# Pottewela GN division, Hakmana DS Division, Matara District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/hakmana/pottewela/ Grama Niladhari division · Hakmana DS Division # Pottewela Pottewela is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Hakmana DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province. It covers **1.84 km²**. Open map data shows 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1.8km² - 2mapped services ## Where is Pottewela? Pottewela lies in [Hakmana DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/hakmana/), [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 7 other GN divisions: [Gammedapitiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/hakmana/gammedapitiya/), [Gangodagama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/hakmana/gangodagama/), [Indiketiyagoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/beliatta/indiketiyagoda/), [Kohuliyadda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/hakmana/kohuliyadda/), [Lalpe](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/hakmana/lalpe/), [Maligathenna](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/hambantota/beliatta/maligathenna/) and [Naradda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/kirinda-puhulwella/naradda/). By area it is the 7350th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 3.7% of [Hakmana DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/hakmana/). The centre of Pottewela is about 132 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.0817° N, 80.6756° E. Local names: පොත්තේවෙල . 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 Pottewela 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 Pottewela Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Gangodagama Divisional Hospital · Pottewela 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.07700&mlon=80.67685#map=17/6.07700/80.67685) Bank Sanasa Bank - Kebiliyapola · Kebiliyapola North 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.09392&mlon=80.66960#map=17/6.09392/80.66960) ATM National Savings Bank ATM · Deiyandara 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.15073&mlon=80.60547#map=17/6.15073/80.60547) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Kongala East 3.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.08318&mlon=80.64634#map=17/6.08318/80.64634) Hotel Polhena Villa · Kebiliyapola South 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.09217&mlon=80.66823#map=17/6.09217/80.66823) Mall Kamburupitiya Shopping Mall · Magamure 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.08177&mlon=80.56783#map=17/6.08177/80.56783) School Jayawardana Maha Vidyalaya · Pottewela 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.07793&mlon=80.67705#map=17/6.07793/80.67705) College Technical College · Beliatta West 8.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.04456&mlon=80.73987#map=17/6.04456/80.73987) Police station Hakmana Police Station · Beruwela 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.08488&mlon=80.64263#map=17/6.08488/80.64263) 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 Pottewela Places mapped inside Pottewela in open map data, by type. - Hospitals1 - 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 Hakmana DS Division - Badabadda - Beruwela - Denagama East - Denagama North - Denagama West - Ellewela East - Ellewela West - Gammedapitiya - Gangodagama - Kandegoda - Kebiliyapola North - Kebiliyapola South - Kohuliyadda - Kongala Central - Kongala East - Kongala South - Kongala West - Lalpe - Meeella - Muruthamuraya - Muruthamuraya East - Muruthamuraya West - Narawelpita East - Narawelpita North - Narawelpita South - Narawelpita West - Pananwela East - Pananwela West - Udupeellegoda East - Udupeellegoda West - Wepathaira North - Wepathaira South - Wepathaira West ## Quick answers - Where is Pottewela?In Hakmana DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Pottewela?Gammedapitiya, Gangodagama, Indiketiyagoda, Kohuliyadda, Lalpe, Maligathenna and Naradda - What is the best time to visit Pottewela?January to March and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Pottewela?Gangodagama Divisional Hospital, about 0.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Pottewela?Sanasa Bank - Kebiliyapola, about 1.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Pottewela?National Savings Bank ATM, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Pottewela?Ceypetco, about 3.2 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Pottewela?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Pottewela?LK3230125 (OCHA common operational dataset)