Hokandara

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

Overview

Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo district. It is located approximately 18 km (11 mi) from the centre of Colombo, adjacent to Thalawathugoda to the west, Pelawatte on the north-west, Malabe on the north, Aturugiriya on the east and Pannipitiya on the south.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

A

Achini Nimeshika Ratnasiri

badminton player

K

Kushal Janith Perera

Sri Lankan cricketer

Mayadunne of Sitawaka

Sri Lankan King

M

Milton Mallawarachchi

Sri Lankan musician (1945-1998)

R

Raigama Bandara

king of Raigama

S

Samantha de Mel

Italian cricketer

T

Tissa Abeysekara

Filmmaker and writer (1939–2009)

T

Tuan Nizam Muthaliff

Sri Lankan Army officer (1966–2005)

V

Vijaya Nandasiri

Sri Lankan actor (1944–2016)

N

Nihal Silva

Sri Lankan actor

P

P. D. Premasiri

Sri Lankan Buddhist scholar

S

Sunil Ariyaratne

Sri Lankan scholar, film director, author, poet and lyricist

L

Lakshan Jayasinghe

Sri Lankan cricketer

A

Amarasiri Peiris

Sri Lankan singer (born 1946)

M

Malani Bulathsinhala

Sri Lankan singer (1949-2001)

C

Chandani Seneviratne

actor

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

Nearby places in Western

• Hokandara South
  0.5 mi away
• Vidyala Junction
  1 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Kalalgoda
  1.5 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Talawatugoda
  1.7 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Malabe
  1.7 mi away · pop. 50,000
• Muttettugoda
  2 mi away · pop. 1,000
• Athurugiriya
  2.1 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Thalahena
  2.2 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Pittugala
  2.2 mi away
• Thalangama North
  2.2 mi away
• Thalahena
  2.4 mi away
• Kottawa
  2.6 mi away · pop. 15,000

Browse all places in Western →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.