Thorapalli or Thorapalli Agraharam is a village in

Hosur taluk Hosur taluka is a taluka of Krishnagiri district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the City of Hosur Hosur is an industrial city located in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Hosur is one of the 21 municipal corporations in ...

Krishnagiri district Krishnagiri District is one of the 38 districts (a district in the northwestern part) of the state of Tamil Nadu, in India. This district is carved out from Dharmapuri District by 2004. The municipal town of Krishnagiri is the district headqu ...

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. It is located on the banks of the Ponnaiyar river about 6 km south-east of

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close to the Hosur-

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road (

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), about 50 kilometres from

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. It is the birthplace of

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, the last

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and second chief minister of Madras State (now Tamil Nadu).

Demographics

2011

The 2011 Census of India reported that Thorapalli had a population of 9,849 people. The sex ratio was 90.13, with 4,669 males and 5,180 females. The literacy rate was 62.43, with 6,149 literates (3,014 male and 3,135 female) and 3,700 illiterates (1,655 male and 2,045 female).

2001

The

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reported that Thorapalli had a population of 2947, with 1365 males and 1350 females. The sex ratio was 989 and the literacy rate was 53.01.

References

* {{Krishnagiri district Villages in Krishnagiri district