Song of the Province

Village Story

 Opatha   is a remote village situated in the southern part of Sri Lanka and it belongs to the Thawalama division in Galle district. In the former set up   it was a part of Hinidum Patthu . It is surrounded by beautiful mountains. A vast stretch of green tea estates and paddy fields are two of the attractions.  Ugudu dola and Hulanda-ela  stream flow away with glistening water through the green fields .This village seems calm and quiet and there are about three thousand and two hundred of population .  It is divided in to four Gramasewa   areas   as   North, South, East and West
Today   the population is increasing in this area because of the job opportunities that are from the tea plantation. Most of the people have privilege   lives   having   electricity   light, water supply and telephone facilities etc.
The main road is to access this village is Udugama-Akuressa road. There are good roads as well.  

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