Hokandara

Hokandara හෝකන්දර ஹொகந்தர
Suburb
Hokandara Location in Colombo District
Coordinates: 6°52′49″N 79°58′0″E
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)
Postal code	10118

Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo. It is located approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) 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.

It sits astride the Hokandara-Kottawa Road and the Malabe-Aturugiriya (Borella) Road.

Originally a working-class and farming area, since the 1990s Hokandara has become an increasingly upper-middle and middle-class residential area.

Sub areas such as Arangala, Everihena, Wellangiriya and Horahena belongs to Hokandara.

History

The Rajavaliya mentions that King Rajasinghe I levied troops from Hokandara, prior to the Battle of Mulleriyawa in 1561.

Local facilities

• Supermarkets - Keells Super - Arangala; Cargills Food City & LAUGFS supermarket - Hokandara Junction; Cargills Food City Express - Arangala and Samagi Mawatha, Co-op Food City - Hokandara South;
• Banks - (People's Bank)
• ATM's - Commercial Bank, Sampath Bank
• Petrol sheds - Arangala (Ceypetco) & Hokandara - Wanaguru Mawatha (Lanka IOC)
• Schools - (Vidura College - Colombo - Thalawathugoda Campus, Hokandara Vidyaraja Maha Vidyalaya), Hokandara Vidayaloka Vidyalaya.
• Road Connectivity - Athurugiriya Highway Entrance (OCH - Outer Colombo Highway)
• Bus Routes - 689 (Hokandara - Nugegoda), 993 (Malabe- Maharagama), 336 ( Malabe - Kottawa), 170 (Athurugiriya - Fort), 190 (Godagama/Meegoda - Fort), 336/1 (Kottawa - Malabe-via Horahena), 994 (Maharagama - Hokandara)

Postal structure

The area is served by the Hokandara Post Office. It is divided into four postal subdivisions - north, east, south and west.