https://www.homebazaar.com/knowledge/fastest-growing-cities-in-india/ 90% of all cotton knitwear exported from India comes from Tiruppur, a significant textile and knitwear industry. Tiruppur was an agricultural town with irrigated farms and the farmers became small owners of various textile related units during the 1970s There are over 10,000 garment manufacturing industries in Tiruppur, employing over 600,000 people. [29] As of 2021-22, Tiruppur exported garments worth 480 billion USD, contributing to nearly 54% of the all the textile exports from India Mazor