Kumbur

Kumbur (Koombur, Kumboor), is a farming village of 202 houses in Mannavanur Panchayat, at the end of the road 42 kilometers (26 mi) west from Kodaikanal in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India.

[1] It is at the head of the Kumbur River in Manjampatti Valley drainage basin.

There are about 500 Chettiar and Asari residents, most of whom are farmers and laborers growing potatoes, carrots, cabbage and garlic.

Out of 245 households reporting income, the means of livelihood are: casual labour 91, subsistence cultivation 61, artisan 92 and salary 1.

Clean drinking water is supplied by a piping system from a deep underground source with 179 households supplied from the source within an elevation of less than 50 meters and 63 households supplied from the source greater than 50 meters.