Kalambur (formerly Aliyabad) is a selection grade town panchayat in Polur taluk, Tiruvanamalai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, famous for its rice production.

[citation needed] As of 2001[update] India census, Kalambur had a population of 13,291.

[citation needed] Based on the purification methods deployed here, Kalambur rices are having high quality.

[citation needed] Due to the number of rice mills in and around the town, the air is polluted.

People in the town are expecting some pollution filter methods to be used in the rice mills.

TNSTC buses ply to Chennai, Tiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram, Salem and other towns.

Nowadays in Kalambur the people are well educated and employed in other states also so these people can easily travel through these rail facilities to Mumbai, Tirupathi, Puducherry, Bengaluru, Hubli, Dharwad, Goa, Rathnagiri, Pavel, Coimbatore, Tirupati, Renigunta, Hyderabad, Chennai, Villupuram, Vellore, Villupuram, Bhuvaneshwar, Kharagpur, Purulia, Mannargudi, Cuddalore and many other cities Kalambur has a Govt.

[citation needed] Almost entire peoples of this town celebrate Pongal (festival), and Chithirai Mudhal Naal or Lakcha deepa Thiruvizha.

People also celebrate festive occasion of Arulmigu Sri Drowpathi Amman Temple.