Valaichchenai ( ta, வாழைச்சேனை ''Valaichchenai''; si, වාලසේන / වාලච්චේන ''waalasena / Valaichchena'') is a town in the
Eastern Province of
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 could also be spelled as Valaichenai or Valachchenai. The world-famous
Pasikudah
Pasikudah or Pasikuda ( ta, பாசிக்குடா; si, පාසිකුඩා; (Pronounced ''Paasikkudah'' - historic Tamil translation "Green-Algae-Bay") is a coastal resort town located 35 kilometers northwest of Batticaloa, Battical ...
Beach is located about 3 km east of Valaichenai along the
Indian Ocean
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. Pasikudah beach is famous for shallow and calm sea water.
Population
Valaichchenai has
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
communities and also Muslims live in Oddamavadi Village. Tamil and Muslim people live east and west of the Valaichenai Main Street, respectively. There were banana, coconut and paddy plantations which provided the main income along with some fishing. This was changed with the establishment of the
paper manufacturing plant.
Transport
It has a railway station on the
Broad gauge
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.
Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...
system of
Sri Lanka Railways
The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය ''Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya''; Tamil: இலங்கை புகையிரத ...
.
Schools
There are several schools in Valaichenai including:
*Valaichchenai Hindu College (National School)
* bt/bc an-noor national school
* Peththelai Vipulananda Vidiyalayam
* Aysha Mahalir Maha Vidyalayam
* Vani Vidyalayam
* Karuwakerni Vigneswara Vidyalayam
* Vinayagaapuram Vinayagar Vidyalayam
* Sri Krishna School
See also
*
The American Batticaloa Development Fund, provided electricity connection to Sri Krishna School
References
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Towns in Batticaloa District
Koralaipattu DS Division