Thalawathugoda ( si, තලවතුගොඩ, ta, தலவத்துகொட) is a suburb of

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

. It is located approximately from the city centre of Colombo, adjacent to

Battaramulla Battaramulla is a suburb of Colombo, situated from the city centre at Colombo Fort, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. It is one of the fastest developing administrative, commercial and residential areas in the Colombo District, being home to th ...

and Pelawatte on the Borella-Kottawa Road, bordering

Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, commonly known as Kotte (), is the legislative capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is a satellite city and located within the urban area of Sri Lanka's de facto economic, executive, and judicial capital, ...

. The

Diyawanna Oya Diyawanna Lake ( si, දියවන්නා ඔය, ta, தியவன்ன ஓயா) or Parliament Lake, is one of the lakes within Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka. It is quite popular as the Sri Lankan Parliament Building was built ...

(Parliament Lake) forms the "Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte" boundary of Thalawathugoda. The suburb is a rapidly developing residential area with many facilities. New modern luxury housing schemes are being developed around Kalalgoda Road and Hokandara Road to cater to high end housing demand. A notable expatriate and upper middle class local population resides in Thalawathugoda.

Hospitals

* Sri Jayawardenepura Hospital *

Hemas Hospital Hemas Hospitals is a Sri Lankan chain of hospitals based in Wattala. It expanded its developments in Thalawathugoda area in 2013 making it one of the largest ever known tertiary hospital chains in Sri Lanka. Hemas Hospitals also operates the lar ...

Sri Nara Ayrvedic medical center Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanes ...

Schools

* Agramathya College * i-GATE College * Vidura College

Banks

Nations Trust Bank Nations Trust Bank PLC (abbreviated as NTB) is one of the listed banks in Sri Lanka with 96 branches, 99 Automated teller machine, ATMs and 64 cash deposit & withdrawal machines as well as an automated channels and is the issuer and sole acquire ...

Sampath Bank Sampath Bank PLC ( si, සම්පත් බැංකුව, sampat bæṁkuva) is a licensed commercial bank incorporated in Sri Lanka in 1987 with 229 branches and 373 ATMs island-wide. It has won the "Bank of the Year" award by "The Banker" ...

* Commercial Bank *

Bank Of Ceylon Bank of Ceylon (BOC; Sinhala: ලංකා බැංකුව ''Lanka Bænkuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை வங்கி ''Ilangai Vangi'') is a state-owned, major commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Its head office is located in an iconic cyli ...

Hatton National Bank Hatton National Bank PLC (commonly abbreviated as HNB) is a private bank in Sri Lanka with 255 branches and 794 ATMs. The bank traces its origin to 1888 when Hatton Bank commenced its operations in Hatton, Sri Lanka. See also * List of banks in ...

* People's Bank * National Savings Bank * Pan Asia Bank * Citizens Development Bank

Urban Council

Thalawathugoda is served by the

Maharagama Maharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the High-Level (A4) Road about 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 possesse ...

Urban Council. A separate urban council for Thalwathugoda does not exist at present.

Postal structure

Earlier, Thalawathugoda had a sub post office which was controlled by the

main post office. The promoted Thalawathugoda Post Office was opened recently. However, a few areas fall under the

Hokandara Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo. It is located approximately from the city 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. ...

and

Pannipitiya Pannipitiya ( si, පන්නිපිටිය, ta, பன்னிபிட்டிய) is a suburb of Colombo. It is an area in Colombo District, Sri Lanka and is located about from the commercial capital. Pannipitiya is subdivided into ...

postal limits.

External links

Detailed map of Thalawathugoda & Battaramulla vicinity and Sri Lanka
Populated places in Western Province, Sri Lanka {{WesternLK-geo-stub