What is Tiruppur?
Tiruppur is a city in the [[Kongu Nadu]] region of the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiruppurcorp.tn.gov.in/index.html|title=About Tirupur Corporation|access-date=15 December 2015|archive-date=22 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222182132/http://tiruppurcorp.tn.gov.in/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tiruppur is the administrative headquarters of [[Tiruppur district]] and the fifth largest urban settlement in [[Tamil Nadu]].Located on the banks of [[Noyyal River]]. Tiruppur is administered by municipal corporation which was established in 2008 and the total area of the corporation is 159.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> divided into 60 wards. The total population of the city as per the 2011 census is 444,352. ==Economy== Tiruppur is a major textile and knit wear hub contributing to 90% of total cotton knit wear exports from India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairwear.org/ul/cms/fck-uploaded/documents/companies/CountryStudies/indiatirupurnew-developmentsfwfcountrystudy.pdf|title=The New Developments in Tirupur|publisher=Fairwear Foundation}}</ref> The textile industry provides employment to over six lakh people and contributed to exports worth {{INRConvert|200|b}} in 2014-15.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-12/news/61066308_1_knitwear-exports-cent-interest-subvention-textile-hub-tirupur|title=Knitwear exports from Tirupur cross Rs 20,000 crore|publisher=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-05-31|archive-date=2015-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602231429/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-12/news/61066308_1_knitwear-exports-cent-interest-subvention-textile-hub-tirupur|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiacatalog.com/cityguide/tirupur.html |title=City Guide: Tirupur|publisher=India Catalog.Com|access-date=24 September 2009}}</ref> ==Reference== {{reflist}} [[Category:Cities in Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:Tiruppur district]]