# Borella North GN division, Thimbirigasyaya DS Division > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/borella-north/ Grama Niladhari division · Thimbirigasyaya DS Division # Borella North Borella North is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Thimbirigasyaya DS Division, Colombo District, Western Province. It covers **1.03 km²**. 1 named village or locality is recorded here, and 23 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1.0km² - 23mapped services ## Where is Borella North? Borella North lies in [Thimbirigasyaya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/), [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 9 other GN divisions: [Borella South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/borella-south/), [Gajabapura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/kolonnawa/gajabapura/), [Gothamipura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/gothamipura/), [Kuppiyawatta East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/kuppiyawatta-east/), [Kuppiyawatta West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/kuppiyawatta-west/), [Kurunduwatta](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/kurunduwatta/), [Obeysekarapura](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/sri-jayawardanapura-kotte/obeysekarapura/), [Wanathamulla](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/wanathamulla/) and [Welikada West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/sri-jayawardanapura-kotte/welikada-west/). By area it is the 10046th largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 4.6% of [Thimbirigasyaya DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/colombo/thimbirigasyaya/). The centre of Borella North is about 3.8 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.9199° N, 79.8797° E. Local names: බොරැල්ල උතුර . 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 Borella North Open gazetteers list **1 village, town or locality** in Borella North. - Punchi Borella 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 Borella North Named natural and historic features inside Borella North, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Kinda Ela 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 Borella North 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 Borella North Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Prison Hospital · Borella North 0.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.92287&mlon=79.88036#map=17/6.92287/79.88036) Bank Sarvodaya Development Finance · Borella North 0.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.92080&mlon=79.87754#map=17/6.92080/79.87754) ATM Peoples Bank ATM · Borella North 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.91802&mlon=79.88417#map=17/6.91802/79.88417) Petrol pump Ceypetco · Borella South 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.91349&mlon=79.87767#map=17/6.91349/79.87767) Hotel Maha Gedara Grand Hotel · Borella North 0.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.91973&mlon=79.88267#map=17/6.91973/79.88267) Mall 187 Building · Borella South 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.91519&mlon=79.87536#map=17/6.91519/79.87536) School C.W.W Kannangara Vidyalaya · Borella North 0.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.91900&mlon=79.87725#map=17/6.91900/79.87725) College Postgraduate Institute of Management · Borella North 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.91799&mlon=79.87979#map=17/6.91799/79.87979) Police station Borella Police Station · Borella South 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.91522&mlon=79.87828#map=17/6.91522/79.87828) 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 Borella North Places mapped inside Borella North in open map data, by type. - Hospitals5 - Banks1 - ATMs2 - Hotels3 - Schools7 - Colleges and universities1 - Pharmacies3 - 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 Thimbirigasyaya DS Division - Bambalapitiya - Borella South - Dematagoda - Gothamipura - Havelock Town - Kirula - Kirulapone - Kollupitiya - Kuppiyawatta East - Kuppiyawatta West - Kurunduwatta - Milagiriya - Narahenpita - Pamankada East - Pamankada West - Thimbirigasyaya - Wanathamulla - Wellawatta North - Wellawatta South ## Quick answers - Where is Borella North?In Thimbirigasyaya DS Division, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Borella North?Borella South, Gajabapura, Gothamipura, Kuppiyawatta East, Kuppiyawatta West, Kurunduwatta, Obeysekarapura, Wanathamulla and Welikada West - How many villages are in Borella North?1 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the best time to visit Borella North?January to March and July to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Borella North?Prison Hospital, about 0.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Borella North?Sarvodaya Development Finance, about 0.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Borella North?Peoples Bank ATM, about 0.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Borella North?Ceypetco, about 0.7 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Borella North?5 mapped - How many banks are in Borella North?1 mapped - How many ATMs are in Borella North?2 mapped - What is the P-code of Borella North?LK1127040 (OCHA common operational dataset)