Pottakkadu, Yercaud

Pottakkadu is a village located in the Yercaud Taluk of Salem district of Tamilnadu. The village falls in Yercaud block and comes under Thalaisolai Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Kallakurichi parliament constituency and Yercaud assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Pottakkadu is 698 out of which 361 are males and rest 337 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 934 females per 1000 males. There are around 94 teenagers in Pottakkadu. It has literacy rate of 57% which means around 397 persons can read and write. Total 48 people belonging to scheduled caste and 607 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 190 households in Pottakkadu, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 407. The pincode of Pottakkadu is 636602 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Ondikadai Sub Post office
• Vellakadai Branch Post office
• Cauvery Peak Branch Post office
• Manjakuttai Branch Post office
• Muluvi Branch Post office

Schools

Pottakkadu has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Model School, Yercaud
• Ghss Yercaud
• Pums, Kolagur
• Govt. High School Vellakkadai
• Pums, Nallur

Hospitals

Pottakkadu has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Nagalur Primary Health Center
• Pattipadivelur Sub-Center
• Manjakuttai Sub-Center
• Pilliyur Sub-Center
• Nagalur Sub-Center