Yercaud
Sign in to saveYercaud, also spelt Erkad, is a town and hill station in Salem District in Tamil Nadu, India. Located in Servarayan Hills in the Eastern Ghats, it is situated at an altitude of .
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- Settlement.name
- Yercaud
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- Erkadu
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Hill Station
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- File:Yercaud lake.jpg
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- Yercaud lake
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- India Salem#India Tamil Nadu#India
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- Country
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- India
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- State
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- Region
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- District
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- Tamil Nadu
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- Kongu Nadu
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- Salem
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- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1515
- Settlement.population_total
- 11582
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Yercaud, also spelt Erkad, is a town and hill station in Salem District in Tamil Nadu, India. Located in Servarayan Hills in the Eastern Ghats, it is situated at an altitude of .
== History == Stone-age implements have been found near an ancient shrine located in the Servarayan Hills, about 5 km from the Yercaud lake. In the 1820s, M. D. Cockburn, the collector of Salem district, facilitated the establishment of coffee plantations and citrus fruit saplings imported from South Africa. It was later discovered by Thomas Munro, the Governor of Madras Presidency in 1842 and popularized as a recreation retreat.