[6][7] The region was part of a prominent Roman trade route that connected east and west coasts of India.

After the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the Anglo-Mysore Wars, the British East India Company annexed the region into the Madras Presidency in 1799.

Tiruppur was an agricultural town with irrigated farms and the farmers became small owners of various textile related units during the 1970s.

[17] The climate in Tiruppur is hot semi-arid (Köppen BSh) with the mean maximum and minimum temperatures varying between 35 and 22 °C (95.0 and 71.6 °F).

[18] Due to the presence of the Palghat gap, the city receives some rainfall from the south-west monsoon from June to August.

After a humid September, the north-east monsoon brings rains from October which lasts till early December.

[22] At per the 2011 census, 83.61% of the population in the erstwhile Tiruppur Municipal Corporation spoke Tamil, 6.65% Telugu, 3.35% Kannada, 2.31% Malayalam, 2.06% Urdu and 1.21% Hindi as their first language.

[34][35] Some of the world's largest companies including Nike, Adidas and Reebok import textiles and clothing from Tiruppur.

Tiruppur is connected by moffusil bus services run by TNSTC to all major towns across Tamil Nadu and prominent cities in Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

It falls on the electrified Erode - Coimbatore broad gauge (5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)) line and is well connected by trains to destinations across India.

[47] Farmers in Tiruppur and its hinterland have faced issues due to the discharge of industrial effluents into Noyyal and other water bodies.

[49] In 2015, the Madras High Court directed that zero liquid discharge (ZLD) should be strictly followed by the knitwear industries during the effluent treatment process.

[51] Tirupur Exporters Association made a representation to the Government of Tamil Nadu about loss of revenue and jobs due to the closure of dyeing units.

[52] As per a report by CRISIL in February 2011, ensuring Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD), will affect the operational costs of dyeing and bleaching units, increasing it by 7% to 10%.

[53] Eventually, by complying with the court order, Tiruppur became the first textile cluster in India to achieve zero liquid discharge in its units.

[55] Other places of interest include Thirumoorthy Hills, Amaravathi Dam, Nanjarayan Tank Bird Sanctuary and Tiruppur Kumaran memorial.