Valaichchenai ( ''Valaichchenai''; ''waalasena / Valaichchena'') is a town in the
Eastern Province of
Sri Lanka
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. It could also be spelled as Valaichenai or Valachchenai. The world-famous
Pasikudah
Pasikudah or Pasikuda (; ; (Pronounced ''Paasikkudah'' - historic Tamil translation "Green-Algae-Bay") is a coastal resort town located 35 kilometers northwest of Batticaloa, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. Historically a small Tamil hamlet alon ...
Beach is located about 3 km east of Valaichenai along the
Indian Ocean
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. Pasikudah beach is famous for shallow and calm sea water.
Population
Valaichchchenai has
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
communities and also some Muslims communities. Tamil people are the majority here and some Muslim people live in the west of the Valaichchenai Main Street, respectively. There were banana, coconut and paddy plantations which provided the main income along with some fishing. This was changed with the establishment of the
paper manufacturing plant.
Transport
It has a railway station on the
Broad gauge
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system 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: ...
.
Schools
There are several schools in Valaichenai including:
* VALAICHENAI HINDU COLLEGE (NATIONAL SCHOOL) also known as First school of Valaichenai
* Valaichchenai Ayisha Balika M V (Valaichchenai Ayisha Mahalir M V)
* AN-NOOR NATIONAL SCHOOL
* Kalkudah namagal vidyalayam
* Peththelai Vipulananda Vidiyalayam
* Chndrakanthan vidyalayam
* Vani Vidyalayam
* Karuwakerni Vigneswara Vidyalayam
* Vinayagaapuram Vinayagar Vidyalayam
* Sri Krishna School
See also
*
The American Batticaloa Development Fund, provided electricity connection to Sri Krishna School
References
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Towns in Batticaloa District
Koralaipattu DS Division