Galgamuwa ( si, ගල්ගමුව, ta, கல்கமுவ) is a town in

Kurunegala District Kurunegala is a district in North Western Province, Sri Lanka. Consists of and consists 30 Divisional Secretariats, 1610 Grama Niladari Divisions and 4476 total Villages. It consists of 14 Electorate Divisions, 02 Municipal Council, 19 Urban C ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It consists of 62

Grama Niladhari ''Grama Niladhari'' (''village officers'') ( si, ග්‍රාම නිලධාරී) is a Sri Lankan public official appointed by the central government to carry out administrative duties in a ''grama niladhari'' division, which is a sub-un ...

divisions and is situated between the

Kala Oya The Kala Oya is the third longest river in Sri Lanka. It is approximately in length. The river has a basin size of , and more than 400,000 rural population live by the river basin. Its catchment area receives approximately 3,169 million cubic m ...

and the Mee Oya

River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

s. It borders Ambanpola, Nawagaththegama, Giribawa, Thambuththegama and Ehetuwewa. In 2012, the town had a total population of 55,078. Galgamuwa is an agricultural area, and cultivation is carried out in both Yala and Maha seasons. There are 35 schools in Galgamuwa.

References

Populated places in North Western Province, Sri Lanka Populated places in Kurunegala District Kurunegala {{NorthWesternLK-geo-stub