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Puthukkudiyiruppu

Puthukkudiyiruppu may refer to:

  • Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu), town in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka
  • Puthukkudiyiruppu (Batticaloa), town in Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka
Puthukkudiyiruppu (Batticaloa)

Puthukkudiyiruppu (Pronounced : Puthuk-kudiy-iruppu, Tamil meaning: new settlement) is a village in the Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka. It can be spelled in different ways in English, however in the local Tamil language it can only be spelled one way. There is another Puthukkudiyiruppu in the Mullaitivu District of Sri Lanka.

Category:Batticaloa District Category:Populated places in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)

Puthukkudiyiruppu (, Sinhala: ඵුතුක්කුඩියිරුප්පු) (Pronounced : Puthuk-kudiy-iruppu) is a small town in the Mullaitivu District of Sri Lanka.

There are four main roads which lead to Mullaithivu in the east, Paranthan towards west, Iranaipalai towards north and Oddusuddan towards south

Most of the villagers are farmers and there is a significant proportion that fish.

In the 1990s there was a massive influx of people from Jaffna district. The small two ward government dispensary became one of the main hospitals in Mullitivu district.