# Seethawaka DS Division, Colombo District – GN divisions > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/ Divisional Secretariat division · Colombo District # Seethawaka DS Division Seethawaka DS Division is a Divisional Secretariat (DS) division of Sri Lanka in Colombo District, Western Province. It covers **146.0 km²**. It is divided into 68 GN divisions. 77 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 124 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 146km² - 68GN divisions - 124mapped services ## Where is Seethawaka DS Division? Seethawaka DS Division lies in [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 6 other DS divisions: [Dehiowita DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/sabaragamuwa/kegalle/dehiowita/), [Dompe DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/gampaha/dompe/), [Eheliyagoda DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/sabaragamuwa/ratnapura/eheliyagoda/), [Homagama DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/homagama/), [Padukka DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/padukka/) and [Ruwanwella DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/sabaragamuwa/kegalle/ruwanwella/). By area it is the 157th largest of 339 DS divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 21.2% of [Colombo District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/). The centre of Seethawaka DS Division is about 34 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.9199° N, 80.1527° E. Local names: සීතාවක · சீதவாக்கை . Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka). ## GN divisions of Seethawaka DS Division Grama Niladhari division Area km² Localities Services [Agra Pedesa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/agra-pedesa/) 0.4 0 0 [Akaravita](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/akaravita/) 1.5 2 1 [Aluth Ambalama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/aluth-ambalama/) 2.1 3 1 [Aradhana Kanda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/aradhana-kanda/) 1.2 0 1 [Avissawella](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/avissawella/) 0.8 1 20 [Bollathawa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/bollathawa/) 2.6 2 0 [Brandigampala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/brandigampala/) 1.6 1 0 [Diddeniya North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/diddeniya-north/) 2.6 2 0 [Diddeniya South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/diddeniya-south/) 2.5 0 0 [Digana](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/digana/) 5.2 0 4 [Egodagama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/egodagama/) 1.0 1 0 [Elamalawala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/elamalawala/) 1.4 1 0 [Eswatta North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/eswatta-north/) 4.3 1 0 [Eswatta South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/eswatta-south/) 2.4 1 0 [Gira Imbula](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/gira-imbula/) 0.9 0 0 [Hanwella Town](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/hanwella-town/) 1.5 2 17 [Hingurala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/hingurala/) 4.9 1 0 [Ihala Hanwella North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/ihala-hanwella-north/) 1.4 0 4 [Ihala Hanwella South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/ihala-hanwella-south/) 0.9 0 0 [Ihala Kosgama North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/ihala-kosgama-north/) 2.5 1 2 [Ihala Kosgama South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/ihala-kosgama-south/) 0.9 1 1 [Ilukovita](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/ilukovita/) 3.9 3 1 [Jayaweeragoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/jayaweeragoda/) 1.3 0 0 [Kadugoda North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kadugoda-north/) 3.0 2 0 [Kadugoda South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kadugoda-south/) 3.2 2 0 [Kahahena](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kahahena/) 2.7 2 1 [Kahatapitiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kahatapitiya/) 1.6 1 0 [Kalu Aggala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kalu-aggala/) 4.8 1 2 [Kanampella East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kanampella-east/) 7.0 1 0 [Kanampella West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kanampella-west/) 1.8 1 2 [Kiriwandala North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kiriwandala-north/) 6.9 1 5 [Kiriwandala South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kiriwandala-south/) 2.0 1 3 [Koodaluvila](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/koodaluvila/) 1.2 1 2 [Koswatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/koswatta/) 1.2 0 0 [Kotahera](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kotahera/) 0.7 4 2 [Kudagama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kudagama/) 1.6 1 0 [Kudakanda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/kudakanda/) 0.9 0 0 [Lahirugama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/lahirugama/) 6.7 2 0 [Mambula](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/mambula/) 1.7 0 0 [Manakada](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/manakada/) 1.5 0 0 [Mawalgama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/mawalgama/) 2.9 5 2 [Mawathagama East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/mawathagama-east/) 2.0 0 0 [Mawathagama West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/mawathagama-west/) 1.5 1 0 [Miriswatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/miriswatta/) 1.9 0 2 [Muruthagama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/muruthagama/) 0.7 0 0 [Neluwattuduwa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/neluwattuduwa/) 2.4 1 1 [Niripola](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/niripola/) 2.2 1 0 [Pagngnagula](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/pagngnagula/) 2.9 1 0 [Pahala Hanwella](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/pahala-hanwella/) 1.3 1 7 [Pahala Kosgama East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/pahala-kosgama-east/) 1.5 3 3 [Pahala Kosgama West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/pahala-kosgama-west/) 0.9 2 3 [Pahathgama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/pahathgama/) 0.7 1 0 [Pelpola](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/pelpola/) 1.8 0 0 [Puwakpitiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/puwakpitiya/) 0.4 0 2 [Puwakpitiya South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/puwakpitiya-south/) 1.4 0 0 [Salawa](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/salawa/) 1.8 4 4 [Seethagama](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/seethagama/) 0.7 0 7 [Seethawaka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/seethawaka/) 0.8 1 7 [Suduwella](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/suduwella/) 2.5 2 4 [Thawalgoda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/thawalgoda/) 1.3 3 0 [Thunnana East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/thunnana-east/) 1.6 0 1 [Thunnana West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/thunnana-west/) 1.9 1 1 [Ukwatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/ukwatta/) 0.5 2 6 [Walawwatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/walawwatta/) 0.7 0 0 [Welikanna](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/welikanna/) 2.2 2 2 [Weragolla North](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/weragolla-north/) 3.4 2 2 [Weragolla South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/weragolla-south/) 5.8 1 1 [Weralupitiya](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/seethawaka/weralupitiya/) 2.2 1 0 Source: [Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-lka); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). ## Villages and localities in Seethawaka DS Division Open gazetteers list **77 villages, towns and localities** in Seethawaka DS Division. The largest with a recorded population: Hanwella Ihala (22,918) and Mawalgama (2,033). Settlements here lie between about 12 m and 223 m above sea level (median 32 m). - Akarawita - Alubodala - Aluth Ambalama - Anandagama - Aradanakanda - Arapangama - Avissawella - Berendigamola - Bollatawa - Bollathawa Junction - Boralugoda - Brandigampala - Diddeniya - Egodagama - Elamalawala - Eswatta North - Eswatta South - Galapitamada - Hanwella - Hanwella Ihala - Hanwella Pahala - Hingurala - Ihala Kosgama - Ilukowita - Kadugoda North - Kadugoda South - Kahahena - Kahapola - Kahatapitiya - Kahawa - Kaluaggala - Kanampella - Kanempella - Karagalla - Kiriammalakanda - Kiriatula - Kiriwandala - Kiriwandala South - Kolankanda - Kosgama - Kosgama Ihala - Kosgama Pahala - Kotahena - Kotahera - Mambula - Mawalgama - Mawatgama - Miriswatta - Muruthagama - Neluwattuduwa - Niripola - Pahala Mambula - Pahathgama - Pannagula - Paranagama - Pattara - Pelabotelanda - Phala Kosgama - Puwakpitiya - Salawa - Seethagama - Seethawaka - Suduwella - Tawalagoda - Thalapathpitiya - Thunnana West - Tunnana East - Ukwatta - Ukwatte - Uruwala - Waga - Waga Estate - Welikanna - Welikanna Junction - Weragolla - Weragolla South - Weralupitiya 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 Seethawaka DS Division Named natural and historic features inside Seethawaka DS Division, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 5 rivers and streams. - Gatahetta Oya - Maha Ela - Maha Oya - Mitirigala Oya - Sitawaka Ganga ### Hills and mountains 2 hills; 1 mountain. - Panyagala · 309 m - Pohorabawakanda · 171 m - Getaherakanda · 31 m ### Forests and nature 1 forest reserve. - Kanampella Forest Reserve ### Estates 29 rubber estates; 12 estates; 6 estates. - Alupotta - Ambulande Group - Atherfield Estate - Awissawella - Awissawella - Bellair - Brindabana - Dola Ihala - Doranakande - Dumbarahena - Ella Uda - Elston - Elston Estate Pahala Division - Elston Estate Uda Division - Farnham Estate - Ferriby - Glencorse Estate - Halgashena - Halpe Estate - Hanwella Estate - Hathduwa - Hingurella - Honiton Group - Horaketiya …and 23 more. 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 Seethawaka DS Division 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/). ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Seethawaka DS Division Places mapped inside Seethawaka DS Division in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals13 - Banks17 - Petrol pumps6 - Hotels33 - Shopping malls2 - Schools14 - Colleges and universities4 - Cinemas3 - Pharmacies4 - Restaurants24 - Police stations4 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. ## Quick answers - Where is Seethawaka DS Division?In Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Seethawaka DS Division?Dehiowita DS Division, Dompe DS Division, Eheliyagoda DS Division, Homagama DS Division, Padukka DS Division and Ruwanwella DS Division - How many villages are in Seethawaka DS Division?77 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Seethawaka DS Division?Settlements lie between 12 m and 223 m - What is the highest point in Seethawaka DS Division?Panyagala (309 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Seethawaka DS Division?January to March and July to August - How many hospitals are in Seethawaka DS Division?13 mapped - How many banks are in Seethawaka DS Division?17 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Seethawaka DS Division?6 mapped - What is the P-code of Seethawaka DS Division?LK1115 (OCHA common operational dataset)