# Peraru GN division, Oddusuddan DS Division – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/peraru/ Grama Niladhari division · Oddusuddan DS Division # Peraru Peraru is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Oddusuddan DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. It covers **2.85 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 2.9km² - 1mapped services ## Where is Peraru? Peraru 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: [Katchilaimadu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/katchilaimadu/), [Koolamurippu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/koolamurippu/), [Mannakandal](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/puthukkudiyiruppu/mannakandal/), [Pandaravanni](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/pandaravanni/) and [Vithyapuram](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/vithyapuram/). By area it is the 5184th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.4% of [Oddusuddan DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/). The centre of Peraru is about 268 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.1992° N, 80.6802° E. Local names: පෙරාරු . 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 Peraru Named natural and historic features inside Peraru, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 rivers and streams. - Kudavirichcha Aru - Kuruwile Aru 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 Peraru 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 Peraru Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisional Hospital Oddusuddan · Vithyapuram 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.16278&mlon=80.66048#map=17/9.16278/80.66048) Bank BOC · Vithyapuram 5.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.15575&mlon=80.65229#map=17/9.15575/80.65229) ATM HNB · Anandapuram 35 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.37266&mlon=80.40931#map=17/9.37266/80.40931) Petrol pump Lanka IOC · Neeravippiddy East 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.22540&mlon=80.79470#map=17/9.22540/80.79470) Hotel Hotel anuhas · Mulliyawalai West 6.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.21667&mlon=80.73330#map=17/9.21667/80.73330) School Mu/Peraru Tamil Vidyalayam · Peraru 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.20319&mlon=80.68019#map=17/9.20319/80.68019) College District Agricultural Training Centre · Vithyapuram 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.16148&mlon=80.66163#map=17/9.16148/80.66163) Police station Oddusuddan Police Station · Vithyapuram 5.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.16133&mlon=80.65229#map=17/9.16133/80.65229) 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 Peraru Places mapped inside Peraru 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 - Othiyamalai - Palampasi - Pandaravanni - Panikkankulam - Periyaithimadu - Periyakulam - Puliyankulam - Thachchadampan - Thaddayarmalai - Thanduvan - Thirumurukandi - Vithyapuram ## Quick answers - Where is Peraru?In Oddusuddan DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Peraru?Katchilaimadu, Koolamurippu, Mannakandal, Pandaravanni and Vithyapuram - What is the best time to visit Peraru?January to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Peraru?Divisional Hospital Oddusuddan, about 4.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Peraru?BOC, about 5.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Peraru?HNB, about 35 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Peraru?Lanka IOC, about 13 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Peraru?LK4412095 (OCHA common operational dataset)