Dharmapuri is a city in the north western part of Tamil Nadu, India.

[2] During 18th century present day Dharmapuri district was part of the Kingdom of Mysore and was called Baramahal.

As part of the Treaty of Seringapatam (signed on 18 March 1792) after the Third Anglo-Mysore War, Tipu Sultan agreed to give part of his territories including present-day Dharmapuri district to the British East India Company which was then merged into the Madras Presidency an administrative subdivision of British India.

All the corporations in Tamil Nadu except Sivakasi, Nagercoil, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli lies within 300 km from Dharmapuri.

Cities from neighboring states like Bangalore, Mysore, Tumkur, Chittoor, Tirupathi, Thrissur, Palakkad, Salem, Puducherry also lie within a 300 km radius.

The summer period of March, April, May, and June is sweltering and dry, reaching a maximum temperature of up to 38 °C or 100.4 °F.

[7] As per the religious census of 2011, Dharmapuri (M) had 88.99% Hindus, 9.65% Muslims, 0.99% Christians, 0.02% Sikhs, 0.01% Buddhists, 0.01% Jains and 0.33% following other religions.

Commonly called north–south corridor which originates from Srinagar and terminates at Kanyakumari passes through the district.

Another highway it encompasses is NH-844 which originates from Adhiyamankottai in Dharmapuri and terminates at Neraluru village near Chandrapura,Bengaluru.

State highways like SH-60 (Hogenakkal-Pennagaram-Dharmapuri-Tirupattur), & SH-60A(Dharmapuri-Harur) via Morappur also passes through the city.The Dharmapuri-Harur section and Thanipadi-Thiruvannamalai section of SH-60A is currently being widened to four lane roads providing an alternative route to major cities like Puducherry and Villupuram via Thiruvannamalai from Dharmapuri.

Morappur (MAP) and Bommidi (BQI) which comes under Southern Railway Salem Division.