Official Name: | Rattota Divisional Secretariat |
Other Name: | රත්තොට ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශය |
Native Name: | කයිකාවල, මාතලේ. |
Nickname: | ප්රාදේශීය පරිපාලනයේ රත්තොට කේන්ද්රස්ථානය |
Settlement Type: | Divisional SecretariatMission = Providing services according to the policies of the government and coordinating of resources, uplift the living standards of the people in the division through an efficiant and sustainable planned development process with the participation of the people. |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Matale District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | Sri Lanka Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Website: | Rattota Divisional Secretariat |
Rattota Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Matale District, of Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Rattota is situated between northern latitudes 7.25-7.33 and Eastern longitudes 80.36-80.45 and high from the sea level. The division has a total area of . The division mostly consists of mountains, hills, and inaccessible places, and southern and eastern boundaries are covered by the range of Hunnasgiri mountain and Knuckles Mountain Range which has been introduced as world heritage.Rattota Division consists of three climatic zones. They are,
Annual rainfall is between 1000-2500ml. The maximum rainfall of 2500ml receives in December and January. The minimum rainfall receives in July and August. The hottest month is August. January has a very cool climate. Average temperature is 24-30○C.
When Sri Lanka became a colony in 1815, Rattota had been included to Kandy Udarata regime. Since 1819, Rattota was included to Matale under the administration of Kandy Government Agent.In 1955 Matale became a separate district and Rattota became a part of it. After gaining the independence from Britain in 1948, Matale district was divided in to three revenue divisions and Rattota was the southern part of it. The number of divisions in Matale district was increased to 10 in 1963, and Rattota became a separate division.Since the Grama Niladhari Service was introduced in 1963Rattota was declared as a Divisional Secretariat which consists of 54 Grama Niladhari Divisions.