What is "valathoor"

Valathoor is a village about from the town of Gudiyatham in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India. There is a railway station about 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 from Valathoor.

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 a madarasa also.

There is a government higher secondary school and a Unani dispensary as well as a private clinic named Arrayan Poly Clinic which is famous in that region. Also there is a Public Library run by the Panchayat. This is the place where UGC emeritus professor (Ex) Dr.Mohammed Galib Hussain has chosen to live in view of its academic climate and he produced copious literature on management thought. The entire literature written by him originated in this picturesque, serene and august location.

15 years back there were some tanneries in this village. In 1996 these tanneries were closed. Recently from 2010, a shoe company is started by "Gopi Engineering Group". This village is one of the victims of the leather tanneries water pollution. The ground water was totally polluted and from 2011 onwards, the Valathoor Lake is polluted from the leather tanneries effluent water via the Palaru river.