Erlalai is a large agricultural village, popular for its red soil. The village is centered around the road connecting

Mallakam Mallakam () () is a town in northern Sri Lanka located approximately north of the city of Jaffna Jaffna (, ; , ) is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters o ...

and Punnalaikkadduvan North. The village is divided into Erlalai centre, Erlalai North Erlalai South and Erlalai West. The vegetables produced in the village are believed to be tastier due to its red soil. The manioc or

Cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', common name, commonly called cassava, manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Although ...

produced in the village is particularly famous.

Notable people

P. Kanagasabapathy Perampalam Kanagasabapathy (1923–1977) was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, academic and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka. Early life and family Kanagasabapathy was born in 1923. He was the son o ...

K. Kunaratnam

References

Towns in Jaffna District Valikamam North DS Division {{NorthernLK-geo-stub