# Gandara West GN division, Devinuwara DS Division – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/devinuwara/gandara-west/

Grama Niladhari division · Devinuwara DS Division 

# Gandara West

Gandara West is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Devinuwara DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province. It covers **0.49 km²**. Open map data shows 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 0.5km²
- 2mapped services

## Where is Gandara West?

Gandara West lies in [Devinuwara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/devinuwara/), [Matara District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/), [Southern Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 3 other GN divisions: [Gandara Central](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/devinuwara/gandara-central/), [Gandara East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/devinuwara/gandara-east/) and [Kapugama East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/devinuwara/kapugama-east/). By area it is the 12498th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.3% of [Devinuwara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/devinuwara/). The centre of Gandara West is about 140 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 5.9335° N, 80.6115° E. Local names: ගන්දර බටහිර .

Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka).

## Weather in Gandara West and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Matara District, the warmest month is Apr (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 1,837 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (285 mm) and the driest Feb (79 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and June to August**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 26 95 

Feb 27 79 

Mar 28 107 

Apr 28 182 

May 28 194 

Jun 27 106 

Jul 27 89 

Aug 27 115 

Sep 27 161 

Oct 27 231 

Nov 27 285 

Dec 26 193 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Gandara West

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Rural Hospital · Thalalla Central 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.94837&mlon=80.61379#map=17/5.94837/80.61379) 

Bank DFCC bank · Thalalla South 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.94812&mlon=80.62751#map=17/5.94812/80.62751) 

ATM Bank of Ceylon ATM · Devinuwara Nugegoda 2.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.92839&mlon=80.58887#map=17/5.92839/80.58887) 

Petrol pump IOC Fuel Station Kottegoda · Suduwella 3.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.94932&mlon=80.63813#map=17/5.94932/80.63813) 

Hotel Asaya Sands Mirissa · Kapugama East 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.93116&mlon=80.60880#map=17/5.93116/80.60880) 

Mall Kotuwe Kade (Pvt) Ltd - Matara · Fort 7.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.94503&mlon=80.54539#map=17/5.94503/80.54539) 

School Gandara Maha Viduhala · Gandara West 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.93721&mlon=80.61200#map=17/5.93721/80.61200) 

College University of Ruhuna Department of Computer Science · Rassandeniya 3.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.93618&mlon=80.58018#map=17/5.93618/80.58018) 

Police station Gandara Police Station · Thalalla 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.94151&mlon=80.61398#map=17/5.94151/80.61398) 

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 Gandara West

Places mapped inside Gandara West in open map data, by type.

- Schools2

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 Devinuwara DS Division

- Agarawala
- Aparekka North
- Beddegammedda
- Delgalla
- Devinuwara
- Devinuwara Central
- Devinuwara East
- Devinuwara North
- Devinuwara Nugegoda
- Devinuwara Pradeepagara Pedesa
- Devinuwara Sinhasana Pedesa
- Devinuwara South
- Devinuwara Wawwa
- Devinuwara Welegoda
- Devinuwara West
- Gandara Central
- Gandara East
- Gandara South
- Gandarawatta South
- Kadawedduwa East
- Kadawedduwa West
- Kapugama Central
- Kapugama East
- Kapugama North
- Kapugama West
- Naotunna
- Naotunna Central
- Naotunna North
- Naotunna South
- Palle Aparekka
- Pathegama East
- Pathegama North
- Thalalla
- Thalalla Central
- Thalalla East
- Thalalla North
- Thalalla South
- Uda Aparekka
- Uda Aparekka East
- Walbulugahahena

## Quick answers

- Where is Gandara West?In Devinuwara DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Gandara West?Gandara Central, Gandara East and Kapugama East
- What is the best time to visit Gandara West?January to March and June to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Gandara West?Rural Hospital, about 1.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Gandara West?DFCC bank, about 2.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Gandara West?Bank of Ceylon ATM, about 2.6 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Gandara West?IOC Fuel Station Kottegoda, about 3.4 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Gandara West?LK3245150 (OCHA common operational dataset)