Chavakachcheri

Demographic figures from Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Chavakachcheri is a town in the Jaffna Peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It may have Javanese origins, as the name "Chaavaka+cheari" literally means Javanese settlement. The town may date back to the Southeast Asian occupation of Yalpanam, where certain settlements and forts were established by Chandrabhanu to maintain hegemony over the overseas colony. The town is governed by an Urban Council. Chavakachcheri was badly devastated in the Sri Lankan Civil War. Today, the government and the people of Chavakachcheri have rebuilt the town, but the population remains drastically lower than the pre-war years.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

S

S. P. Thamilselvan

Sri Lankan rebel (1967-2007)

N

Nadarajah Raviraj

assassinated Sri Lankan politician

V

V. N. Navaratnam

Sri Lankan politician (1929-1991)

C. Ganesha Iyer

Ceylon Tamil scholar

A

A. Thurairajah

Sri Lankan Tamil academic (1934–1994)

A

A. Gnanathasan

Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer

S

Silan Kadirgamar

Sri Lankan historian (1934-2015)

S

Sinnathamby T. Ariaratnam

Ph.D. University of Cambridge 1959

T

Thenkovai Sa. Kanthiah Pillai

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Red Spined Millipede

Xenobolus carnifex

Seen 2026-09-16

Asian Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Seen 2026-08-20

Brahminy Kite

Haliastur indus

Seen 2026-08-20

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Icthyophaga leucogaster

Seen 2026-08-18

Golden Sandfish

Holothuria scabra

Seen 2026-07-27

Bigfin Reef Squid

Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Seen 2026-07-27

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Seen 2026-06-27

Indian banyan

Ficus benghalensis

Seen 2026-05-29

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Seen 2026-05-29

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).