Kovilur is a small Village in Nallampalli Block[2] in Dharmapuri district[3] of Tamil Nadu State, India.

It comes under Nallampalli Panchayath.

It is located 10 km towards South from District headquarters Dharmapuri.

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 [Kovil(temple)+Oor(village)].