# Alankulam GN division, Thunukkai DS Division – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/alankulam/ Grama Niladhari division · Thunukkai DS Division # Alankulam Alankulam is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Thunukkai DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. It covers **7.39 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 7.4km² - 1mapped services - 41 mtypical elevation ## Where is Alankulam? Alankulam lies in [Thunukkai DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/), [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: [Mallavi](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/mallavi/), [Therankandal](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/therankandal/), [Thunukkai](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/thunukkai/) and [Uyilankulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/uyilankulam/). By area it is the 1778th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 2.2% of [Thunukkai DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/). The centre of Alankulam is about 252 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.1621° N, 80.2852° E. Local names: ආලන්කුලම් . 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 Alankulam Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Alankulam. - Alankulam 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 Alankulam Named natural and historic features inside Alankulam, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 2 reservoirs and tanks. - Paddankaddi Kulam - Paddankaddimel 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 Alankulam 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 Alankulam Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Base Hospital Mallavi · Aninchiyankulam 4.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.13461&mlon=80.30875#map=17/9.13461/80.30875) Bank BOC · Mankulam 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.13055&mlon=80.44600#map=17/9.13055/80.44600) ATM HNB · Anandapuram 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.37266&mlon=80.40931#map=17/9.37266/80.40931) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Oddaruththakulam 6.1 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 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.15438&mlon=80.11593#map=17/9.15438/80.11593) School Mu/Alankulam GTMS · Alankulam 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.17086&mlon=80.27965#map=17/9.17086/80.27965) College Mallavi Central College · Mallavi 2.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.14118&mlon=80.29539#map=17/9.14118/80.29539) Police station Akkarayan · Akkarayankulam 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.31152&mlon=80.30788#map=17/9.31152/80.30788) 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 Alankulam Places mapped inside Alankulam 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 Thunukkai DS Division - Amaithipuram - Ambalaperumalkulam - Aninchiyankulam - Barathinagar - Iyankankulam - Kalvilan - Koddaikaddiyakulam - Mallavi - Palayamurikandy - Pugalenthinagar - Puththuvedduvan - Thenniyankulam - Therankandal - Thirunagar - Thunukkai - Uyilankulam - Yogapuram Centre - Yogapuram East - Yogapuram West ## Quick answers - Where is Alankulam?In Thunukkai DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Alankulam?Mallavi, Therankandal, Thunukkai and Uyilankulam - How many villages are in Alankulam?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Alankulam?2 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Alankulam?January to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Alankulam?Base Hospital Mallavi, about 4.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Alankulam?BOC, about 18 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Alankulam?HNB, about 27 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Alankulam?Ceypetco, about 6.1 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Alankulam?LK4403005 (OCHA common operational dataset)