# Maitipe GN division, Galle 4 Gravets DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/galle-4-gravets/maitipe/ Grama Niladhari division · Galle 4 Gravets DS Division # Maitipe Maitipe is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Galle 4 Gravets DS Division, Galle District, Southern Province. It covers **0.65 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 8 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 0.7km² - 8mapped services - 11 mtypical elevation ## Where is Maitipe? Maitipe lies in [Galle 4 Gravets DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/galle-4-gravets/), [Galle District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/), [Southern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 7 other GN divisions: [Ambalanwatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/akmeemana/ambalanwatta/), [Deddugoda North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/galle-4-gravets/deddugoda-north/), [Deddugoda South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/galle-4-gravets/deddugoda-south/), [Ettiligoda North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/akmeemana/ettiligoda-north/), [Karapitiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/bope-poddala/karapitiya/), [Maligaspe](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/galle-4-gravets/maligaspe/) and [Welipatha](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/galle-4-gravets/welipatha/). By area it is the 11705th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 2.9% of [Galle 4 Gravets DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/galle-4-gravets/). The centre of Maitipe is about 106 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. It is about 2.6 km from Galle, the main town of Galle 4 Gravets DS Division. The centre point is at 6.0603° N, 80.2288° E. Local names: මාඉ‍ටිපේ . 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 Maitipe Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Maitipe. - Maitipe - Sangabowatta 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). ## Weather in Maitipe and the best time to visit Using the climate of Galle District, the warmest month is May (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (27 °C). About 2,174 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (334 mm) and the driest Feb (85 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to February and July**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 27 95 Feb 27 85 Mar 28 124 Apr 28 221 May 28 243 Jun 28 146 Jul 27 116 Aug 27 139 Sep 27 189 Oct 27 280 Nov 27 334 Dec 27 202 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Maitipe Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Palliative Care Center - Ward 65 - Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle. · Welipatha 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.06447&mlon=80.22878#map=17/6.06447/80.22878) Bank Sampath Bank · Welipatha 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.06771&mlon=80.22806#map=17/6.06771/80.22806) ATM Commercial Bank of Ceylon · Cheena Koratuwa 3.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.03566&mlon=80.21651#map=17/6.03566/80.21651) Petrol pump Cepetco Fuel Station(24 hours open) · Deddugoda South 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.05867&mlon=80.21831#map=17/6.05867/80.21831) Hotel Karapitiya Homes · Maitipe 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.06242&mlon=80.22597#map=17/6.06242/80.22597) Mall Home Plus · Milidduwa 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.04584&mlon=80.22546#map=17/6.04584/80.22546) School Thomas Gall School · Ambalanwatta 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.05457&mlon=80.22887#map=17/6.05457/80.22887) College Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna · Karapitiya 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.06791&mlon=80.22637#map=17/6.06791/80.22637) Police station Karapitiya Police Post · Deddugoda North 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.06710&mlon=80.22512#map=17/6.06710/80.22512) 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 Maitipe Places mapped inside Maitipe in open map data, by type. - Hospitals5 - Hotels3 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 Galle 4 Gravets DS Division - Bataganvila - Bope East - Bope North - Bope West - Cheena Koratuwa - Dadalla East - Dadalla West - Dangedara East - Dangedara West - Deddugoda North - Deddugoda South - Dewata - Dewathura - Ettiligoda South - Fort - Galwadugoda - Ginthota East - Ginthota West - Kaluwella - Kandewatta - Katugoda - Kongaha - Kumbalwella North - Kumbalwella South - Kurunduwatta - Madapathala - Madawalamulla North - Madawalamulla South - Magalla - Maha Hapugala - Mahamodara - Makuluwa - Maligaspe - Milidduwa - Minuwangoda - Osanagoda - Pettigalawatta - Piyadigama - Pokunawatta - Richmond Kanda - Sanghamittapura - Siyambalagahawatta - Thalapitiya - Ukwatta East - Ukwatta West - Walawwatta - Welipatha - Welipitimodara - Weliwatta ## Quick answers - Where is Maitipe?In Galle 4 Gravets DS Division, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Maitipe?Ambalanwatta, Deddugoda North, Deddugoda South, Ettiligoda North, Karapitiya, Maligaspe and Welipatha - How many villages are in Maitipe?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Maitipe?January to February and July - Where is the nearest hospital to Maitipe?Palliative Care Center - Ward 65 - Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle., about 0.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Maitipe?Sampath Bank, about 0.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Maitipe?Commercial Bank of Ceylon, about 3.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Maitipe?Cepetco Fuel Station(24 hours open), about 1.2 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Maitipe?5 mapped - What is the P-code of Maitipe?LK3139080 (OCHA common operational dataset)