Ohiya

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title: "Ohiya" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-badulla-district", "populated-places-in-uva-province"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-badulla-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohiya" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Ohiya
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Ohiya_Rahangala_Pattipola.jpg
imagesize	260px
image_caption	Ohiya, Rahangala Mountain, Pattipola and Horton Plains area (view from Boralanda)
pushpin_map	Sri Lanka
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Sri Lanka
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Uva Province
coordinates
population_as_of	2001
population_footnotes
timezone	Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone
utc_offset	+5:30
elevation_m	1,774
postal_code_type	Postcode
postal_code	90168
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It is the nearest major settlement to the Horton Plains National Park and serves as a gateway to the National Park and several other nature reserves.

Population

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Total	Male	Female
697	332	365
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Ohiya_Railway_Station.jpg" caption="Ohiya Railway Station"] ::

Transport

• Ohiya Railway Station is the 67th station on the Main line (which runs between Colombo and Badulla) It is the third highest railway station of Sri Lanka, situated 1,774 m above sea level and opened in 1893.
• B508 – Welimada – Ohiya (Bus route via Boralanda)

Attractions

• Horton Plains National Park – located 8 km from Ohiya
• Ohiya Gap/Dondra Watch, from this vantage point, which looks out over the Haputale valley, the Dondra Head Lighthouse (101 km) is occasionally visible.
• Ohiya Forest
• The Devil's Staircase, a road which drops down 1,100 m in less than 12 km is located beyond Udaweria Estate about 8 km from the station
• Bamabarakanda Falls, the highest waterfall (263 m) in the country, is located 22 km from Ohiya
• Rahangala Mountain – located 8 km from Ohiya
• Kirigalpoththa – the second-highest summit in Sri Lanka

Schools

• B/Ohiya Siddharatha Vidyalaya

Railway Line Continuity

References

References

1. [http://nature.sarisara.com/ohiya.htm Ohiya]. Nature.sarisara.com. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
2. [http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/01/01/fea50.pdf One more heave]. dailynews.lk (2009-01-01) . Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081229042936/http://www.justiceministry.gov.lk/Jurisdiction/jurisdiction_uva.htm Territorial Jurisdiction of High Courts, District Courts and Magistrate’s Courts]. Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms of Sri Lanka
4. [http://www.nation.lk/2009/03/01/eyefea7.htm The Way to Horton Plains]. Nation.lk (2009-03-01). Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090717233717/http://www.ds.gov.lk/ds/welimada/sinhala/index.php?p=statistical_information වැලිමඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශයේ ජනගහනය පිළිබද තොරතුරු 2007– 2008]. Welimada Divisional Secretariat. ds.gov.lk
6. [http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2008/10/33133_space.html 18th Railway Tunnel of Pattipola] {{Webarchive. link. (7 December 2008 . Lankanewspapers.com (4 October 2008). Retrieved on 2013-03-17.)
7. [http://www.infohub.com/TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/18870.html Central Highlands Nature Tour]. Infohub.com. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.
8. [http://www.rda.gov.lk/source/rda_roads.htm Welimada – Boralanda – Ohiya – Horton Plains (32.47 km)] {{webarchive. link. (28 April 2016 . Rda.gov.lk. Retrieved on 2013-03-17.)
9. [http://documents.gov.lk/Extgzt/2006/Pdf/Feb/1433-43/1433-43E.pdf Schools] {{webarchive. link. (22 July 2011 . gov.lk (2006) . Retrieved on 17 March 2013)

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