# Peessagama GN division, Lunugala DS Division, Badulla District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/peessagama/ Grama Niladhari division · Lunugala DS Division # Peessagama Peessagama is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Lunugala DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province. It covers **9.80 km²**. 3 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 9.8km² - 330 mtypical elevation ## Where is Peessagama? Peessagama lies in [Lunugala DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/), [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 8 other GN divisions: [Alana](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/monaragala/medagama/alana/), [Hopton](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/hopton/), [Kottalbedda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/kottalbedda/), [Maduwatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/maduwatta/), [Pallekiruwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/pallekiruwa/), [Rendapola](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/rendapola/), [Sooriyagoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/sooriyagoda/) and [Yapamma](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/yapamma/). By area it is the 1252nd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 6.9% of [Lunugala DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/lunugala/). The centre of Peessagama is about 151 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.9896° N, 81.2194° E. Local names: පීස්සගම . 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 Peessagama Open gazetteers list **3 villages, towns and localities** in Peessagama. - Daysbrook Waththa - Peessagama - Pissegama 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 Peessagama Named natural and historic features inside Peessagama, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Kiriwe Oya ### Hills and mountains 1 mountain. - Pallekanda · 865 m ### Estates 3 estates; 1 estate. - Clifton - Kehelwatta Desbrook Division - Kehelwatta Group - Yapamma Group Deysbrook Division 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 Peessagama and the best time to visit Using the climate of Badulla District, the warmest month is May (average 29 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C), after allowing for this place being about 482 m lower 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**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 26 144 Feb 26 106 Mar 28 102 Apr 29 155 May 29 128 Jun 29 62 Jul 29 50 Aug 29 64 Sep 29 112 Oct 28 221 Nov 27 289 Dec 26 262 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Peessagama Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Hopton Hospital · Hopton 2.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.98472&mlon=81.19767#map=17/6.98472/81.19767) Bank People's Bank · Lunugala Town 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.04274&mlon=81.20339#map=17/7.04274/81.20339) ATM People's · Badulla East 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.98823&mlon=81.06001#map=17/6.98823/81.06001) Petrol pump IOC Gas Station · Lunugala Town 6.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.04191&mlon=81.20311#map=17/7.04191/81.20311) Hotel Green Valley Holiday Inn · Attanagolla 5.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.03460&mlon=81.20382#map=17/7.03460/81.20382) Mall Visvam's · Badulla East 18 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.98709&mlon=81.05934#map=17/6.98709/81.05934) School Medawelagama School · Medawelagama 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.97238&mlon=81.16988#map=17/6.97238/81.16988) College Passara Central College · Passara Town South 9.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.93419&mlon=81.15163#map=17/6.93419/81.15163) Police station Lunugala Police Station · Lunugala Town 6.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.04769&mlon=81.20348#map=17/7.04769/81.20348) 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 Lunugala DS Division - Alakolagala - Arawakumbura - Attanagolla - Batawatta - Ekiriya - Gallulla - Galwelagama - Hopton - Janathapura - Janathapura North - Janathapura South - Kottalbedda - Lunugala Town - Madulsima - Maduwatta - Mahadowa - Metigahathenna - Millabedda - Pallekiruwa - Rendapola - Sooriyagoda - Sumudugama - Udakiruwa - Udapanguwa - Weragoda - Wewabedda - Yapamma ## Quick answers - Where is Peessagama?In Lunugala DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Peessagama?Alana, Hopton, Kottalbedda, Maduwatta, Pallekiruwa, Rendapola, Sooriyagoda and Yapamma - How many villages are in Peessagama?3 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the highest point in Peessagama?Pallekanda (865 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Peessagama?February to March - Where is the nearest hospital to Peessagama?Hopton Hospital, about 2.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Peessagama?People's Bank, about 6.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Peessagama?People's, about 18 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Peessagama?IOC Gas Station, about 6.1 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Peessagama?LK8119120 (OCHA common operational dataset)