# Kottawatta GN division, Thihagoda DS Division, Matara District

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Grama Niladhari division · Thihagoda DS Division 

# Kottawatta

Kottawatta is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Thihagoda DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province. It covers **0.84 km²**.

- 0.8km²

## Where is Kottawatta?

Kottawatta lies in [Thihagoda DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/thihagoda/), [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 6 other GN divisions: [Batuvita 2](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/thihagoda/batuvita-2/), [Kadawedduwa West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/devinuwara/kadawedduwa-west/), [Komangoda 2](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/thihagoda/komangoda-2/), [Medauyangoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/thihagoda/medauyangoda/), [Uduwa East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/thihagoda/uduwa-east/) and [Uduwa West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/thihagoda/uduwa-west/). By area it is the 10861st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.6% of [Thihagoda DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/southern/matara/thihagoda/). The centre of Kottawatta is about 131 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.0167° N, 80.5874° E. Local names: කොට්ටවත්ත .

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 Kottawatta 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 Kottawatta

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Aparekka Aurvedic Hospital · Agarawala 4.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.99045&mlon=80.61210#map=17/5.99045/80.61210) 

Bank Rural Bank · Yatiyana 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.02491&mlon=80.60083#map=17/6.02491/80.60083) 

ATM Boc · Uyanwatta 8.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.94789&mlon=80.54881#map=17/5.94789/80.54881) 

Petrol pump Thihagoda Ceypetco · Thihagoda East 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.01238&mlon=80.56609#map=17/6.01238/80.56609) 

Hotel Maheshaa Hotel · Komangoda 2 1.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.01920&mlon=80.57691#map=17/6.01920/80.57691) 

Mall Shopping Complex · Kamburupitiya 7.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.07749&mlon=80.56435#map=17/6.07749/80.56435) 

School MR/Yatiyana MV · Medauyangoda 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.02134&mlon=80.59512#map=17/6.02134/80.59512) 

College CCAS Campus · Batuvita 2 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.01920&mlon=80.58421#map=17/6.01920/80.58421) 

Police station Thihagoda Police · Thihagoda East 2.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.01516&mlon=80.56781#map=17/6.01516/80.56781) 

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 Thihagoda DS Division

- Akkara Panaha
- Attudawa
- Attudawa West
- Bandattara 1
- Bandattara 2
- Batuvita 1
- Batuvita 2
- Dematahettigoda
- Elambathalagoda
- Galbada
- Kapudoowa
- Kapudoowa East
- Kithalagama Central
- Kithalagama East 1
- Kithalagama East 2
- Kithalagama East 3
- Kithalagama West
- Komangoda 1
- Komangoda 2
- Medauyangoda
- Nadugala 1
- Nadugala 2
- Naimbala 1
- Naimbala 2
- Narangala
- Pahala Vitiyala Central
- Pahala Vitiyala East
- Pahala Vitiyala West
- Palatuwa
- Polathugoda
- Thihagoda
- Thihagoda East
- Uduwa East
- Uduwa West
- Unella
- Watagedara
- Watagedara East
- Wellethota
- Yatiyana

## Quick answers

- Where is Kottawatta?In Thihagoda DS Division, Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Kottawatta?Batuvita 2, Kadawedduwa West, Komangoda 2, Medauyangoda, Uduwa East and Uduwa West
- What is the best time to visit Kottawatta?January to March and June to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Kottawatta?Aparekka Aurvedic Hospital, about 4.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Kottawatta?Rural Bank, about 1.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Kottawatta?Boc, about 8.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Kottawatta?Thihagoda Ceypetco, about 2.4 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Kottawatta?LK3236050 (OCHA common operational dataset)