| Kovilur | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu |
| Pushpin Label Position: | India Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | India Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kovilur in Tamilnadu |
| Coordinates: | 12.0597°N 78.1231°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kongu Nadu |
| Subdivision Name3: | Dharmapuri |
| Subdivision Name4: | Nallampalli |
| Government Type: | Village |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 636807 [1] |
| Registration Plate: | TN-29 |
| Area Code: | 04342 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
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<small>(temple)</small>+Oor<small>(village</small>)].