Kunnathur is a village in Arani Taluk in

Tiruvannamalai District Tiruvannamalai district (previously known as Central Arcot, Tiruvannamalai Sambhuvarayar District) is the largest and one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, in South India. It was formed in the year 1989 through the bifurcation of ...

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. It lies on the border between

and

Vellore District Vellore district () is one of the 38 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It is one of the eleven districts that form the north region of Tamil Nadu. Vellore city is the headquarters of this district. As of 2011, the district had a popu ...

(which lies to the West) and is located 64 km north of the District Headquarters in

Tiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai (Tamil: ''Tiruvaṇṇāmalai'' IPA: , otherwise spelt ''Thiruvannamalai''; ''Trinomali'' or ''Trinomalee'' on British records) is a city, a spiritual, cultural, economic hub and also the administrative headquarters of Tiruvanna ...

, 8 km from Arani, and 139 km from the state capital

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. Kunnathur is surrounded by number of other small villages: Kurumanthangal (1.5 km), Kilnagar (3 km), Ariyapadi (3 km), Sedarampattu (4 km), Onnupuram (3 km), Puthuppalayam (2 km), Sevoor (4 km) and Arani Taluk to the East, Kaniyambadi Taluk to the West, Timiri Taluk to the North, and Polur Taluk to the South.

Polur Polur is a scenic town, divisional headquarters and a market center in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu in India. Located at the foothills of Javvadhi hills, a popular section of Eastern Ghats, Polur is often regarded as ''Gateway of East ...

Arcot Arcot (natively spelt as Ārkāḍu) is a town and urban area of Ranipet district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Located on the southern banks of Palar River, the city straddles a trade route between Chennai and Bangalore or Salem, between t ...

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 ...

, and

Cheyyar Cheyyar, officially Tiruvetipuram is a Town in the Tiruvannamalai District in the Tamil Nadu state of South India. The most common name of this town is Cheyyar but it is also referred to as Tiruvetipuram in many government records. The town ha ...

are the nearest large towns to Kunnathur. Kunnathur's Postal Head Office is located in Kunnathur Arni. Kunnathur is also home to the Dhrowbathal Amman Temple and the Eswaran Temple. The famous Murugan Hindu Temple is located in Kundu Malai, Kunnathur.*

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Villages in Tiruvannamalai district {{Tiruvannamalai-geo-stub