Introduction
The administrative district of Puttalam, situates in the North Western province of Sri Lanka and surrounded on the North by Modaragam aru Bordering Mannar district, East by Kurunegala and Anurdhapura districts, South by ‘ Ma Oya’ boardering Gampaha district and West by Indian Ocean.
The district has a land area of 3013 square Kilo meters including inland water bodies and a coastal belt of 288 Kilo meters in length. Deduru Oya, Mee Oya, Battulu Oya and Rathambala Oya, which flow through the district, have contributed immensely for the prosperity of the district in various mean.
There are three identifiable climate zones in the district. These are wet zone within Ma Oya and Deduru Oya, an area of Deduru Oya to northern boarder of the district indicate dry and semi arid nature and an area with sand and sand dunes with significance of aridity in Kalpitiya Peninsular.
