# Puliyankulam GN division, Oddusuddan DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/puliyankulam/ Grama Niladhari division · Oddusuddan DS Division # Puliyankulam Puliyankulam is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Oddusuddan DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. It covers **2.13 km²**. - 2.1km² ## Where is Puliyankulam? Puliyankulam 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: [Karuvelankandal](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/karuvelankandal/), [Kathaliyarsamalankulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/kathaliyarsamalankulam/), [Pandaravanni](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/pandaravanni/), [Periyaithimadu](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/periyaithimadu/) and [Vithyapuram](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/vithyapuram/). By area it is the 6623rd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 0.3% of [Oddusuddan DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/). The centre of Puliyankulam is about 264 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.1645° N, 80.6703° E. Local names: පුලියන්කුලම් . 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 Puliyankulam Named natural and historic features inside Puliyankulam, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 reservoir or tank. - Puliyan 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 Puliyankulam 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 Puliyankulam Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisional Hospital Oddusuddan · Vithyapuram 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.16278&mlon=80.66048#map=17/9.16278/80.66048) Bank BOC · Vithyapuram 2.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.15575&mlon=80.65229#map=17/9.15575/80.65229) ATM HNB · Anandapuram 37 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.37266&mlon=80.40931#map=17/9.37266/80.40931) Petrol pump G.T. Linganathan · Nedunkerny North 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.06393&mlon=80.66151#map=17/9.06393/80.66151) Hotel Hotel anuhas · Mulliyawalai West 9.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.21667&mlon=80.73330#map=17/9.21667/80.73330) School District Agricutural Training Centre Mullaitivu · Vithyapuram 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.16184&mlon=80.66194#map=17/9.16184/80.66194) College District Agricultural Training Centre · Vithyapuram 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.16148&mlon=80.66163#map=17/9.16148/80.66163) Police station Oddusuddan Police Station · Vithyapuram 2.0 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. ## 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 - Peraru - Periyaithimadu - Periyakulam - Thachchadampan - Thaddayarmalai - Thanduvan - Thirumurukandi - Vithyapuram ## Quick answers - Where is Puliyankulam?In Oddusuddan DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Puliyankulam?Karuvelankandal, Kathaliyarsamalankulam, Pandaravanni, Periyaithimadu and Vithyapuram - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Puliyankulam?1 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Puliyankulam?January to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Puliyankulam?Divisional Hospital Oddusuddan, about 1.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Puliyankulam?BOC, about 2.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Puliyankulam?HNB, about 37 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Puliyankulam?G.T. Linganathan, about 11 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Puliyankulam?LK4412110 (OCHA common operational dataset)