11.1075°N 77.3398°E. It has an average elevation of 295 metres (967 feet). Tiruppur is situated on the banks of the Noyyal River, helping the textile business to grow well. As a textile city Tirupur is full of garment manufacturing units.It’s location at the center of other cities like Erode and Coimbatore makes it easier to get cotton and other materials required for the garment manufacturing business.The Noyyal River runs through the city and forms the southern boundary of corporation. The city’s rapid development has led to the formation of Tiruppur district. The southern part of the city enjoys more rainfall.The mean maximum and minimum temperatures for Tiruppur city during summer and winter vary between 35 to 22 °C (95 to 72 °F). The alternative perspective of historical geography is used to understand how Tiruppur’s industry is an outcome of processes liking work and investment across sectors in a form of regional industrialization based on small town.
Tirupur also has large people working for textile and dyeing industrial units who hire people mostly from various southern districts of Tamil Nadu viz., Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Dindigul, Ramanathapuram, Sivagangai, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi and Nagercoil. Also there are plenty of workers from Northern districts of Tamil Nadu viz., Vellore, Thiruvannamalai, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Perambalur, Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram and Chennai. Large number of people also from other South Indian states like Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh work in Tirupur factory units. Since there is always a demand for workers in Tirupur, there is no unemployment problems. Nowadays there are also people coming from the Indian states of Odisha and Bihar to work in the garment processing factories in and around the Tirupur city. Tirupur is the eighth largest city in Tamil Nadu.
It forms a part of the ancient Kongu Nadu region of South India, where its people were the first to establish territorial state. Tirupur is a textile hub and a vast generator of employment for unskilled temporary workers.. Tiruppur was constituted as a Municipality during the year 1947. It was upgraded to a Special Grade Municipality during 1983 and upgraded as a Corporation during 2008. The total area of the Corporation is 27.19 km2 divided into 60 wards.Total population as per 2011 census is 444,543. The floating population of the town is on an average 150,000. The population in the Tiruppur urban agglomeration according to 2011 census is 962,982. Tirupur is the 7th largest city in Tamil Nadu in terms of population and area after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Salem, and Tirunelveli.
Tirupur is the “knitwear capital” of India. It has spurred up the textile industry in India for the past three decades. Its economic boom boosts the morale of Indian industrialists. It contributes to a huge amount of foreign exchange in India. As of 2005,when Tirupur was a part of Coimbatore district, Coimbatore was the highest revenue earning district in Tamil Nadu, but when tirupur grew more the city increased its status as a District, thus separating it from Coimbatore. The city being enriched as a knitwear capital of India, and exports Rs. 12,000crore. The numbers differ because the export numbers are 12,000 cr but another domestic segment which does not bring FOREX but huge business is another few thousand Cr in addition also international holdings by the Tirupur owned companies present.
Tirupur assembly constituency is part of Tirupur (Lok Sabha constituency). Tirupur has been split into Tirupur North & Tirupur south constituency. An MP constituency also had been created in the name of Tirupur containing parts of Coimbatore, Gobi, Palani MP constituency. The current ruling party ADMK gains upper hand in the city. Since many garment company’s owners are from the old spinning mills such as Aashar Mills, Modern Knitting Factory, Tiger Knitting and etc. The CPM always has an upper hand in the city. The current M.L.A in Tirupur North is M.S.M.Anandan(ADMK) and in Tirupur south is K. Thangavel (CPM). The 2011 election results showed a preference for Mr. M.S.M. Anandan, who won with a difference of 73271 votes, the highest difference in total Tamil Nadu.
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. That’s why today too Tiruppur is a centre for trading of cotton, vegetables etc. The Visveswaraswamy temple at the heart of the city is one of the oldest temples in this region. It has been said by ancestors that the “Lingam” (the statue of Lord Shiva) that is present in this temple was left by a Chola king when he was carrying this idol from Kasi. Also the Chellandi Amman temple situated at the banks of River Noyyal has some idols that are based on the early Chola style architecture.
The temple Complex consist of two separate towers, (Vimanam) one for Lord Siva and another one for Amman. The amman temple is placed on the right side of the Siva Temple is an example of Pandya dynasty. There are other structure such construction of Vimana on the Sanctum which indicate the Chola dyanasty. The salient feature of the temple complex are There are two Nandi in front of the Shiva Temple. There are five Lingas, three being in the outside temple, one is Sanctum and another one is invisible. The Amman was placed on the right side of the Shiva temple. The temple Complex located on the bank of Nallar River Stream which tributary of Noyyal River.
Tirupur Exporters And Manufacturers Association (TEAMA) had represented to the Hon. High Court of Madras, insisting that the CETPs to be run by the State Govt. and the Central Pollution Board jointly, so that the Pollution issue can be resolved ensuring the smooth run of Industry and also agriculture. The Hon. High Court has directed the State Government, Central Ministry of Environment and Forests, CPCB and 4 others to consider the plea of the Association. This is one and only judgement awarded in favor of the plea, where in the Misc. petition of all the other associations and Labor unions were turned down by the Hon. High Court.
Tirupur is the “knitwear capital” of India. It has spurred up the textile industry in India for the past three decades. Its economic boom boosts the morale of Indian industrialists. It contributes to a huge amount of foreign exchange in India. Tirupur has the largest and fastest growing urban agglomerations in Tamil Nadu. Tirupur stands as the life for millions of people in Tamil Nadu. The knitwear industry which is the soul of Tirupur has created millions of jobs for all class of people. There are nearly about 3000 sewing units, 1326 knitting units, 730 dyeing units and other ancillary units which are un-countable.
From the Project planning to the execution and the final completion of NAP the excellence of application is visible thorough at NAP is situated on National Highway NH 47 between Avinashi and Perumanallur. When this idea was floated to the exporters there was an enthusiastic response from them and with the initial contribution of 15.25 lakhs from each of them which was fixed for a 2 acre plot in the NAP. The necessary formation of a corporate body to implement the project with Dr.Sakthivel as the Chairman and the Managing Director was effected to supervise the day to day administration of the project at various stages.
At the end of the year 2009 the city suffered as the cotton prices increased. Big billionaire’s in India started to do a new business of stocking cotton in Big quantity, which can make a demand for the cotton in the local market and when the demand reaches its peak the billionaire’s sell the cotton for higher prices. This began to problem the domestic markets,where the garments cannot be sold for higher prices. Many domestic companies suffered heavy losses and many people lost their jobs. The export companies also suffered from this problem. The cotton increased 50% in its rates.
The temple area, located a bit off Tiruppur-Erode highway, presently lacks hygienic sanitation and commuting facilities which is also a deterrent for tourists even though it is already a protected monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. Collector C. Samayamoorthy told The Hindu that the district administration would soon chalk out an action plan along with the Department of Tourism and the Archeological Survey of India to exploit the tourism potential of the site and make it a ‘preferred’ pilgrimage destination, at the earliest.
The annual for-ex business for the year 2008 stands at Rs. 8,000 crore and 12,000 in 2009 . Due to the climate and availability of raw material and work force Tiruppur has had made a large contribution to the export of knitwear garments. Tirupur is the largest exporter of garment in India. There are 3,820 firms but most of the firms have a turnover less than 10 crores. After decades in the business, there are more companies like KPR Mills,Eastman Global Clothing,S.P.Apparels Ltd.(‘Crocodile’ brand), followed by Poppy, Centiwn, Dollar, etc., many in above 100 Cr mark.
1921 Setting of Cotton Mkt. 1923 Kovilvazhi Water supply Scheme 1929 Municipality functions. Jammanai Gandhi bridge constructed 1934 Municipal Councilors posted by the Govt. 1935 Creation of Silver Jubilee Park 1938 Upgraded to grade I Municipality. 1952 Municipal area extended by 10.5 sq.km. 1959 Clock Tower, Bus Stand, Schools, Railway station established. 1962 Commissioning of Mettupalayam-Bhavani Scheme 1969 Strom water Drains Constructed 1976 Constitution of LPA 1983 Upgrade to special grade Municipality. 2008 Upgrade to Municipal Corporation
The lack of infrastructure facilities comparatively for the foreign exchange which the city brings is a big negative point to be noticed. Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) has been taking efforts to improve the facilities. some of the achievements made by TEA are implementation of third water scheme under Private Public partnership is being hailed by all. Netaji Apparel Park first of its kind in India was established in 2005 by Tirupur Exporters Association. India Knit Fair Complex was constructed to organise biannual fair in Tirupur.
The foundation stone was laid by Shri. Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, the then Minister of Textiles (India), Government of India on 4 July 2003. The Board of Directors of NAP constituted the Infrastructure Development and Building Committee to float tenders for infrastructure development works, Captive Power Plant and factory buildings NAP appointed consultants for Project Management, Civil and Electrical Engineering. The IDBC formulated infrastructure development, Captive Power Plant and factory buildings.
220 acres of land was acquired at Ettiveerampalayam with 50% concession from Government on stamp duty in June 2003. There are 46 plots of 1.8 acres each and 8 plots at 3.6 each with excellent roads at 60 feet breadth for easy transportation of containers in the area along with an excellent infrastructure facilities like water supply, drainage sewerage, training centre display hall, labour welfare facilities production facilities of international standards in addition to acaptive power plant.
One can also do shopping of various international brands available at Kadarpet. Kadarpet is located adjacent to Tirupur Railway station. Kadarpet is very famous for its surplus export T-shirts of International brands which is available at half the cost. Moreover it also caters to the huge domestic market. There are numerous shops at Kadarpet selling T- shirts and various shopping centres like Mahindra Impex, Fancy complex, KR plaza which have large number of shops catering to various buyers
Tiruppur Kumaran, one of the freedom fighters was killed during a lathi charge while on a patriotic march on Kumaran Road against the British. Tirupur’s main road is named after Kumaran. Another notable incident is that C. N. Annadurai, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu met E. V. Ramasamy for the first time in Tirupur during Periyar’s campaign which is considered to be a turning point in the Indian political history. Tiruppur also has the largest fitness centre in South India.
Due to the presence of the mountain pass, major parts of the district benefit from the south-west monsoon in the months from June to August. After a warm, humid September, the regular monsoon starts from October lasting till early November. These monsoons are brought about by the retreating North-eastern monsoon. The average annual rainfall is around 700 mm (28 in) with the North East and the South West monsoons contributing to 47% and 28% respectively to the total rainfall.