Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Tamil Nadu
- Headquarters
- Tiruppur
- Taluks
- Avinashi , Dharapuram , Kangeyam , Madathukulam , Palladam , Tiruppur North , Tiruppur South , Udumalaipettai , Uthukuli
- District collector
- Thiru Dr.S. Vineeth I.A.S
- Total
- 2,479,052
- Official
- Tamil
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Postal codes
- 641xxx, 642xxx
- Telephone code
- +91-0421
- Vehicle registration
- TN-39, TN-39Z, TN-42, TN-42Y, TN-78, TN-78M
- Website
- tiruppur .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Tamil Nadu
- Capital
- Tiruppur
- Population
- 2479052
- Area
- 5106
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Coimbatore district
- Official website
- tiruppur.tn.nic.in
- Image
- Avinashi avinashiappar temple1.jpg
- Households
- 712210
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- Commons category
- Tiruppur district
- topic's main category
- Category:Tiruppur district
- male population
- 1246159
- different from
- Tirupattur district
- female population
- 1232893
- urban population
- 1521111
- rural population
- 957941
- literate population
- 1760566
- illiterate population
- 718486
- short name
- TRR
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Encyclopedic overview
Tiruppur district is one of the 38 districts of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, formed in 22 February 2009. Dharapuram was the largest taluk by area in the district. The district is well-developed and industrialized. The Tiruppur banian industry, the cotton market, Kangeyam bull and Uthukkuli butter, among other things, provide for a vibrant economy. The city of Tiruppur is the administrative headquarters for the district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 2,479,052 with a sex-ratio of 989 females for every 1,000 males.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tiruppur district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.