District of Tamil Nadu

Tiruppur: 24.8 lakh people, one story

People
24,79,052
Area
5,187 km²
Literacy
78.68%
Sex ratio
989
Big number24.8 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 478 to every km².See the numbers →

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TiruppurTamil Nadu

The history, places and schemes of Tiruppur are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Tiruppur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population24.8 lakh#12/32 in Tamil Nadu
Area5,187 km²#8/32 in Tamil Nadu
Population density478 per km²#16/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 555
Sex ratio989 females per 1000 males#22/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 996
Child sex ratio (0–6)952 girls per 1000 boys#15/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 943
Literacy rate78.68%#18/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 80.09
Female literacy71.82%#18/32 in Tamil Nadu▼ state 73.44
Urban population61.4%#6/32 in Tamil Nadu▲ state 48.4

People & society

78.7% can read. 989 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
85.586.8
Female literacy
71.873.4
Scheduled Castes
16.020.0
Scheduled Tribes
0.21.1
Living in towns
61.448.4

Gender literacy gap: 13.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 91.9%
  • Muslim 5.0%
  • Christian 2.8%
  • Other / not stated 0.2%

    Sectors at a glance

    30 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    12.7 lakh workers, 51.1% of all people

    This district
    Tamil Nadu
    • Cultivators 10.7%
    • Farm labourers 19.5%
    • Household industry 3.2%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 66.6%

      Schemes & development

      Only 73% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      73.274.5
      Latrine at home
      44.838.5
      Tap water
      68.363.7
      LPG / PNG
      51.838.3
      Phone
      62.759.8
      Television
      68.169.4
      Bicycle
      32.536.1
      Two-wheeler
      37.325.8

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.