# Malapalla West GN division, Maharagama DS Division – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/malapalla-west/ Grama Niladhari division · Maharagama DS Division # Malapalla West Malapalla West is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Maharagama DS Division, Colombo District, Western Province. It covers **0.57 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 0.6km² - 2mapped services - 35 mtypical elevation ## Where is Malapalla West? Malapalla 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 5 other GN divisions: [Kottawa South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/kottawa-south/), [Kottawa Town](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/kottawa-town/), [Makumbura North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/makumbura-north/), [Malapalla East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/malapalla-east/) and [Rukmale West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/rukmale-west/). By area it is the 12104th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 1.5% of [Maharagama DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/maharagama/). The centre of Malapalla West is about 17 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.8462° N, 79.9754° E. Local names: මාලපල්ල 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). ## Villages and localities in Malapalla West Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Malapalla West. - Malapalla 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). ## Weather in Malapalla 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**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec 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 Malapalla West Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Kottawa Nursing Home · Kottawa Town 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83873&mlon=79.96466#map=17/6.83873/79.96466) Bank MMSB · Kottawa Town 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84329&mlon=79.97169#map=17/6.84329/79.97169) ATM Nations trust bank · Kottawa Town 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83666&mlon=79.96520#map=17/6.83666/79.96520) Petrol pump Sinopec Filling Station · Kottawa South 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84431&mlon=79.96876#map=17/6.84431/79.96876) Hotel Nilo Lanka Entertainment · Makumbura North 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.83848&mlon=79.98043#map=17/6.83848/79.98043) Mall Millennium Super Center · Athurugiriya 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.87173&mlon=79.99725#map=17/6.87173/79.99725) School Pakistan International Public School Mansehra · Makumbura North 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84043&mlon=79.97597#map=17/6.84043/79.97597) College ITC Campus · Malapalla West 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.84591&mlon=79.97152#map=17/6.84591/79.97152) Police station Kottawa Police Station · Kottawa Town 1.4 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 Malapalla West Places mapped inside Malapalla West in open map data, by type. - Colleges and universities1 - 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 - Kottawa West - Liyanagoda - Madiwela - Maharagama East - Maharagama Town - Maharagama West - Makumbura North - Makumbura South - Malapalla East - 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 Malapalla West?In Maharagama DS Division, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Malapalla West?Kottawa South, Kottawa Town, Makumbura North, Malapalla East and Rukmale West - How many villages are in Malapalla West?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Malapalla West?January to March and July to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Malapalla West?Kottawa Nursing Home, about 1.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Malapalla West?MMSB, about 0.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Malapalla West?Nations trust bank, about 1.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Malapalla West?Sinopec Filling Station, about 0.8 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Malapalla West?LK1121135 (OCHA common operational dataset)