# Kanukerny West GN division, Maritimepattu DS Division

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Grama Niladhari division · Maritimepattu DS Division 

# Kanukerny West

Kanukerny West is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Maritimepattu DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. It covers **0.54 km²**. Open map data shows 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 0.5km²
- 2mapped services

## Where is Kanukerny West?

Kanukerny West lies in [Maritimepattu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/maritimepattu/), [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 4 other GN divisions: [Kanukerny East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/maritimepattu/kanukerny-east/), [Mamoolai](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/maritimepattu/mamoolai/), [Thanneerudru East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/maritimepattu/thanneerudru-east/) and [Thanneerudru West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/maritimepattu/thanneerudru-west/). By area it is the 12245th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.1% of [Maritimepattu DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/maritimepattu/). The centre of Kanukerny West is about 274 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. It is about 6.3 km from Mullaitivu, the main town of Maritimepattu DS Division. The centre point is at 9.2195° N, 80.7875° E. Local names: කනුක්කර්ණි බටහිර .

Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka).

## Weather in Kanukerny West 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 Kanukerny West

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital District General Hospital Mullaitivu · Kumarapuram 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.22691&mlon=80.80050#map=17/9.22691/80.80050) 

Bank BOC · Thanneerudru West 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.22399&mlon=80.78842#map=17/9.22399/80.78842) 

Petrol pump Lanka IOC · Neeravippiddy East 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.22540&mlon=80.79470#map=17/9.22540/80.79470) 

Hotel Red Cross Bungalow · Mullaitivu South 4.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.25672&mlon=80.81120#map=17/9.25672/80.81120) 

School Mu/Thaneerootu HBTMS · Kanukerny West 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.22084&mlon=80.79086#map=17/9.22084/80.79086) 

College NAITA · Mulliyawalai East 1.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.22511&mlon=80.77728#map=17/9.22511/80.77728) 

Police station Mulliyawalai Police Station · Mulliyawalai West 3.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.21271&mlon=80.76037#map=17/9.21271/80.76037) 

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 Kanukerny West

Places mapped inside Kanukerny West 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 Maritimepattu DS Division

- Alampil North
- Alampil South
- Ampalavanpokkanai
- Chilawattai
- Chilawattai South
- Kallappadu North
- Kallappadu South
- Kanukerny East
- Karunaddukerny
- Keekkirapuram
- Keppapulavu
- Kokkilai East
- Kokkilai West
- Kokuthoduvai Centre
- Kokuthoduvai North
- Kovilkudiyiruppu
- Kumarapuram
- Kumulamunai Centre
- Kumulamunai East
- Kumulamunai West
- Mamoolai
- Manalkudiyiruppu
- Mathavalasingankulam
- Mullaitivu South
- Mullaitivu Town
- Mullivaikkal East
- Mullivaikkal West
- Mulliyawalai Centre
- Mulliyawalai East
- Mulliyawalai North
- Mulliyawalai South
- Mulliyawalai West
- Neeravippiddy East
- Neeravippiddy West
- Putharikuda
- Selvapuram
- Shemmalai
- Shemmalai East
- Thanneerudru East
- Thanneerudru West
- Thannimurippu
- Uppumaveli
- Vannankulam
- Vattapalai

## Quick answers

- Where is Kanukerny West?In Maritimepattu DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Kanukerny West?Kanukerny East, Mamoolai, Thanneerudru East and Thanneerudru West
- What is the best time to visit Kanukerny West?January to March
- Where is the nearest hospital to Kanukerny West?District General Hospital Mullaitivu, about 1.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Kanukerny West?BOC, about 0.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Kanukerny West?Lanka IOC, about 1.0 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Kanukerny West?LK4415060 (OCHA common operational dataset)