- Yercaud
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type = Village
native_name = Yercaud
state_name = Tamil Nadu
latd = 11.7794
longd= 78.2034
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altitude = 1500
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footnotes =Yercaud, popularly known
hill station nearSalem, Tamil Nadu ,India in the Servarayan range of hills (anglicized asShevaroys ) in theEastern Ghats . It is at an altitude of 1,500 metres (4,920 feet) frommean sea level . The town gets its name from the lake located at its center - in Tamil "Yeri" means "lake" and "Kaadu" means "forest". Yercaud is known forcoffee plantations and orange groves. It also has anorchidarium run by theBotanical Survey of India .The highest point in Yercaud is the Servarayan temple, which is situated at a height of 5326 feet. Hence the Yercaud hill area is called Shevaroy Hills.
Flora and fauna
Some of the original forests continue to exist in the Yercaud hills and contain several endemic species of plants and fauna. The Yercaud hills have many faunal and floral similarities to the
Western Ghats .Wild life includes
bison ,deer ,ant-eater ,rabbit s,hare s,fox es,mongoose ,squirrel s,partridge s,snake s,bulbul s, kites,sparrow s, swallows and thebird of paradise .Agriculture
The main crop of Yercaud is coffee. Coffee was first cultivated on the "Grange Estate" in the year
1820 , the year in which coffee plants were brought from Africa to Yercaud by Mr. M.D. Cockburn.Jack fruit , orange,guava and spices such asblack pepper andcardamom are the other crops raised on the coffee estate.Sandalwood ,teak andsilver oak are abundant too.Festivals
* Summer Festival: This is held during the middle of May. It has a 7-day exhibition of flower shows, dog shows, boating races and a fair.
chools
*Montfort School, run by the
Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel , is one of the Christian-run schools in the Yercaud hill town for boys.
* Sacred Heart School run by theCluny Sisters is a school for girls.
* St.Bernard's Matriculation School, a primary school for a good foundationPolitics
Yercaud assembly constituency (ST) is part of
Salem (Lok Sabha constituency) . [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
accessdate = 2008-10-09
work = Tamil Nadu
publisher = Election Commission of India ]References
External links
*dmoz|Regional/Asia/India/Tamil_Nadu/Localities/Yercaud/|Yercaud
*wikitravelee also
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