# Therankandal GN division, Thunukkai DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/therankandal/ Grama Niladhari division · Thunukkai DS Division # Therankandal Therankandal is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Thunukkai DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province. It covers **11.2 km²**. - 11.2km² ## Where is Therankandal? Therankandal 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 6 other GN divisions: [Alankulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/alankulam/), [Aninchiyankulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/aninchiyankulam/), [Iyankankulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/iyankankulam/), [Mallavi](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/mallavi/), [Oddaruththakulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/manthai-east/oddaruththakulam/) and [Uyilankulam](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/uyilankulam/). By area it is the 1041st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 3.4% of [Thunukkai DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/northern/mullaitivu/thunukkai/). The centre of Therankandal is about 255 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 9.1793° N, 80.3103° E. Local names: තෙරන්කන්ඩාල් . 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 Therankandal Named natural and historic features inside Therankandal, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 reservoir or tank. - Karampai 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 Therankandal 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 Therankandal Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Base Hospital Mallavi · Aninchiyankulam 5.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.13461&mlon=80.30875#map=17/9.13461/80.30875) Bank BOC · Mankulam 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.13055&mlon=80.44600#map=17/9.13055/80.44600) ATM HNB · Anandapuram 24 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 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.15438&mlon=80.11593#map=17/9.15438/80.11593) School Mu/Therankandal GTMS · Mallavi 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.16680&mlon=80.30231#map=17/9.16680/80.30231) College Mallavi Central College · Mallavi 4.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.14118&mlon=80.29539#map=17/9.14118/80.29539) Police station Akkarayan · Akkarayankulam 15 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. ## Other GN divisions in Thunukkai DS Division - Alankulam - Amaithipuram - Ambalaperumalkulam - Aninchiyankulam - Barathinagar - Iyankankulam - Kalvilan - Koddaikaddiyakulam - Mallavi - Palayamurikandy - Pugalenthinagar - Puththuvedduvan - Thenniyankulam - Thirunagar - Thunukkai - Uyilankulam - Yogapuram Centre - Yogapuram East - Yogapuram West ## Quick answers - Where is Therankandal?In Thunukkai DS Division, Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Therankandal?Alankulam, Aninchiyankulam, Iyankankulam, Mallavi, Oddaruththakulam and Uyilankulam - How many reservoirs and tanks are in Therankandal?1 named in GeoNames - What is the best time to visit Therankandal?January to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Therankandal?Base Hospital Mallavi, about 5.0 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Therankandal?BOC, about 16 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Therankandal?HNB, about 24 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Therankandal?Ceypetco, about 6.1 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Therankandal?LK4403070 (OCHA common operational dataset)