Kavalur is a village in the Jawadhu Hills in Vaniyambadi taluk, 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.

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Kavalur
village
Kavalur Location in Tamil Nadu, India Show map of Tamil Nadu Kavalur Kavalur (India) Show map of 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^[update] 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

References

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