Kavalur

Kavalur is a village in the Jawadhu Hills in Vaniyambadi taluk, Tirupathur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The village hosts the Vainu Bappu Observatory (VBO), which was established in the 1970s, and contains the 1-meter (3 ft 3 in) Carl Zeiss Telescope, and the 2.3-meter (7 ft 7 in) Vainu Bappu telescope.

Kavalur
village
Kavalur Location in Tamil Nadu, India Kavalur Kavalur (India)
Coordinates: 12°34′40.872″N 78°48′47.448″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirupathur
Population  (2001)
• Total	1,010
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	635701
Telephone code	04174
Vehicle registration	TN-83

Demographics

As of 2001 census, Kavalur had a total population of 1010 with 496 males and 514 females. The sex ratio was 1036. The literacy rate was 48.45.

See also

• Vainu Bappu Observatory
• Vellore
• Vainu Bappu
• Jawadhu Hills

Further reading

• "Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001". Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009.

External links

• Vellore district
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics