# Puththuvedduvan GN division, Thunukkai DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/puththuvedduvan/ Grama Niladhari division · Thunukkai DS Division # Puththuvedduvan Puththuvedduvan is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Thunukkai DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. It covers **48.3 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 48.3km² - 1mapped services - 57 mtypical elevation ## Where is Puththuvedduvan? Puththuvedduvan 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: [Amaithipuram](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/amaithipuram/), [Palayamurikandy](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/palayamurikandy/), [Ponnagar](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/kilinochchi/karachchi/ponnagar/) and [Thirumurukandi](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/oddusuddan/thirumurukandi/). By area it is the 135th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 14.7% of [Thunukkai DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/). The centre of Puththuvedduvan is about 266 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.2698° N, 80.3618° E. Local names: පුතුවෙඩ්ඩුවාන් . 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 Puththuvedduvan Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Puththuvedduvan. - Murikandi - Puththuvedduvan - Puttuvedduvanmanatkulam - Thirumurikandy 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 Puththuvedduvan Named natural and historic features inside Puththuvedduvan, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 7 reservoirs and tanks; 2 rivers and streams. - Chalampan Aru - Chalampan Kulam - Kakkarayan Kulam - Kanakarayan Kulam - Manat Kulam - Maradankulatil Aru - Maradun Kulam - Puttuvedduvan Kulam - Vanimoddai Kulam ### Getting around 1 railway halt. - Murikandy Railway Halt 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 Puththuvedduvan 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 Puththuvedduvan Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Divisional Hospital Akkarayankulam · Akkarayankulam 6.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.31179&mlon=80.31490#map=17/9.31179/80.31490) Bank Central Bank Of Sri Lanka · Ponnagar 8.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.33349&mlon=80.40398#map=17/9.33349/80.40398) ATM HNB · Anandapuram 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.37266&mlon=80.40931#map=17/9.37266/80.40931) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Thirumurukandi 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.30053&mlon=80.40936#map=17/9.30053/80.40936) Hotel Solaivanam Hotel · Uthayanagar West 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.38162&mlon=80.39799#map=17/9.38162/80.39799) School Mu/Puththuvedduvan GTMS · Puththuvedduvan 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.25573&mlon=80.36508#map=17/9.25573/80.36508) College Faculty of Technology · Ponnagar 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.31190&mlon=80.39866#map=17/9.31190/80.39866) Police station Akkarayan · Akkarayankulam 7.5 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 Puththuvedduvan Places mapped inside Puththuvedduvan 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 - Alankulam - Amaithipuram - Ambalaperumalkulam - Aninchiyankulam - Barathinagar - Iyankankulam - Kalvilan - Koddaikaddiyakulam - Mallavi - Palayamurikandy - Pugalenthinagar - Thenniyankulam - Therankandal - Thirunagar - Thunukkai - Uyilankulam - Yogapuram Centre - Yogapuram East - Yogapuram West ## Quick answers - Where is Puththuvedduvan?In Thunukkai DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Puththuvedduvan?Amaithipuram, Palayamurikandy, Ponnagar and Thirumurukandi - How many villages are in Puththuvedduvan?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Puththuvedduvan?7 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Puththuvedduvan?January to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Puththuvedduvan?Divisional Hospital Akkarayankulam, about 6.9 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Puththuvedduvan?Central Bank Of Sri Lanka, about 8.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Puththuvedduvan?HNB, about 13 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Puththuvedduvan?Ceypetco, about 6.2 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Puththuvedduvan?LK4403060 (OCHA common operational dataset)