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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Thorapalli
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| native_name_lang = Tamil,Telegu, Kannada
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]]
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'''Thorapalli''' or '''Thorapalli Agraharam''' is a village in [[Hosur taluk]], [[Krishnagiri district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is located on the banks of the [[Ponnaiyar river]] about 6 km south-east of [[Hosur]] close to the Hosur-[[Krishnagiri]] road ([[National Highway 44 (India)|National Highway 44]]), about 50 kilometres from [[Bangalore]]. It is the birthplace of [[C. Rajagopalachari]], the last [[Governor-General of India]] and [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|second chief minister of Madras State]] (now Tamil Nadu).<ref>{{cite news |title=Conversations with C. Rajagopalachari |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/conversations-c-rajagopalachari |access-date=13 December 2020 |work=The Sunday Guardian Live}}</ref>

== Demographics ==

=== 2011 ===
The [[2011 Census of India]] reported that Thorapalli had a population of 9,849 people. The sex ratio was 90.13, with 4,669 males and 5,180 females. The literacy rate was 62.43, with 6,149 literates (3,014 male and 3,135 female) and 3,700 illiterates (1,655 male and 2,045 female).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census of India: Search Details|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=747747|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219175504/https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=747747|archive-date=19 February 2021|access-date=19 February 2021|website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>

=== 2001 ===
The [[2001 Census of India]] reported that Thorapalli had a population of 2947, with 1365 males and 1350 females. The sex ratio was 989 and the literacy rate was 53.01.

== References ==
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* {{cite web|title=Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001|url=http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829003438/http://www.census.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx|archivedate=2009-08-29}}

[[Category:Villages in Krishnagiri district]]

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