# Pandiyankulam GN division, Manthai East DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/pandiyankulam/ Grama Niladhari division · Manthai East DS Division # Pandiyankulam Pandiyankulam is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Manthai East DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. It covers **4.29 km²**. Open map data shows 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 4.3km² - 2mapped services ## Where is Pandiyankulam? Pandiyankulam lies in [Manthai East DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/), [Mullaitivu District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/), [Northern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 6 other GN divisions: [Karumpulliyan](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/karumpulliyan/), [Naddankandal](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/naddankandal/), [Palinagar](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/palinagar/), [Selvapuram](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/selvapuram/), [Sivapuram](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/sivapuram/) and [Yogapuram East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/yogapuram-east/). By area it is the 3488th largest of 13,978 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.9% of [Manthai East DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/). The centre of Pandiyankulam is about 244 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.0792° N, 80.3078° E. Local names: පාන්ඩියම්කුලම් . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## Know before you go: Pandiyankulam - Time zoneUTC+5:30, no daylight saving · Asia/Colombo - CurrencyRupee (LKR) - Country calling code+94 - LanguagesSinhala, Tamil, English - Plug typesType D, G · 230 V - Driving sideLeft - Postcode format5 digits (#####) ### Nearest airports - Jaffna International Airport (JAF) · Jaffna83 km - China Bay Airport (TRR) · Trincomalee113 km ### Nearest railway station Mankulam (Mankulam), about 16 km from the centre. ### Daylight Days are longest in Jun (about 12.6 hours, sunrise around 05:49) and shortest in Dec (about 11.6 hours, sunrise around 06:15, sunset around 17:51). Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/). Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling. ## Weather in Pandiyankulam and the best time to visit Using the climate of Mullaitivu District, the warmest month is Apr (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 1,334 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (296 mm) and the driest Jun (23 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 80 Feb 26 61 Mar 28 56 Apr 29 103 May 29 93 Jun 29 23 Jul 29 29 Aug 29 55 Sep 28 71 Oct 28 222 Nov 26 296 Dec 25 245 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Pandiyankulam Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Base Hospital Mallavi · Aninchiyankulam 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.13461&mlon=80.30875#map=17/9.13461/80.30875) Bank BOC · Mankulam 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.13055&mlon=80.44600#map=17/9.13055/80.44600) ATM HNB · Anandapuram 34 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.37266&mlon=80.40931#map=17/9.37266/80.40931) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Oddaruththakulam 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.12698&mlon=80.32816#map=17/9.12698/80.32816) Hotel Green line guest house and restaurant · Paliaru 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.15438&mlon=80.11593#map=17/9.15438/80.11593) School Mu/Pandiyankulam Maha Vidyalayam · Pandiyankulam 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.07426&mlon=80.30724#map=17/9.07426/80.30724) College Mallavi Central College · Mallavi 7.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.14118&mlon=80.29539#map=17/9.14118/80.29539) Police station Mankulam Police Station · Mankulam 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.12405&mlon=80.44824#map=17/9.12405/80.44824) 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 Pandiyankulam Places mapped inside Pandiyankulam in open map data, by type. - Schools2 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 Manthai East DS Division - Ampalpuram - Karumpulliyan - Kollavilankulam - Moonrumurippu - Naddankandal - Oddaruththakulam - Palinagar - Ponnagar/Kuttymulai - Poovarasankulam - Selvapuram - Siraddikulam - Sivapuram - Vannivilankulam - Vinayagapuram ## Quick answers - Where is Pandiyankulam?In Manthai East DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Pandiyankulam?Karumpulliyan, Naddankandal, Palinagar, Selvapuram, Sivapuram and Yogapuram East - What time zone is Pandiyankulam in?UTC+5:30 - What currency is used in Pandiyankulam?Rupee (LKR) - What language is spoken in Pandiyankulam?Sinhala, Tamil, English (main languages nationally) - What is the best time to visit Pandiyankulam?January to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Pandiyankulam?Base Hospital Mallavi, about 6.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Pandiyankulam?BOC, about 16 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Pandiyankulam?HNB, about 34 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Pandiyankulam?Ceypetco, about 5.8 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Pandiyankulam?LK4406040 (OCHA common operational dataset)