Editing Yercaud (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Yercaud 
| native_name             = Erkadu
| native_name_lang        = ta
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = Hill Station
| image_skyline           = File:Yercaud lake.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Yercaud lake
| nickname                = 
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = 
| pushpin_map             = India Salem#India Tamil Nadu#India
| pushpin_label_position  = 
| pushpin_map_alt         = 
| pushpin_map_caption     = 
| coordinates             = {{coord|11.7794|N|78.2034|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = India
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Region]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Kongu Nadu]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Salem district|Salem]]
| established_title       = <!-- Established -->
| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
| named_for               = 
| government_type         = 
| governing_body          = 
| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 
| area_rank               = 
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 1515
| population_total        = 11582
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_rank         = 
| population_demonym      = 
| demographics_type1      = Languages
| demographics1_title1    = Official
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = 636601
| postal_code             = 
| registration_plate      = TN 30, TN 54
| website                 = 
| footnotes               = 
| demographics1_info1     = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] <br> [[English language|English]]
}}
'''Yercaud''', also spelt '''Erkad''',{{refn|group=note|''Yercaud'' is the [[British English]] spelling, and ''ēṟkāḍŭ'' is the [[ISO 15919|romanized]] spelling from [[Tamil script]]}} 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 {{cvt|1515|m|ft}}.