Thorapalli or Thorapalli Agraharam is a village in Hosur taluk

Hosur taluk

Hosur taluk is a taluk of Krishnagiri district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters is the town of Hosur.- Demographics :According to the 2001 census, Hosur taluk had a population of 298,381 with 156,092 males and 142,289 females. There were 912 women for every 1000 men. The literacy...

, Krishnagiri district

Krishnagiri District

Krishnagiri is a district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The municipal town of Krishnagiri is the district headquarters. In Tamil Nadu, E-Governance was first introduced at Krishnagiri district under the National e-Governance Project in Revenue, Social Welfare departments on a pilot basis...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. It is located on the banks of the Ponnaiyar river

Ponnaiyar River

The Ponnaiyar is a river in southern India. It rises on the hill of Nandidrug in Kolar District of Karnataka state, and flows south and then east for through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, emptying into the Bay of Bengal at Cuddalore....

 about 6 kilometres south-east of Hosur

Hosur

Hosur is a town and a municipality in Krishnagiri district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.The name of the town is from Kannada language which means 'New settlement/town' . It is a taluk of Krishnagiri district. It is located about 40 kilometres south-east of Bangalore and 38 kilometres from...

 close to the Hosur-Krishnagiri

Krishnagiri

-Tourism:Thousands of visitors visit Krishnagiri each year. Majority come from Hosur/Bangalore and Chennai. KRP dam constructed in 1960's during the rule of the then Chief Minister Kamaraj located near the town, is a nice picnic spot. Nearby, Sayed Basha hills has a fort that was the fortress of...

 road.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Thorapalli had a population of 2947 with 1365 males and 1350 females. The sex ratio was 989 and the literacy rate, 53.01.

Thorapalli is the birthplace of Indian freedom-fighter and politician, C. Rajagopalachari

C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari , informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India...

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