# Ballaketuwa GN division, Ella DS Division, Badulla District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/ballaketuwa/ Grama Niladhari division · Ella DS Division # Ballaketuwa Ballaketuwa is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Ella DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province. It covers **3.68 km²**. 4 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 6 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 3.7km² - 6mapped services - 1,234 mtypical elevation ## Where is Ballaketuwa? Ballaketuwa lies in [Ella DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/), [Badulla District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/), [Uva Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 7 other GN divisions: [Dewathura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/monaragala/badalkumbura/dewathura/), [Dodamgolla](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/dodamgolla/), [Govussa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/govussa/), [Ilukpelessa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/ilukpelessa/), [Namunukula](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/namunukula/), [Nawela East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/nawela-east/) and [Nawela West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/nawela-west/). By area it is the 4079th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 3.4% of [Ella DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/). The centre of Ballaketuwa is about 138 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.8627° N, 81.0993° E. Local names: බල්ලකෙටුව . 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 Ballaketuwa Open gazetteers list **4 villages, towns and localities** in Ballaketuwa. - Ballakatuwa - Ballaketuwa - Beddekumbura - Galapitakanda 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). ## Landscape and landmarks of Ballaketuwa Named natural and historic features inside Ballaketuwa, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 2 estates; 1 estate. - Galapitakanda - Hindagala Estate - Hindagalla Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Ballaketuwa and the best time to visit Using the climate of Badulla District, the warmest month is May (average 23 °C) and the coolest is Jan (20 °C), after allowing for this place being about 422 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,695 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (289 mm) and the driest Jul (50 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **February to March and June to September**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 20 144 Feb 20 106 Mar 22 102 Apr 23 155 May 23 128 Jun 23 62 Jul 23 50 Aug 23 64 Sep 23 112 Oct 23 221 Nov 21 289 Dec 20 262 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Ballaketuwa Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital estate hospital · Dewathura 2.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87088&mlon=81.11902#map=17/6.87088/81.11902) Bank Ballaketuwa Samurdi Bank · Ballaketuwa 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.85935&mlon=81.09515#map=17/6.85935/81.09515) ATM Bank Of Ceylon ATM · Ella 5.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87341&mlon=81.04892#map=17/6.87341/81.04892) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Namunukula 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87597&mlon=81.11322#map=17/6.87597/81.11322) Hotel Grand Aarchy · Ballaketuwa 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.85955&mlon=81.09567#map=17/6.85955/81.09567) Mall Visvam's · Badulla East 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.98709&mlon=81.05934#map=17/6.98709/81.05934) School Galapitakanda Tamil Vidyalaya · Ballaketuwa 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.86135&mlon=81.09444#map=17/6.86135/81.09444) College Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka · Ella 5.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87268&mlon=81.04937#map=17/6.87268/81.04937) Police station Ella Police Station · Ella 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87707&mlon=81.04839#map=17/6.87707/81.04839) 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 Ballaketuwa Places mapped inside Ballaketuwa in open map data, by type. - Banks1 - Hotels3 - 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 Ella DS Division - Beddewela - Demodara - Dodamgolla - Dowa - Ella - Galtenhena - Gawarawela - Govussa - Halpe - Heeloya - Hettipola - Idamegama - Ilukpelessa - Karandagolla - Kirinda - Kithalella - Madhuragama - Medawela West - Millagama - Namunukula - Navulla - Nawela East - Nawela West - Newberg - Palleperuwa - Piyarapandowa - Pupula - Pupula West - Rawanaella - Udukumbalwela - Yahalewela ## Quick answers - Where is Ballaketuwa?In Ella DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Ballaketuwa?Dewathura, Dodamgolla, Govussa, Ilukpelessa, Namunukula, Nawela East and Nawela West - How many villages are in Ballaketuwa?4 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Ballaketuwa?February to March and June to September - Where is the nearest hospital to Ballaketuwa?estate hospital, about 2.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Ballaketuwa?Ballaketuwa Samurdi Bank, about 0.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Ballaketuwa?Bank Of Ceylon ATM, about 5.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Ballaketuwa?Ceypetco, about 2.1 km from the centre - How many banks are in Ballaketuwa?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Ballaketuwa?LK8136150 (OCHA common operational dataset)