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Tiruppur (State Assembly Constituency)

Tiruppur is the legislative assembly, that includes the city, Tiruppur. Tiruppur assembly constituency was part of Coimbatore parliamentary constituency. It was a two-member constituency in 1952 election.

Tiruppur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Tiruppur is a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. Originally, Gobichettipalayam, it was converted to Tiruppur by Election commission after rearrangement of constituencies in 2008.

Tiruppur (disambiguation)

Tiruppur is another name of a city of Tamil Nadu, India.

Tiruppur may also refer to:

  • Tiruppur (State Assembly Constituency), A legislative assembly, that includes the city, Tirupur.
  • Tiruppur district, A district of the Indian state Tamil Nadu, formed in October 2008.
  • Tiruppur Kumaran, An Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement.
  • Tiruppur taluk, A taluk of Tiruppur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Tiruppur

Tiruppur or Tirupur is a city in the Kongu Nadu region of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tiruppur is the administrative headquarters of Tiruppur district and the fifth largest urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu. Located on the banks of Noyyal River, it has been ruled at different times, by the Early Pandyas, Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Vijayanagar Empire, Madurai Nayaks, Mysore Kingdom and the British. It is situated at the centre of the South Indian Peninsula, about southwest of the state capital Chennai and about east of Coimbatore.

Tiruppur is administered by municipal corporation which was established in 2008 and the total area of the corporation is 159.6 km divided into 60 wards. The total population of the city as per the 2011 census is 444,352. Tiruppur is a part of the Tiruppur constituency that elects its member of parliament.

Tiruppur is a major textile and knit wear hub contributing to 90% of total cotton knit wear exports from India. The textile industry provides employment to over six lakh people and contributed to exports worth in 2014-15.