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Tirupur district information
Tirupur at a glance – area, population, taluks and villages, local bodies – with Tamil Nadu and India figures for reference.
Tirupur district
Taluks & villages
Local bodies
Representatives
Tamil Nadu
Corporations
India
Tirupur district
Area 5,186.34 sq km
Population (2011) 24,71,222 Male 12,42,974 · Female 12,28,248
Urban / Rural 15,19,388 urban · 9,51,834 rural
Voters (2011) 15,84,809 Male 8,06,772 · Female 7,74,059
About Tirupur
Tirupur is the 7th biggest industrial city of India. Knitted garment exports are 45% of India’s total textile exports, and Tirupur exports 80% of India’s knitted garments – 4% of India’s total exports. Tirupur’s annual export in 2011-2012 was Rs. 12,000 crores; domestic sales were Rs. 5,500 crores.
Tirupur municipality was upgraded to a Corporation from 29-12-2008, with 52 wards, to be increased to 60 wards from 2011. Tirupur is the only city upgraded to a Corporation though it was not a district capital. Tirupur became the district capital from 22-02-2009.
Taluk area
Taluk Area (sq km) Tirupur 373.33 Avinashi 672.1 Palladam 488.39 Dharapuram 1372.84 Kangayam 846.41 Udumalai 1353.16 Total 5,106.23
Revenue divisions, taluks, firkas and villages
2 revenue divisions · 6 taluks · 30 firkas · 350 villages
Revenue division Taluk Firkas (villages in each) Villages Tirupur Tirupur3 firkas Tirupur South 7 Tirupur North 8 Avinashipalayam South 8 23 Palladam4 firkas Palladam 7 Pongalur 7 Karadivavi 7 Samalapuram 8 29 Avinashi6 firkas Cheyur 14 Avinashi West 9 Avinashi East 10 Perumanallur 8 Kunnathur 27 Uthukuli 22 90 Dharapuram Dharapuram7 firkas Dharapuram 9 Anangiam 9 Moolanur 9 Kannivadi 12 Kundadam 15 Ponnapuram 8 Sankarandampalayam 9 71 Kangayam4 firkas Kangayam 10 Udhiyur 8 Nathakadaiyur 10 Vellakoil 16 44 Udumalai6 firkas Udumalai 15 Gudimangalam 11 Pethappampatti 13 Kurichikottai 16 Peria Valavadi 20 Madathukulam 18 93 Total 30 firkas 350
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Local bodies
Tirupur Corporation – Mayor
Visalakshi AIADMK
Municipalities
Municipality Wards Chairman Party Phone Udumalpet 33 Velusamy C. DMK 224347 Vellakoil 3rd grade 21 Shanthi K. AIADMK 94435-63444 Dharapuram 30 – PMK 94426-30802 Palladam 18 Ramamoorthy R. DMK 94423-73322 15-Velampalayam 3rd grade 21 Subramaniam P. DMK 98940-97225 Nallur 3rd grade 15 Vijayalakshmi G. CONG 93666-22560
Local bodies to be affiliated with Tirupur Corporation
Local body Type Councillors Wards Tirupur Corporation 60 60 15-Velampalayam Municipality (3rd grade) 21 21 Nallur Municipality (3rd grade) 15 15 Chettipalayam Village Panchayat 4 4 Mannarai Village Panchayat 3 3 Thottipalayam Village Panchayat 4 4 Andipalayam Village Panchayat 3 3 Veerapandi Village Panchayat 4 4 Murugampalayam Village Panchayat 4 4 Nerupperichal Village Panchayat 5 5 Muthanampalayam Village Panchayat 5 5
Representatives
Member of Parliament
V. Sathyabama AIADMK
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Constituency MLA Party Phone Tirupur (N) Vijeya Kumar K.N. AIADMK 93442-02567 Tirupur (S) Gunadekaran S. AIADMK 99423-89992 Avinashi Dhanapal P. AIADMK 99524-97272 Dharapuram Kalimuthu V.S. INC 93606-55444 Kangayam Thaniyarasu U. AIADMK 98422-02445 Madathukulam Jayaramakrishnan R. DMK 94430-50235 Palladam Natarajan A. AIADMK 98429-15800 Udumalapet Radhakrishnan AIADMK 95247-77501
Legislative Assembly constituencies (proposed)
Tirupur South Tirupur North Dharapuram (Reserve) Kangayam Avinashi (Reserve) Palladam Udumalai Madathukulam
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is at the southern end of India, between 8°5′ and 13°35′ north latitude and 76°15′ and 80°20′ east longitude.
State at a glance
Area 1,30,058 sq km
Population (2011) 7,21,38,958
Male 3,61,58,871
Female 3,59,80,087
Voters (2011) 4,63,37,379
Male 2,32,98,838
Female 2,30,37,930
Others 611
Members of the Legislative Assembly 234
Nominated (Anglo-Indian member) 1
Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) 39
Members of Rajya Sabha 18
Districts 32
Corporations 10
District Panchayats 31
Municipalities 148
Panchayat Unions 385
Town Panchayats 529
Village Panchayats 12,524
Total local body seats 1,32,467
District-wise population (2011)
District Rural Urban Total Chennai – 46,81,087 46,81,087 Kanchipuram 14,53,072 25,37,825 39,90,897 Thiruvallur 12,92,679 24,33,018 37,25,697 Vellore 12,34,049 16,94,087 39,28,106 Thiruvannamalai 19,72,622 4,96,343 24,68,965 Villupuram 29,53,408 5,09,876 34,63,284 Cuddalore 17,18,249 8,82,631 26,00,880 Dharmapuri 12,42,519 1,60,381 15,02,900 Salem 17,03,687 17,76,321 34,80,008 Namakkal 10,28,019 6,93,160 17,21,179 Erode 11,02,215 11,57,393 22,59,608 Coimbatore 8,39,408 26,33,170 34,72,578 Nilgiris 2,99,061 4,36,010 7,35,071 Theni 5,74,196 6,69,488 12,43,684 Madurai 11,96,289 18,44,209 30,41,038 Karur 6,42,415 4,34,173 10,76,588 Perambalur 4,67,726 96,785 5,64,511 Ariyalur 6,68,776 83,705 7,82,481 Trichy 13,77,009 13,36,489 27,13,858 Thiruvarur 10,09,411 2,58,683 12,68,094 Thanjavur 15,52,325 8,50,456 24,02,781 Pudukkottai 13,04,800 3,13,925 16,18,725 Dindigul 13,53,808 8,07,559 21,61,367 Nagapattinam 12,50,291 3,63,778 16,14,069 Sivagangai 9,25,619 4,15,631 13,41,250 Ramanathapuram 9,10,949 4,26,611 13,37,560 Virudhunagar 9,63,581 9,79,728 19,43,309 Tirunelveli 15,52,235 15,20,645 30,72,880 Tuticorin 8,66,570 8,71,806 17,38,376 Kanniyakumari 3,26,616 15,36,558 18,63,174 Tirupur 9,51,834 15,19,388 24,71,222 Krishnagiri 14,55,251 4,28,480 18,83,731
Municipal corporations of Tamil Nadu
# Corporation Wards Mayor Party 1 Chennai 200 Saidai Duraiswamy AIADMK 2 Trichy 60 Jaya AIADMK 3 Madurai 72 Rajan Chellappa AIADMK 4 Coimbatore 100 S.M. Velusamy AIADMK 5 Salem 60 Soundappan AIADMK 6 Tirunelveli 55 Vijila AIADMK 7 Erode 45 Mallika AIADMK 8 Tirupur 60 Visalakshi AIADMK 9 Tuticorin 51 Sasikala Pushpa AIADMK 10 Vellore 48 Karthiyayini AIADMK
India
National capital Delhi
Population of India (2011) 1,21,01,93,422
States
State Capital Population Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad 8,46,65,533 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 13,82,611 Assam Dispur 3,11,69,272 Bihar Patna 10,38,04,637 Chhattisgarh Raipur 25,54,019 Goa Panaji 14,57,723 Gujarat Gandhinagar 6,03,83,628 Haryana Chandigarh 2,53,53,081 Himachal Pradesh Simla 68,56,509 Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter) 1,25,48,926 Jharkhand Ranchi 3,29,66,238 Karnataka Bangalore 6,11,30,704 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram 3,33,87,677 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 7,25,97,565 Maharashtra Mumbai 11,23,72,972 Manipur Imphal 27,21,756 Meghalaya Shillong 29,64,007 Mizoram Aizawl 10,91,014 Nagaland Kohima 19,80,602 Orissa Bhubaneswar 4,19,47,358 Punjab Chandigarh 2,77,04,236 Rajasthan Jaipur 6,86,21,012 Sikkim Gangtok 6,07,688 Tamil Nadu Chennai 7,21,38,958 Tripura Agartala 36,71,032 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 19,95,81,477 Uttaranchal Dehradun 1,01,16,752 West Bengal Kolkata 9,13,47,736
Union territories
Union territory Capital Population Andaman & Nicobar Islands Port Blair 3,79,944 Pondicherry Pondicherry 12,44,464 Dadra & Nagar Haveli Silvassa 3,42,853 Daman & Diu Daman 2,42,911 Lakshadweep Kavaratti 64,429 Chandigarh Chandigarh 10,54,686 NCT of Delhi – 1,67,53,235
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