# Madawala GN division, Matugama DS Division, Kalutara District > Source: https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/matugama/madawala/ Grama Niladhari division · Matugama DS Division # Madawala Madawala is a Grama Niladhari (GN) division of Sri Lanka in Matugama DS Division, Kalutara District, Western Province. It covers **2.98 km²**. - 3.0km² ## Where is Madawala? Madawala lies in [Matugama DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/matugama/), [Kalutara District](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/), [Western Province](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/), [Sri Lanka](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/). It borders 8 other GN divisions: [Halwalakele Malwathukanda](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/walallawita/halwalakele-malwathukanda/), [Horawala](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/matugama/horawala/), [Horawala East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/matugama/horawala-east/), [Horawala West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/matugama/horawala-west/), [Uragoda East](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/walallawita/uragoda-east/), [Uragoda West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/walallawita/uragoda-west/), [Welipenna East - South](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/matugama/welipenna-east-south/) and [Welipenna West](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/matugama/welipenna-west/). By area it is the 4982nd largest of 14,043 GN divisions in Sri Lanka. It covers 2.1% of [Matugama DS Division](https://wherepedia.org/sri-lanka/western/kalutara/matugama/). The centre of Madawala is about 61 km in a straight line from Colombo, the commercial capital. The centre point is at 6.4635° N, 80.1324° E. Local names: මඩවල . 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 Madawala and the best time to visit Using the climate of Kalutara District, the warmest month is Apr (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 2,204 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Nov (332 mm) and the driest Feb (85 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **January to February and July**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 26 89 Feb 27 85 Mar 27 128 Apr 28 238 May 28 244 Jun 27 155 Jul 26 114 Aug 26 135 Sep 26 187 Oct 26 302 Nov 26 332 Dec 26 193 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Madawala Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital hijama treatment center · Welipenna East - North 3.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.47126&mlon=80.10330#map=17/6.47126/80.10330) Bank Cooperative Bank · Miriswatta 6.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.42849&mlon=80.08795#map=17/6.42849/80.08795) ATM ATM · Nebada 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.59595&mlon=80.09131#map=17/6.59595/80.09131) Petrol pump Litro Fuels Welipenna - Site A · Henpita 5.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.46793&mlon=80.07948#map=17/6.46793/80.07948) Hotel Diya Ulpatha Tea Garden Resort · Horawala 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.47201&mlon=80.12953#map=17/6.47201/80.12953) Mall Global Holdings · Galmatta 5.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.44967&mlon=80.08092#map=17/6.44967/80.08092) School Horawala Maha Vidyala · Horawala North 1.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.47816&mlon=80.13553#map=17/6.47816/80.13553) College Adikaram College,Matugama · Mathugama West 7.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.52524&mlon=80.11566#map=17/6.52524/80.11566) Police station Police Staion- Welipenna · Welipenna West 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=6.46762&mlon=80.10797#map=17/6.46762/80.10797) 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 Matugama DS Division - Aluthgamgoda - Andawala - Badugama - Badugama New Colony - Bondupitiya - Bopitiya East - Bopitiya West - Dewagoda - Dippita - Diyagala - Galmatta - Gurudola - Henegama - Henpita - Hiriketiya - Horawala - Horawala East - Horawala North - Horawala West - Iddagoda East - Iddagoda West - Indigasthuduwa - Keeranthidiya - Keppetiyagahalanda - Kolehekada - Kotagedara - Kurudippita - Ladduwa - Lewwanduwa East - Lewwanduwa North - Lewwanduwa West - Mathugama East - Mathugama North - Mathugama South - Mathugama West - Meegama - Naravila - Navuttuduwa - Nugagahalanda - Ovitigala - Panthiya - Pussalamulla - Sandasirigama - Thalgasgoda - Thambaretiya - Walagedara North - Walagedara South - Warakatholla - Welimanana - Welipenna East - North - Welipenna East - South - Welipenna West - Wettewa - Yatadolawatta East - Yatadolawatta West - Yattovita ## Quick answers - Where is Madawala?In Matugama DS Division, Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka - What borders Madawala?Halwalakele Malwathukanda, Horawala, Horawala East, Horawala West, Uragoda East, Uragoda West, Welipenna East - South and Welipenna West - What is the best time to visit Madawala?January to February and July - Where is the nearest hospital to Madawala?hijama treatment center, about 3.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Madawala?Cooperative Bank, about 6.3 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Madawala?ATM, about 15 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Madawala?Litro Fuels Welipenna - Site A, about 5.9 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Madawala?LK1330285 (OCHA common operational dataset)