Sep - 2025

 The Location and the Socio-Economic  Background

 Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat Division comes under Jaffna District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, and located in the Southern part of Jaffna peninsula.The boundaries of the Division are: North - Thondamanaru Lagoon; East- Pachchilaipalli Divisional Secretariat Division; South- Jaffna lagoon up to Kerativu, Kachchai sea and the islet Chalampai; West- Jaffna Lagoon, Navatkuli – Chemmani bridge, Upparu Lagoon and  Kopay – Kaithady bridge.

The highest elevation of this division is 6.7m. The entire division is more or less flat and there is no river passing through the division. There are some drainage channels and there is no jungle but, there are bushes, scrubs and graze lands,

This Division includes 60 Grama Niladhari Divisions consisting of 130 Villages.There are two Local Government Administrative Bodies i.e. Chavakachcheri Urban Council and Chavakachcheri Paradeshiya Sabha. The areas of these local bodies are 19.40 Sq. km and 200.90 Sq. km respectively. There are 60 Grama Niladhari Divisions from J/288 to J/347. The Grama Niladhari Division, Chavakachcheri Town (J/300) covers the center portion of the Secretariat division. The Thenmaradchi DS division comes under the dry zone of Sri Lanka, and gets the seasonal rainfall by the North East Monsoon during November – January which helps the paddy cultivation and also this rainfall helps to fill the water reservoirs and to recharge the agro wells through the underground water. Therefore it become necessary to rehabilitate the water reservoirs time to time.

Thenmaradchi is the predominant area for agricultural products in Jaffna District and it’s called as the granary of Jaffna district. The paddy is widely cultivated in the low lands of Thenmaradchi Division. It is famous for fruits, mainly mango, jackfruit and bananas. This division still produces a lot of coconuts despite the destruction of large number of coconut plantations due to the prolonged confrontation. In addition to paddy cultivation during Maha season, during summer season different types of grains/ pulses such as black gram, green gram, cowpea etc, vegetables and yams are cultivated using underground water.

The Division links with the other towns of Jaffna District by net work of roads such as  A-9 Road; Kodikamam – Point Pedro Road;  Kopay – Kaithady Road; Meesalai - Puttur Road; Chavakachcheri – Poonagari via Keraithivu Chavakachcheri – Point Pedro Road. In addition to the “A” class roads, there are roads of “B”, “C” and “D” class and these give proper net work of roads system in the DS division.

      The Mirusuvil Educated Girls Scheme is the only Agricultural Colonization Scheme in Jaffna district. It is located at Mirusuvil in Eluthumadduval North GN division.

        Role performed at Divisional secretary

Name	Designation	From	To
Mr. Ramanathar Sithamparapillai	DRO
Mr. Subramaniam Murugavel	AGA
Mr. Kanagasabai Thurairasa	AGA	01.07.1979	31.12.1985
Mr. Punniyar Sundrampillai	AGA/DS	01.04.1987	05.05.2002
Mr. Kathiravelu Ketheeswaran	DS	19.01.2003	08.07.2003
Mr. Sellamuththu Srinivasan	DS	09.07.2003	11.10.2010
Mrs. Anjalidevi Santhaseelan	DS	23.10.2010	01.01.2017
Mrs. Thevanthini Babu	DS	11.01.2017	25.02.2020
Mrs.Usha Subalingam	DS	26.02.2020	01.09.2025
Mr. F.C Saththiyasothy	DS	01.09.2025	To Data
Divisional Map