# Viharakele GN division, Haputale DS Division, Badulla District

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Grama Niladhari division · Haputale DS Division 

# Viharakele

Viharakele is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Haputale DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province. It covers **0.69 km²**.

- 0.7km²

## Where is Viharakele?

Viharakele lies in [Haputale DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/haputale/), [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 5 other GN divisions: [Diyathalawa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/haputale/diyathalawa/), [Hela Kadurugamuwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/haputale/hela-kadurugamuwa/), [Pahala Kadurugamuwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/haputale/pahala-kadurugamuwa/), [Panketiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/haputale/panketiya/) and [Umankandura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/haputale/umankandura/). By area it is the 11471st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.0% of [Haputale DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/haputale/). The centre of Viharakele is about 123 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.7991° N, 80.9542° E. Local names: විහාරකැලේ .

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 Viharakele 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**.

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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 Viharakele

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Diyatalawa Base Hospital · Diyathalawa 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.80557&mlon=80.95713#map=17/6.80557/80.95713) 

Bank Hatton National Bank · Haputhale Town 3.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.76843&mlon=80.96016#map=17/6.76843/80.96016) 

ATM Bank of ceylon · Haputhale Town 3.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.76892&mlon=80.95860#map=17/6.76892/80.95860) 

Petrol pump Haputale Petrol Station · Haputhale Town 3.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.76836&mlon=80.95988#map=17/6.76836/80.95988) 

Hotel The Pearl Diyathalawa · Umankandura 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.80399&mlon=80.95467#map=17/6.80399/80.95467) 

Mall Visvam's · Badulla East 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.98709&mlon=81.05934#map=17/6.98709/81.05934) 

School Diyatahalawa Maha Vidyalaya · Diyathalawa 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.80719&mlon=80.96005#map=17/6.80719/80.96005) 

College Sri bimbarama tempale - haputhalegama · Panketiya 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.80000&mlon=80.96671#map=17/6.80000/80.96671) 

Police station Haputale Police Station · Haputhale Town 3.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.76778&mlon=80.95785#map=17/6.76778/80.95785) 

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 Haputale DS Division

- Aluthwela
- Bingethenna
- Dambethenna
- Diyathalawa
- Dodamwatta
- Ellagama
- Erenawela
- Galkanda
- Glenanore
- Haputhale Town
- Haputhalegama
- Hela Kadurugamuwa
- Horadorowwa
- Jayaminipura
- Kahagolla
- Kahattewela
- Kolathenna
- Magiripura
- Pahala Kadurugamuwa
- Panketiya
- Pitarathmale
- Ranjallawa
- Thotalagala
- Umankandura
- Welanhinna

## Quick answers

- Where is Viharakele?In Haputale DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Viharakele?Diyathalawa, Hela Kadurugamuwa, Pahala Kadurugamuwa, Panketiya and Umankandura
- What is the best time to visit Viharakele?February to March and June to September
- Where is the nearest hospital to Viharakele?Diyatalawa Base Hospital, about 0.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Viharakele?Hatton National Bank, about 3.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Viharakele?Bank of ceylon, about 3.4 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Viharakele?Haputale Petrol Station, about 3.5 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Viharakele?LK8139065 (OCHA common operational dataset)