# Urawatta GN division, Madampagama DS Division, Galle District

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/madampagama/urawatta/

Grama Niladhari division · Madampagama DS Division 

# Urawatta

Urawatta is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Madampagama DS Division, Galle District, Southern Province. It covers **0.46 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 19 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 0.5km²
- 19mapped services

## Where is Urawatta?

Urawatta lies in [Madampagama DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/madampagama/), [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 4 other GN divisions: [Dewagoda West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/madampagama/dewagoda-west/), [Hirewatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/ambalangoda/hirewatta/), [Maha Ambalangoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/ambalangoda/maha-ambalangoda/) and [Wellabada](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/madampagama/wellabada/). By area it is the 12630th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 2.0% of [Madampagama DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/galle/madampagama/). The centre of Urawatta is about 82 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.2243° N, 80.0568° E. Local names: ඌරවත්ත .

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 Urawatta

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Urawatta.

- Urawatte

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 Urawatta 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 Urawatta

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Suwana Hospital · Hirewatta 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.23226&mlon=80.05456#map=17/6.23226/80.05456) 

Bank Nations Trust Bank · Hirewatta 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.23373&mlon=80.05434#map=17/6.23373/80.05434) 

ATM Commercial Bank of Ceylon · Cheena Koratuwa 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.03566&mlon=80.21651#map=17/6.03566/80.21651) 

Petrol pump Lanka IOC · Hirewatta 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.23265&mlon=80.05453#map=17/6.23265/80.05453) 

Hotel Lunar Light River Face Hotel · Urawatta 0.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.22500&mlon=80.05670#map=17/6.22500/80.05670) 

Mall Karandeniya Shopping Center · Mahaedanda 6.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.27117&mlon=80.09290#map=17/6.27117/80.09290) 

School Child Wisdom Pre School · Urawatta 0.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.22500&mlon=80.05670#map=17/6.22500/80.05670) 

College Pubudu Institute : Ambalangoda - External Degree Unit · Urawatta 0.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.22500&mlon=80.05670#map=17/6.22500/80.05670) 

Police station Police Station · Heppumulla 2.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.24488&mlon=80.04756#map=17/6.24488/80.04756) 

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 Urawatta

Places mapped inside Urawatta in open map data, by type.

- Hotels15
- Schools1
- Colleges and universities1
- Restaurants2

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 Madampagama DS Division

- Akurala
- Akurala North
- Akurala South
- Andurangoda
- Daluwathumulla
- Deldoowa
- Delmar Colony
- Dewagoda East
- Dewagoda West
- Dimbuldoowa
- Galagoda East
- Galagoda West
- Galdoowa
- Godagama North
- Godagama South
- Harannagala
- Idanthota
- Kahawa
- Kalupe
- Kuleegoda East
- Kuleegoda West
- Malawenna
- Medagoda
- Pereliya North
- Pereliya South
- Seenigama
- Seenigama East
- Thelwatta
- Thotagamuwa
- Udumulla
- Uduwaragoda North
- Uduwaragoda South
- Usmudulawa
- Wellabada
- Wenamulla
- Weragoda
- Werellana

## Quick answers

- Where is Urawatta?In Madampagama DS Division, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Urawatta?Dewagoda West, Hirewatta, Maha Ambalangoda and Wellabada
- How many villages are in Urawatta?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the best time to visit Urawatta?January to February and July
- Where is the nearest hospital to Urawatta?Suwana Hospital, about 0.9 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Urawatta?Nations Trust Bank, about 1.1 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Urawatta?Commercial Bank of Ceylon, about 27 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Urawatta?Lanka IOC, about 1.0 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Urawatta?LK3160005 (OCHA common operational dataset)