Tiruppur is located in a region that was a part of the ancient Chera Empire as well as the Kongu Nadu region.The region came under the control of the British at the conclusion of the Polygar War in 1805. It was upgraded to a Special Grade Municipality in 1983 and further upgraded as a Corporation in 2008. The total area of the Corporation is 27.19 km2 divided into 60 wards.The total population of
the city as per the 2011 census is 444,352. The textile industry provides employment to over six lakh people and has an annual turnover of 220 billion Rupees. Of this, nearlt120 billion rupees comes from exports. Some of the earliest Chola stone carvings have mentioned about "Kanchi Maanadhi" (the Noyyal River) and about the fertile sand that it deposits on its banks. It is evident from it that the land around Tiruppur was fertile and thus agriculture flourished in the region. According to 2011 census, Tiruppur had a population of 444,352 with a sex-ratio of 955 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.[10] A total of 48,802 were under the age of six, constituting 24,818 males and 23,984 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 5.47% and .06% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the city was 78.17%, compared to the national average of 72.99%.[10] The city had a total of 124,617 households. There were a total of 207,358 workers, comprising 490 cultivators, 721 main agricultural labourers, 3,492 in house hold industries, 191,882 other workers, 10,773 marginal workers, 89 marginal cultivators, 74 marginal agricultural labourers, 470 marginal workers in household industries and 10,140 other marginal workers. Many Temples in Tiruppur were mentioned in the earliest carvings of Cholas and Pandyas.Some of the temples in Tiruppur lacks maintenance and hygienic sanitation. Many Temples here are built during the Cholas and Pandyas period.Their architecture out-matched the Temples built during the Modern days. Sukreeswarar Temple, is a 10th-century temple situated at S. Periyapalayam in the outskirts of Tiruppur city is remaining unknown to many a pilgrim tourists. The temple, which is considered one of the four 'Sirpa Sthalangal' in Kongu region, will also find a mention in the proposed web site of Tiruppur district. With 'Kurakuthali Nayanar' (Shiva) as the main deity, the shrine is an architectural delight made of neatly carved long stones reminiscing the epoch of Pandya period. An epigraphic study conducted studies at the temple reported that though the temple was built by Pandyas, different inscriptions state that the place was used by tribals to offer poojas to 'Shivalingam' as early as 5th century.[28]
The Town Hall, The New Railway over-bridge, chennimalai Kumaran Memorial statue near the railway station, Corporation Memorial pillar (with Globe on its top) are some of the landmarks in the Tiruppur city. chennimalai temple is famous nation wide Some of the common tourist locations outside the city are Sivanmalai, Nanjarayan Tank, Koolipalayam having a 440 acre wetland, Konganagiri hill hock temple, Andipalayam lake, Thirumurugan poondi, Tiruppur Tirupathi temple, Arulmigu Vazhai Thottathu Ayyankovil.
