# Meegahahena GN division, Mahiyanganaya DS Division – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/meegahahena/

Grama Niladhari division · Mahiyanganaya DS Division 

# Meegahahena

Meegahahena is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Mahiyanganaya DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province. It covers **9.80 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here.

- 9.8km²
- 92 mtypical elevation

## Where is Meegahahena?

Meegahahena lies in [Mahiyanganaya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/), [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 4 other GN divisions: [Bathalayaya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/bathalayaya/), [Galporuyaya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/galporuyaya/), [Haddattawa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/haddattawa/) and [Thalangamuwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/thalangamuwa/). By area it is the 1252nd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.6% of [Mahiyanganaya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/mahiyanganaya/). The centre of Meegahahena is about 138 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 7.4056° N, 81.0087° E. Local names: මීගහහේන .

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 Meegahahena

Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Meegahahena.

- Seenigaslanda

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 Meegahahena

Named natural and historic features inside Meegahahena, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

2 reservoirs and tanks.

- Aluttarama Wewa
- Kendagolla Wewa

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 Meegahahena and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Badulla District, the warmest month is May (average 31 °C) and the coolest is Jan (27 °C), after allowing for this place being about 720 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**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 27 144 

Feb 28 106 

Mar 29 102 

Apr 31 155 

May 31 128 

Jun 30 62 

Jul 31 50 

Aug 31 64 

Sep 31 112 

Oct 30 221 

Nov 29 289 

Dec 28 262 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Meegahahena

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Divisional Hospital Giradurukotte දීසා රෝහල ගීරාදුරුකෝට්ටේ · Girandurukotte 7.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.46929&mlon=81.01910#map=17/7.46929/81.01910) 

Bank Bank of Ceylon · Girandurukotte 7.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.47026&mlon=81.01778#map=17/7.47026/81.01778) 

ATM Peoples Bank ATM · Dehiattakandiya 30 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.67118&mlon=81.04712#map=17/7.67118/81.04712) 

Petrol pump IOC Gas Station · Mahiyanganaya Town 7.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.33962&mlon=80.99196#map=17/7.33962/80.99196) 

Hotel Sorabora Gedara Mahiyanganaya · Wewgampaha 5.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.35332&mlon=80.99925#map=17/7.35332/80.99925) 

Mall Wijeratna Super · Mangoda 23 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.29142&mlon=80.83290#map=17/7.29142/80.83290) 

School Soraborawewa Maha Vidyalaya · Sorabora 5.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.35523&mlon=80.99136#map=17/7.35523/80.99136) 

College Technical College Hasalaka · Hasalaka 8.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.35817&mlon=80.94945#map=17/7.35817/80.94945) 

Police station Girandurukotte Police Station · Girandurukotte 7.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=7.46912&mlon=81.01679#map=17/7.46912/81.01679) 

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 Mahiyanganaya DS Division

- Aluttarama
- Aluyatawela
- Bathalayaya
- Belaganwewa
- Beligalla
- Dambagolla
- Dambana
- Dambarawa
- Dehigolla
- Divulapelessa
- Elewela
- Galporuyaya
- Ginnoruwa
- Girandurukotte
- Haddattawa
- Hebarawa
- Hobariyawa
- Kukulapola
- Mahiyanganaya Town
- Mapakadawewa
- Medayaya
- Millattawa
- Pahala Rathkinda
- Pangaragammana
- Poojanagaraya
- Rotalawela
- Senanigama
- Sorabora
- Thalangamuwa
- Theldeniyaya
- Ulhitiya
- Viranegama
- Wewatta
- Wewgampaha

## Quick answers

- Where is Meegahahena?In Mahiyanganaya DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Meegahahena?Bathalayaya, Galporuyaya, Haddattawa and Thalangamuwa
- How many villages are in Meegahahena?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- How many reservoirs and tanks are in Meegahahena?2 named in GeoNames
- What is the best time to visit Meegahahena?February
- Where is the nearest hospital to Meegahahena?Divisional Hospital Giradurukotte දීසා රෝහල ගීරාදුරුකෝට්ටේ, about 7.2 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Meegahahena?Bank of Ceylon, about 7.3 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Meegahahena?Peoples Bank ATM, about 30 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Meegahahena?IOC Gas Station, about 7.6 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Meegahahena?LK8103085 (OCHA common operational dataset)
