# Nawela West GN division, Ella DS Division, Badulla District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/nawela-west/ Grama Niladhari division · Ella DS Division # Nawela West Nawela West is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Ella DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province. It covers **1.41 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here. - 1.4km² ## Where is Nawela West? Nawela West 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: [Ballaketuwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/ballaketuwa/), [Galtenhena](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/galtenhena/), [Govussa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/govussa/), [Ilukpelessa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/ilukpelessa/), [Medawela West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/medawela-west/), [Nawela East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/nawela-east/) and [Pupula](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/pupula/). By area it is the 8633rd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.3% of [Ella DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/). The centre of Nawela West is about 137 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.8730° N, 81.0869° E. Local names: නාවෙල 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). ## Villages and localities in Nawela West Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Nawela West. - Nawelagama West 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 Nawela West and the best time to visit Using the climate of Badulla District, the warmest month is May (average 26 °C) and the coolest is Jan (22 °C). 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 22 144 Feb 23 106 Mar 25 102 Apr 26 155 May 26 128 Jun 26 62 Jul 26 50 Aug 26 64 Sep 26 112 Oct 25 221 Nov 24 289 Dec 23 262 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Nawela West Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital estate hospital · Dewathura 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87088&mlon=81.11902#map=17/6.87088/81.11902) Bank Ballaketuwa Samurdi Bank · Ballaketuwa 1.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.85935&mlon=81.09515#map=17/6.85935/81.09515) ATM Bank Of Ceylon ATM · Ella 4.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87341&mlon=81.04892#map=17/6.87341/81.04892) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Namunukula 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87597&mlon=81.11322#map=17/6.87597/81.11322) Hotel View Point Villa · Medawela West 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87032&mlon=81.07936#map=17/6.87032/81.07936) Mall Visvam's · Badulla East 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.98709&mlon=81.05934#map=17/6.98709/81.05934) School Galapitakanda Tamil Vidyalaya · Ballaketuwa 1.5 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 4.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87268&mlon=81.04937#map=17/6.87268/81.04937) Police station Ella Police Station · Ella 4.3 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. ## Other GN divisions in Ella DS Division - Ballaketuwa - Beddewela - Demodara - Dodamgolla - Dowa - Ella - Galtenhena - Gawarawela - Govussa - Halpe - Heeloya - Hettipola - Idamegama - Ilukpelessa - Karandagolla - Kirinda - Kithalella - Madhuragama - Medawela West - Millagama - Namunukula - Navulla - Nawela East - Newberg - Palleperuwa - Piyarapandowa - Pupula - Pupula West - Rawanaella - Udukumbalwela - Yahalewela ## Quick answers - Where is Nawela West?In Ella DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Nawela West?Ballaketuwa, Galtenhena, Govussa, Ilukpelessa, Medawela West, Nawela East and Pupula - How many villages are in Nawela West?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Nawela West?February to March and June to September - Where is the nearest hospital to Nawela West?estate hospital, about 3.6 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Nawela West?Ballaketuwa Samurdi Bank, about 1.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Nawela West?Bank Of Ceylon ATM, about 4.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Nawela West?Ceypetco, about 2.9 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Nawela West?LK8136060 (OCHA common operational dataset)