| Valathoor | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Tamil Nadu#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.8899°N 78.8394°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vellore |
| Established Date: | President |
| Government Type: | Valathoor PanchayatPresidents: Arumugam(1986-1991) S.Nirmala Settu (1996-2001) S.Prabavathi Sekaran (2001-2006) Aruldhas (2006-2011) Pushpa (2016-2021) S.Nirmala Settu (2021-present) |
| Governing Body: | President |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 15,000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | [Tamil,Urdu,Kannada,Telugu And Hindi] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 635813 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 04171 |
| Registration Plate: | TN23 |
Valathoor is a village about 8km (05miles) from the town of Gudiyatham in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] There is a railway station about 1km (01miles) from the village near Ulli, with the village's name. This station is located in the Katpadi–Jolarpet mainline. There are trains to Bangalore (via Jolarpet) and Chennai (via Arakonam). The nearest town is Madanur, on the Chennai — Bengaluru Highway, which is about 2.5km (01.6miles) from Valathoor.
There are Two sub villages (Rasampatti and varadhapalayam) in Valathoor Panchayat.
There is Lake "Valathoor Lake" which gets the water source from Palaru (from Madhanur). There is a temple at the lake side called Kaliyamman Temple, and four mosques and four churches are there. There is Government Higher Secondary School which has more than 500 students and three government Elementary Schools in Valathoor and also a madarasa and a Government Aided Elementary School.
There were five tanneries in this village since 1920. In 1996 these tanneries were closed for not providing Effluent Treatment Plants as per Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board directives. In 2009, SAS shoe company is Started by TV.Segaren." and in 2011 The Gopi Engineering Works had launched. This village is one of the victims of the leather tanneries water pollution. The ground water was polluted and from 2011 onwards, the Valathoor Lake is polluted from the leather tanneries effluent water via the Palar river.