| Kalvarayan Hills taluk | |
| Native Name: | Kalvarayanmalai taluk |
| Settlement Type: | Taluk |
| Coordinates: | 11.8°N 120°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kallakurichi |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Leader Title1: | Tahsildar |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 550.7 |
| Population Total: | 41,025 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Kalvarayan Hills taluk or Kalvarayanmalai taluk is one of the six taluks of Kallakurichi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1]
Kalvarayan Hills taluk was created following the 2019 bifurcation of Villupuram district, which created Kallakurichi district.[2] The district was created by splitting off 5 taluks of Villupuram district, and as part of the creation, parts of the western Sankarapuram and Chinnasalem taluks were used to create Kalvarayan Hills taluk. It is within the Kallakurichi revenue division of the district, the state assembly constituency of Sankarapuram, and the Lok Sabha constituency of Kallakurichi. The taluk consists of one panchayat union and two revenue blocks, which are composed of 44 revenue villages and 15 village panchayats.[3]
Kalvarayan Hills taluk is in the westernmost part of Kallakurichi district, and covers 550.7km2 of land in the eastern part of the Kalvarayan Hills for which the taluk is named. Within Kallakurichi district, it is bordered by Sankarapuram taluk to the northeast, and by Chinnasalem taluk to the southeast.[4] It is also bordered by the Pethanaickenpalayam taluk of Salem district to the south and west,[5] the Harur taluk of Dharmapuri district to the northwest,[6] and the Thandarampattu taluk of Tiruvannamalai district to the north.[7] Rivers in the taluk include the Mani, Muktha, and Gomukhi.[8]
As of 2019, the taluk had a population of 41,025 people living in an area of 550.7km2, resulting in a population density of .[3]