# Kanawerella East GN division, Passara DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/passara/kanawerella-east/ Grama Niladhari division · Passara DS Division # Kanawerella East Kanawerella East is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Passara DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province. It covers **4.30 km²**. 2 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 4.3km² - 1,476 mtypical elevation ## Where is Kanawerella East? Kanawerella East lies in [Passara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/passara/), [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: [Bibilegama West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/passara/bibilegama-west/), [Galtenhena](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/ella/galtenhena/), [Kanawerella](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/passara/kanawerella/), [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 3482nd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 3.2% of [Passara DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/uva/badulla/passara/). The centre of Kanawerella East is about 140 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.8934° N, 81.1204° E. Local names: කණවැරැල්ල නැගෙනහි . 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 Kanawerella East Open gazetteers list **2 villages, towns and localities** in Kanawerella East. - Galtanhena - Kanawerella State 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 Kanawerella East Named natural and historic features inside Kanawerella East, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Estates 3 estates. - Cannavarella - Namunukula - Wevekelle 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 Kanawerella East and the best time to visit Using the climate of Badulla District, the warmest month is May (average 22 °C) and the coolest is Jan (18 °C), after allowing for this place being about 664 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 18 144 Feb 19 106 Mar 20 102 Apr 22 155 May 22 128 Jun 21 62 Jul 22 50 Aug 22 64 Sep 22 112 Oct 21 221 Nov 20 289 Dec 19 262 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Kanawerella East Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital estate hospital · Dewathura 2.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87088&mlon=81.11902#map=17/6.87088/81.11902) Bank Ballaketuwa Samurdi Bank · Ballaketuwa 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.85935&mlon=81.09515#map=17/6.85935/81.09515) ATM Bank Of Ceylon ATM · Ella 8.2 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 Kombukara River Rest · Ballaketuwa 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.86835&mlon=81.09822#map=17/6.86835/81.09822) Mall Visvam's · Badulla East 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.98709&mlon=81.05934#map=17/6.98709/81.05934) School Kanawerella Maha Vidyalaya · Kanawerella West 2.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.90859&mlon=81.13065#map=17/6.90859/81.13065) College Passara Central College · Passara Town South 5.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.93419&mlon=81.15163#map=17/6.93419/81.15163) Police station Passara · Passara Town South 5.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.93447&mlon=81.15483#map=17/6.93447/81.15483) 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 Passara DS Division - Ambathenna - Ambathenna West - Bibilegama East - Bibilegama West - Dambakote - Dambewela - Demodara - Gerandiella - Gonagala East - Gonagala West - Kahataruppa - Kanahela - Kanawerella - Kanawerella West - Kudugala Pathana - Madugasthalawa North - Madugasthalawa South - Maligathenna - Maussagolla East - Maussagolla West - Medawelagama - Meedumpitiya - Meeriyabedda - Nikebedda - Palagolla - Palawatta - Pallegama - Paramahankada - Passara Town East - Passara Town North - Passara Town South - Pelgahathenna - Puhulwatta - Sapuroda - Thalagahagedara - Thennuge - Tholabowatta - Udagama - Welgolla - Wewekele ## Quick answers - Where is Kanawerella East?In Passara DS Division, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Kanawerella East?Bibilegama West, Galtenhena, Kanawerella, Nawela East and Pupula - How many villages are in Kanawerella East?2 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Kanawerella East?February to March and June to September - Where is the nearest hospital to Kanawerella East?estate hospital, about 2.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Kanawerella East?Ballaketuwa Samurdi Bank, about 4.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Kanawerella East?Bank Of Ceylon ATM, about 8.2 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Kanawerella East?Ceypetco, about 2.1 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Kanawerella East?LK8118180 (OCHA common operational dataset)