# Kottawa West GN division, Maharagama DS Division – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/kottawa-west/

Grama Niladhari division · Maharagama DS Division 

# Kottawa West

Kottawa West is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Maharagama DS Division, Colombo District, Western Province. It covers **0.47 km²**. Open map data shows 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 0.5km²
- 1mapped services

## Where is Kottawa West?

Kottawa West lies in [Maharagama DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/), [Colombo District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/), [Western Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 4 other GN divisions: [Kottawa North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/kottawa-north/), [Kottawa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/kottawa-south/), [Kottawa Town](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/kottawa-town/) and [Liyanagoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/liyanagoda/). By area it is the 12591st largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.2% of [Maharagama DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/). The centre of Kottawa West is about 15 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.8513° N, 79.9562° E. Local names: කොට්ටාව 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).

## Weather in Kottawa West and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Colombo District, the warmest month is Apr (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 1,999 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (304 mm) and the driest Feb (71 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to March and July to August**.

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- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
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- Jul
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- Nov
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Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 25 76 

Feb 26 71 

Mar 27 115 

Apr 28 226 

May 27 224 

Jun 27 143 

Jul 26 99 

Aug 26 113 

Sep 26 162 

Oct 26 292 

Nov 26 304 

Dec 26 175 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Kottawa West

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Pannipitiya Private Hospital · Kottawa Town 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84699&mlon=79.95219#map=17/6.84699/79.95219) 

Bank Peoples Bank · Kottawa Town 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84541&mlon=79.95340#map=17/6.84541/79.95340) 

ATM Sampath Bank ATM · Kottawa Town 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84685&mlon=79.95231#map=17/6.84685/79.95231) 

Petrol pump Ceypetco · Rathmaldeniya 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84557&mlon=79.95242#map=17/6.84557/79.95242) 

Hotel DENT Family Dental Care · Pannipitiya South 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84526&mlon=79.95043#map=17/6.84526/79.95043) 

Mall New Premasiri Sale Centre · Wattegedara 3.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84585&mlon=79.92612#map=17/6.84585/79.92612) 

School Ananda Vidyalaya, Kottawa · Kottawa Town 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84423&mlon=79.95817#map=17/6.84423/79.95817) 

College Surado Campus · Pannipitiya South 1.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84615&mlon=79.94741#map=17/6.84615/79.94741) 

Police station Kottawa Police Station · Kottawa Town 1.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84146&mlon=79.96329#map=17/6.84146/79.96329) 

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.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Kottawa West

Places mapped inside Kottawa West in open map data, by type.

- Restaurants1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other GN divisions in Maharagama DS Division

- Dambahena
- Depanama
- Gangodavila South B
- Godigamuwa North
- Godigamuwa South A
- Godigamuwa South B
- Jambugasmulla
- Kalalgoda
- Kottawa East
- Kottawa North
- Kottawa South
- Kottawa Town
- Liyanagoda
- Madiwela
- Maharagama East
- Maharagama Town
- Maharagama West
- Makumbura North
- Makumbura South
- Malapalla East
- Malapalla West
- Mirihana North
- Mirihana South
- Navinna
- Pamunuwa
- Pannipitiya North
- Pannipitiya South
- Pathiragoda
- Polwatta
- Pragathipura
- Rukmale East A
- Rukmale East B
- Rukmale West
- Thalapathpitiya
- Thalawathugoda East
- Thalawathugoda West
- Udahamulla East
- Udahamulla West
- Wattegedara
- Wijerama

## Quick answers

- Where is Kottawa West?In Maharagama DS Division, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka
- What borders Kottawa West?Kottawa North, Kottawa South, Kottawa Town and Liyanagoda
- What is the best time to visit Kottawa West?January to March and July to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Kottawa West?Pannipitiya Private Hospital, about 0.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Kottawa West?Peoples Bank, about 0.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Kottawa West?Sampath Bank ATM, about 0.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Kottawa West?Ceypetco, about 0.8 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Kottawa West?LK1121125 (OCHA common operational dataset)