# Othiyamalai GN division, Oddusuddan DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/othiyamalai/ Grama Niladhari division · Oddusuddan DS Division # Othiyamalai Othiyamalai is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Oddusuddan DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. It covers **13.1 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 13.1km² - 1mapped services - 51 mtypical elevation ## Where is Othiyamalai? Othiyamalai lies in [Oddusuddan DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/), [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 5 other GN divisions: [Kumulamunai East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/maritimepattu/kumulamunai-east/), [Paddikudiyiruppu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/vavuniya/vavuniya-north/paddikudiyiruppu/), [Palampasi](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/palampasi/), [Periyakulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/periyakulam/) and [Thannimurippu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/maritimepattu/thannimurippu/). By area it is the 843rd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.7% of [Oddusuddan DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/). The centre of Othiyamalai is about 255 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.0629° N, 80.7188° E. Local names: ඔතියමලයි . 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 Othiyamalai Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Othiyamalai. - Othiyamalai - Otiyamalai - Periyakulam 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 Othiyamalai Named natural and historic features inside Othiyamalai, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 4 reservoirs and tanks; 1 river or stream. - Chinna Kulam - Mandan Kulam - Otiyamalai Kulam - Tanikkallu Aru - Udankai 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 Othiyamalai 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 Othiyamalai Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisional Hospital - Nedunkerny · Nedunkerny South 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.05370&mlon=80.65287#map=17/9.05370/80.65287) Bank Peoples Bank · Nedunkerny South 6.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.05712&mlon=80.65727#map=17/9.05712/80.65727) Petrol pump G.T. Linganathan · Nedunkerny North 6.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.06393&mlon=80.66151#map=17/9.06393/80.66151) Hotel Hotel anuhas · Mulliyawalai West 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.21667&mlon=80.73330#map=17/9.21667/80.73330) School Othiyamalai GTMS · Othiyamalai 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.05023&mlon=80.70549#map=17/9.05023/80.70549) College District Agricultural Training Centre · Vithyapuram 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.16148&mlon=80.66163#map=17/9.16148/80.66163) Police station Nedunkerny Police · Nedunkerny South 6.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.06085&mlon=80.66037#map=17/9.06085/80.66037) 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 Othiyamalai Places mapped inside Othiyamalai 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 Oddusuddan DS Division - Ampakamam - Ganeshapuram - Indupuram - Kanagarathinapuram - Karuvelankandal - Katchilaimadu - Kathaliyarsamalankulam - Koolamurippu - Manavalanpaddamurippu - Mankulam - Muththuaiyankaddukulam - Muthuvinayagapuram - Oddusuddan - Olumadu - Palampasi - Pandaravanni - Panikkankulam - Peraru - Periyaithimadu - Periyakulam - Puliyankulam - Thachchadampan - Thaddayarmalai - Thanduvan - Thirumurukandi - Vithyapuram ## Quick answers - Where is Othiyamalai?In Oddusuddan DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Othiyamalai?Kumulamunai East, Paddikudiyiruppu, Palampasi, Periyakulam and Thannimurippu - How many villages are in Othiyamalai?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Othiyamalai?4 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Othiyamalai?January to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Othiyamalai?Divisional Hospital - Nedunkerny, about 7.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Othiyamalai?Peoples Bank, about 6.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Othiyamalai?G.T. Linganathan, about 6.3 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Othiyamalai?LK4412075 (OCHA common operational dataset)