City profile · Sri Lanka · Asia
Batticaloa
City population
86,742
#14
in Sri Lanka
#3
in Eastern Province
#6,657
worldwide
7.710, 81.692 · 221 km from Colombo
About Batticaloa
Batticaloa is a city in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka with a population of 86,742. It is the 14th largest of the 60 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sri Lanka, and the 6,657th largest worldwide. It lies 221 km from Colombo.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 7
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Colombo
Coordinates
7.710, 81.692
Record updated
2022-01-10
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 60 in Sri LankaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.