Thorapalli or Thorapalli Agraharam is a village in
Hosur taluk,
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 ...
,
Tamil Nadu
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. It is located on the banks of the
Ponnaiyar river about 6 km south-east of
Hosur close to the Hosur-
Krishnagiri road (
National Highway 44), about 50 kilometres from
Bangalore
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. It is the birthplace of
C. Rajagopalachari, the last
Governor-General of India
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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
2001 Census of India
The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.
The population of India was counted as 1,028,737,436 consisting of 532,223,090 males and 496,514,346 females. The total population increased b ...
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
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{{Krishnagiri district
Villages in Krishnagiri district