Tirupur is a textile town in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu; It is one of the fastest developing towns in Tamil Nadu. Tirupur is famous for cotton knitted garment wears. Tirupur is situated near  Coimbatore which is "The Manchester of South India". 

Here Cotton is spun to various counts from 10s to 100s used in Hosiery and Woven. Tirupur is known as  Dollar City ,  Knit City ,  Cotton City and mainly “Hosiery Centre ". Tirupur's hosiery factories are more profitable in India's economy. Tirupur is one of the largest foreign exchange earning towns in India.

Tirupur is basically a traditional centre for cotton ginning. Tirupur exports many textiles items and clothings. This city accounts for 90 % of India 's cotton knitwear exports to all over the world. The Noyyal river runs through the city.