Navatkuli () is a town in

Jaffna District Jaffna District ( ''Yāḻppāṇam Māvaṭṭam''; ''yāpanaya distrikkaya'') is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a ...

, Northern Province,

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. It is located about 6.5 km from

Jaffna Jaffna (, ; , ) is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a Jaffna Peninsula, peninsula of the same name. With a population o ...

. Navatkuli consists of three grama niladhari divisions in the

Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Jaffna District, of Northern Province, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island co ...

: Navatkuli West, Navatkuli East, and Kaithady Navatkuli.

Demographics

In 2007, the population of Navatkuli West was 1,362 (652 male & 710 female; 873 adults and 489 children); the population of Navatkuli East was 1,060 (484 male & 576 female; 705 adults and 355 children), and the population of Kaithady Navatkuli was 810 (398 male & 412 female; 529 adults and 281 children). The entire population of Navatkuli East and Kaithady Navatkuli, as well as all but 216 people in Navatkuli West, was displaced at the time due to the Sri Lankan Civil War.

References

{{NorthernLK-geo-stub Towns in Jaffna District Thenmarachchi DS Division Suburbs of Jaffna