Tiruppur (District)

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Tiruppur
District திருப்பூர் மாவட்டம்
District map
State Tamil Nadu
Administrative headquarters : Tiruppur
Area : 5,187 km²
Residents : 2,479,052 (2011)
Population density : 478 inhabitants / km²
Website : tiruppur.nic.in

The Tiruppur District ( Tamil : திருப்பூர் மாவட்டம் ; also: Tirupur ) is a district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . The administrative center is the eponymous city of Tiruppur . The Tiruppur district has an area of ​​5,187 square kilometers and around 2.5 million inhabitants (2011 census).

geography

Amaravathi reservoir in the mountains in the south of the Tiruppur district

The Tiruppur District is inland in western Tamil Nadu. Historically, the area is part of the Kongu Nadu region . Neighboring districts are Coimbatore in the west, Erode in the north, Karur in the east, Dindigul in the southeast and Idukki in the south. The latter already belongs to the neighboring state of Kerala .

The area of ​​the Tiruppur District is 5,187 square kilometers. The district is largely a flat plateau, in the extreme south on the border with Kerala, the Tiruppur district forms part of the mountains of the Western Ghats . Part of the Indira Gandhi National Park is located here . The Noyyal and Amaravathi rivers , both tributaries of the Kaveri, flow through the Tiruppur district .

A hot semi-arid climate prevails in the Tiruppur district . The annual mean temperature in Tiruppur is 27.3 ° C, the annual mean precipitation is 605 mm. Due to its location in inland Tamil Nadu, the Tiruppur district receives relatively little rainfall during the northeast monsoon ; at the same time, the Western Ghats scold him against the southwest monsoon. Hence, the climate is drier than most other parts of Tamil Nadu. Most of the rainfall occurs during the northeast monsoon in October and November.

Administrative division

Taluks

The Tiruppur District is divided into 6 taluks :

Municipal Corporations and Municipalities

There is one municipal corporation in the Tiruppur District : Tiruppur .

There are also 5 municipalities :

history

The early history of the Tiruppur District is essentially the same as that of the Coimbatore District . In 1804 the Tiruppur area became part of British India and was incorporated into the Madras province as part of the Coimbatore district. After Indian independence, the area came to the newly formed state of Madras (now Tamil Nadu) in 1956. In 2009, the Tiruppur District was formed from the eastern parts of Coimbatore District and the south of Erode District .

population

According to the 2011 Indian census, the Tiruppur district has 2,479,052 inhabitants. Due to the economic attraction of the industrial city of Tiruppur, the district is experiencing strong population growth: Between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by 29.1 percent. The growth rate is the third highest of all Tamil Nadu districts after the Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts in the metropolitan area of Chennai and almost twice as high as the mean of the state (15.6 percent). The population density of 478 people per square kilometer is slightly below the state average (555 people per square kilometer). The urbanization rate, on the other hand, is above average: 61 percent of the inhabitants of the Tiruppur district live in cities (the mean value in Tamil Nadu is 48 percent). At 79 percent, the literacy rate is in line with the Tamil Nadu average (80 percent).

The vast majority of the residents of Tiruppur District are Hindus . According to the 2011 census, they make up 91.9 percent of the district's population. 5.0 percent profess Islam , 2.8 percent Christianity .

The main language in the district Tiruppur is like all over Tamil Nadu, the Tamil . According to the 2001 census, it is spoken by 87.1 percent of the district's residents as their first language. There is also a larger minority of Telugu speakers (11.1 percent). Kannada , the language of the neighboring state of Karnataka, is spoken by 2.5 percent of the district's population.

According to the 2011 census, 16.0 percent of the district's residents are scheduled castes and 0.2 percent are scheduled tribes .

Cities

city Population
(2011)
Andipalayam 25,539
Avanashi 28,868
Chengappalli 6,587
Chettipalayam 37,620
Chinnakkampalayam 11,546
Dhali 5,874
Dharapuram 56.007
Iduvai 8.006
Kanakkampalayam 12,160
Kanakkampalayam 16,459
Kangeyam 32,147
Kaniyur 6,180
Kannivadi 4,385
Karaipudur 28,602
Kolathupalayam 17,819
Komaralingam 13,642
Kunnathur 8,774
Madathukulam 20,620
Mangalam 17,699
Manickapuram 6.215
Mannarai 17,261
Morattupalayam 5,798
Mulanur 15,223
Muruganpalayam 26,349
Muthanampalayam 26,014
Muthur 13,212
Neripperichal 53,579
Palangarai 17,248
Palladam 42,225
Periakottai 17,356
Perumanallur 7,356
Poolankinar 4,849
Rudravathi 6,807
S. Nallur 70.115
Samalapuram 20,691
Sankaramanallur 10,283
Sembianallur 7,586
Semmipalayam 8,429
Sircar Periapalayam 5,986
Thirumuruganpoondi 31,528
Thottipalayam 40.503
Tiruppur 444.352
Udumalaipettai 61.133
Uthukuli 10.130
Veerapandi 50,301
Velampalayam 87,427
Velayudampalayam 9,192
Vellakoil 40,359
Vellaravalli 5,070

Web links

Commons : Tiruppur District  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Abstract - Tamil Nadu. (PDF; 873 kB)
  2. ↑ Climate data from climate-data.org .
  3. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - I Population, Size and Decadal Change.
  4. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - III Literates and Literacy Rate.
  5. ^ Census of India 2011: C-1 Population By Religious Community. Tamil Nadu.
  6. ↑ Extrapolation for the taluks of today's Tiruppur district according to Census of India 2001: C-15: Population by Mother Tongue (Tamil Nadu), accessed under Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 2001 .
  7. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Data Highlights - Tamil Nadu. Chapter - II Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Population.
  8. ^ Census of India 2011: Primary Census Abstract Data Tables: Tiruppur.