Ohiya
Ohiya is a rural village located in Badulla District of Uva Province, Sri Lanka. It is located approximately southeast of Colombo. Ohiya is in the Welimada Divisional Secretariat Division and the Grama Niladhari Division number is 62A.
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
Transport
- Ohiya Railway Station is the 67th station on the Main line It is the third highest railway station of Sri Lanka, situated above sea level and opened in 1893.
- B508 – Welimada – Ohiya
Attractions
- Horton Plains National Park – located from Ohiya
- Ohiya Gap/Dondra Watch, from this vantage point, which looks out over the Haputale valley, the Dondra Head Lighthouse is occasionally visible.
- Ohiya Forest
- The Devil's Staircase, a road which drops down in less than is located beyond Udaweria Estate about 8 km from the station
- Bamabarakanda Falls, the highest waterfall in the country, is located from Ohiya
- Rahangala Mountain – located from Ohiya
- Kirigalpoththa – the second-highest summit in Sri Lanka
Schools
- B/Ohiya Siddharatha Vidyalaya
Railway Line Continuity