Navatkuli ( ta, நாவற்குழி, translit=Nāvaṟkuḻi) is a town in
Jaffna District, Northern
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 is located about 6.5 km from
Jaffna
Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...
.
Navatkuli consists of three
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 in the
Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat
Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Jaffna District, of Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
References
Divisional Secretariats Portal
Divisional Secretariats of Jaffna District
Thenmarachchi
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: Navatkuli West, Navatkuli East, and Kaithady Navatkuli.
Demographics
In 2007, the population of Navatkuli West was 1,362 (652 male & 710 female; 873 adults and 489 children); the population of Navatkuli East was 1,060 (484 male & 576 female; 705 adults and 355 children), and the population of Kaithady Navatkuli was 810 (398 male & 412 female; 529 adults and 281 children). The entire population of Navatkuli East and Kaithady Navatkuli, as well as all but 216 people in Navatkuli West, was displaced at the time due to the
Sri Lankan Civil War.
References
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Towns in Jaffna District
Thenmarachchi DS Division
Suburbs of Jaffna