# Asambur Village, Yercaud, Salem (Tamil Nadu) – PIN Code

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Village · Yercaud, Salem 

# Asambur

Asambur is a village in Yercaud sub-district of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **636601**. The 2011 Census counted **291 people in 81 households**, the 45th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.0%.

- 291people (2011)
- 81households
- 70.7%literacy
- 636601PIN code

## Asambur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Asambur is 636601.** Asambur falls in Yercaud sub-district, Salem district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code636601
- Gram panchayatManjakuttai
- Community development blockYercaud
- Census village code634105

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Asambur from nearby towns?

- Yercaud (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Salem (district HQ)35 km by road
- Salem (nearest town)35 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Asambur?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Asambur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Yercaud
- ○Degree college10+ km · Salem
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Yercaud
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Asambur known for?

The main crops are **coffee, pepper and orange**. About 77% of the 201 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Asambur

Of every 100 households in Asambur in 2011, 84 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Asambur · ■ Yercaud rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**82%

Tap water ****5%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****62%**

**32%

Television ****67%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**11%

Own their home ****81%**

**90%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Asambur?

■ Asambur · ■ Yercaud rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**53.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**889

Working population ****58.1%**

**57.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 59.8% for women. 59% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 158 (93%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Yercaud

- Pudur312 people
- Kottachchedu311 people
- Mettur298 people
- Narthananedu295 people
- Keeraikkadu279 people
- Chinnamadur252 people
- Solur225 people
- Kadugamarathur224 people

[All 86 villages in Yercaud](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/salem/yercaud/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Asambur?636601
- How far is Asambur from Salem?35 km by road
- What is the population of Asambur?291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Asambur in?Salem district (Yercaud sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Asambur?70.7% (Census 2011)