Kovilur is a small Village in
Nallampalli Block in
Dharmapuri district
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of
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State,
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. It comes under
Nallampalli Panchayath. It is located 10 km towards South from District headquarters
Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri is a city in the north western part of Tamil Nadu, India. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Dharmapuri district which is the first district created in Tamil Nadu after the independence of India by splitting it from ...
. 4 km from Nallampalli.
According to catholic missionaries record, this place was called as Bellagoundanahalli and Velliyanpettai, due to temple and church in this village, locals and neighboring villagers start calling this place as Kovilur ''
ovil(temple)+Oor(village)'.
Education Institutes
* St. Thomas Middle School for Girls, Kovilur
* St. Johns High School, Kovilur
References
{{Dharmapuri district
Villages in Dharmapuri district