Maharagama

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

Overview

Maharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the High-Level (A4) Road about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the centre of the commercial capital. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the town possesses facilities like supermarkets, department stores, clothing, food and beverages shops to fulfill the needs of citizens.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

A

Achini Nimeshika Ratnasiri

badminton player

D

D. R. Nanayakkara

Sri Lankan actor (1915-1989)

B

B. D. Rampala

Sri Lankan mechanical engineer

J

Jagath Wickramasinghe

Sri Lankan musician

Kasun Kalhara

Sri Lankan musician

K

Kushal Janith Perera

Sri Lankan cricketer

M

Maru Sira

Sri Lankan murderer

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

S

Sanath Nandasiri

musician

S

Sunanda Mahendra

Sri Lankan academic

T

Tissa Abeysekara

Filmmaker and writer (1939–2009)

T

Titus Thotawatte

Veteran Sri Lankan film Director and editor (1929–2011)

T

Tuan Nizam Muthaliff

Sri Lankan Army officer (1966–2005)

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

Nearby places in Western

• Pamunuwa
  0.7 mi away
• Pirivena Junction
  1.3 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Erewwela West
  1.4 mi away
• Boralesgamuwa South
  1.7 mi away
• Erewwela East
  1.7 mi away
• Kalalgoda
  1.8 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Delkanda
  2 mi away · pop. 15,000
• Gangodawila
  2 mi away
• Bokundara
  2 mi away
• Talawatugoda
  2.1 mi away · pop. 10,000
• Divulpitiya
  2.2 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Bellanvila
  2.5 mi away

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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 Caustic-creeper

Euphorbia thymifolia

Seen 2026-09-26

Panama rose

Arachnothryx leucophylla

Seen 2026-09-26

Indian Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor

Seen 2026-09-26

Indian Common Clubtail

Ictinogomphus rapax

Seen 2026-09-26

sandalwood defoliator

Amata passalis

Seen 2026-09-26

African Coromandel

Asystasia intrusa

Seen 2026-09-25

Red Button Ginger

Costus woodsonii

Seen 2026-09-25

Rusty Millipede

Trigoniulus corallinus

Seen 2026-09-25

Coprinopsis lilacina

Coprinopsis lilacina

Seen 2026-09-25

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