Dickoya

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

Overview

Dikoya is a town in Nuwara Eliya District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Dikoya forms Hatton-Dikoya Urban Council with Hatton.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Periyasamy Chandrasekaran

Sri Lankan politician (1957-2010)

Eric Shipton

British explorer (1907–1977)

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Albert Pillans

English cricketer (1869-1901)

Henry Robert Charles Martin

British officer of arms and badminton player (1889–1942)

M

Marjorie Blamey

British botanical illustrator (1918-2019)

Shelton Payagala

Sri Lankan film director

R

Robin Boyd-Moss

English cricketer (born 1959)

E

Ewart Morrison

cricketer (1899-1985)

R

Roy Dutton

S

St. John Desmond Arcedeckne-Butler

British Army officer

H

Hasan Rushdy

cricketer

Premil Ratnayake

Sri Lankan journalist and writer

C

Catherine Emslie Anderson

English physician in Ceylon (1881–1934)

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

Nearby places in Central

• Gamini Pura
  1.1 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Hatton
  1.3 mi away · pop. 16,200
• Nanu Oya
  10.7 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Hapugastalawa
  12.7 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Ethgala
  18 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Mariyawatte
  19.3 mi away · pop. 6,000
• Bothalapitiya
  20.9 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Wegiriya
  22.1 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Watadeniya
  22.4 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Buwelikada
  23.7 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Koshinna
  24.8 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Angunawala
  25.2 mi away · pop. 5,000

Browse all places in Central →

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

Sri Lanka White-eye

Zosterops ceylonensis

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Sailer

Neptis hylas

Seen 2026-09-19

magnificent angel's trumpet

Brugmansia insignis

Seen 2026-09-18

Round-snout pygmy frog

Pseudophilautus femoralis

Seen 2026-09-17

Giant Honey Bee

Apis dorsata

Seen 2026-09-14

pinto peanut

Arachis pintoi

Seen 2026-09-13

tropical sundew

Drosera burmanni

Seen 2026-09-13

Sopubia trifida

Sopubia trifida

Seen 2026-09-13

Burmannia disticha

Burmannia disticha

Seen 2026-09-13

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