KNITWEAR INDUSTRY IN TIRUPUR Tirupur is a textile town in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu and is popularly known as Banian City / Knit City. Tirupur is situated at 50 Kms. East of Coimbatore and the Municipal area of town is spread over 27.20 Sq.Kms. with a population of around 7.00 lakhs. Tirupur is a Centre for cotton market and Cotton Ginning Factories. Though Cotton Trading and Ginning operations has shrunk, Tirupur is still a popular market for unginned cotton.