East by: River “ Nilwala” West by: Welipitiya Divisional Secretariat Division.

At present, there are 36,742 people living in the division and most of them are well educated and actively engaging in the development of the country.

There is a historical belief that the people who got rid of thirst by using "maha linda" when going along the Nilwala Basin and entering tono the city across Mathota and the place when this well was situated is referred to as "Mahalindabasa" and later it was changed to "Malimbada" according to Bodiwansaa branch of SriMaha Bodhi was planted in Ganegama Iharya during the Anuradhapura Era.

One of the queens called "Kalyanawathee" who ruled under the Polonnaruwa Era was donated “ Alkiriya Gama” to the temple situated in Weligama now referred to as “Algiriya” in this division.

As the road from Matara to Akuressa Deniyaya is going across this division, this area has become a centre for economic and commercial purposes.