Rukmale

Rukmale is a village situated in the Maharagama Electorate,

Colombo District Colombo District ( ''kol̠am̆ba distrikkaya''; ''Koḻumpu Māvaṭṭam'') 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 D ...

, in the

Western Province, Sri Lanka The Western Province ( ''Basnāhira Paḷāta''; ''Mael Mākāṇam'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but did not have any l ...

. It is administered by the

Maharagama Urban Council Maharagama Urban Council (, ) is the Local government in Sri Lanka, local authority for Maharagama and surrounding suburbs in Sri Lanka. The Council is responsible for providing a variety of local public services including public health and sanita ...

. Surrounding towns include

Kottawa Kottawa (, ) is one of the main suburbs in Colombo, Sri Lanka and is administered by the Maharagama Urban Council. It is located from the centre of Colombo. It is a Road junction, five-way junction and lies as the epicenter for Maharagama road, H ...

, Malapalla, Horahena,

Hokandara Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo district . It is located approximately 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 th ...

, Aturugiriya, Walgama, Pinketha,

Homagama Homagama is a town in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka, about south-east of Colombo. The Homagama Pradeshiya Sabha consists of the Homagama divisional secretariat and 10 GN division of Padukka DS division. The total Land area is about is of ...

, Galawila and Makumbura. There are number of bus routes passing the area starting from

Colombo Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...

Maharagama Maharagama is an outer suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka on the High-Level (A4) Road about from the centre of the commercial capital. It developed rapidly in the 1980s as a dormitory suburb. Governed by the Maharagama Urban Council, the town possesses ...

, Aturuguruya,

Malabe Malabe (, ) is a suburb of Kaduwela in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the New Kandy Road (Kaduwela Road) about away from the centre of the commercial capital Colombo. This suburb is a crucial economic centre in Colombo. Et ...

and

. * Colombo-Aturugiriya, route no.123 * Colombo-Rukmalgama, route no. 138 * Maharagama-Aturugiriya, route no.123 * Kottawa-Malabe route no.376 * Homagama-Maharagama route no.128. The proposed development project of Southern Expressway runs through Rukmale village. Approximate area is . B. D. Rampala (Bamunusinghearachchige Don Rampala), mechanical engineer and General Manager of

Sri Lanka Railways The Sri Lanka Railway Department (more commonly known as Sri Lanka Railways (SLR)) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා දුම්රිය සේවය ''Śrī Laṃkā Dumriya Sēvaya''; Sri Lankan Tamil dialects, Tamil: ...

, was born in Rukmale. Populated places in Colombo District {{WesternLK-geo-stub