Kavalur is a village in the Jawadhu Hills in
Vaniyambadi taluk
Vaniyambadi taluk is a taluk in Tirupathur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Vaniyambadi
Vaniyambadi () is a town in the Tirupattur district of Tamil Nadu and the headquarter for the Vaniya ...
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
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India
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. The village hosts the
Vainu Bappu Observatory (VBO), which was established in the 1970s, and contains the Carl Zeiss Telescope, and the Vainu Bappu telescope.
Demographics
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
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Vainu Bappu Observatory
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Vellore
Vellore (English: ), also spelt as Velur (), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separa ...
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Vainu Bappu
Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu (10 August 1927 – 19 August 1982) was an Indian astronomer and president of the International Astronomical Union. Bappu helped to establish several astronomical institutions in India, including the Vainu Bappu Ob ...
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Jawadhu Hills
References
Further reading
* {{cite web, title=Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001 , url=http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx , publisher=Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619061056/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx , archivedate=2009-06-19
External links
Vellore districtIndian Institute of Astrophysics
Villages in Tirupathur district