkulam - Issaimalaithalvu - Kalimoddai Puliyankulam - Kanchithalvu - Katkidanthakulam - Moddaikadai - Murunkan - Nanattan - Naruvilikkulam - Pallankoddai - Parikarikandal - Periyakaddaikadu - Pontheevukandal - Puthirarkandan - Rasamadhu - Razoolputhuveli - Sirukkandal - Thomaspuri - Umanagari - Valkkaipettankandal - Vanchiyankulam - Vankalai North - Vankalai West ## Quick answers - Where is Vankalai East?In Nanaddan DS Division, Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Vankalai East?Kallikattaikadu, Nagathalvu, Puthukkamam, Thomaspuri, Vankalai North and Vankalai West - What is the best time to visit Vankalai East?January to February - Where is the nearest hospital to Vankalai East?Vankalai Hospital Complex, about 2.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Vankalai East?People's Bank, about 7.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Vankalai East?N. Shanmugakumaran, about 1.1 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Vankalai East?LK4212015 (OCHA common operational dataset)