Kachchai
Kachchai is a Sri Lankan village located in Thenmarachchi region, 4 km east of Chavakachcheri. Kachchai has about 7,000 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 7,000 residents
- Description: village in Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Kachchai North”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meesalai Veerasingam Maha Vidyalayam and Chavakachcheri Hindu College.
Meesalai Veerasingam Maha Vidyalayam
Rehabilitation center
Meesalai Veerasingam Maha Vidyalayam is a provincial school in Meesalai, Sri Lanka. Meesalai Veerasingam Maha Vidyalayam is situated 3 km north of Kachchai.
Chavakachcheri Hindu College
School
Chavakachcheri Hindu College is a national school in Chavakachcheri, Sri Lanka. Chavakachcheri Hindu College is situated 3½ km northwest of Kachchai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kodikamam and Mirusuvil.
Kodikamam
Town
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kodikamam is a small town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Kodikamam is situated 4 km northeast of Kachchai.
Mirusuvil
Village
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mirusuvil is a town in the north Sri Lankan city of present it is in the High Security Zone which includes Muhamalai the check-point which collapsed after the tensions between Government security forces and the LTTE in late 2006 which ended in the closure of the A9 road. Mirusuvil is situated 4 km northeast of Kachchai.
Chavakachcheri
Town
Chavakachcheri is a town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It may have Javanese origins, as the name "Chaavaka+cheari" literally means Javanese settlement. Chavakachcheri is situated 4½ km west of Kachchai.
Kachchai
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kachchai, Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.65177° or 9° 39′ 6″ northLongitude
80.20378° or 80° 12′ 14″ eastPopulation
7,000Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
6MX2M623+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4456376865OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1242742Wikidata ID
Q6344627
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Tamil—“Kachchai” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Качаи”
- Cebuano: “Kachchai”
- Dutch: “Kachchai”
- Irish: “Kachchai”
- Swedish: “Kachchai”
- Tamil: “கச்சாய் தெற்கு”
- Tamil: “கச்சாய்”
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Highlights include Temple and Kachchai Government Tamil Mixed School.
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