Government of India

Ministry of MSME

Brief Industrial Profile of BHAGALPUR

District

Carried out by
MSME-Development Institute
Patliputra industrial Estate
Patna-800013
(Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,)
Phone0612-2262719,2262208
Fax: 0612-2262186
e-mail:
Web-www.msmedipatna.com

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 Contents
S. No. Topic Page No.
1. General Characteristics of the District 3
1.1 Location & Geographical Area 3
1.2 Topography 3
1.3 Availability of Minerals. 4-5
1.4 Forest 5
1.5 Administrative set up 5
2. District at a glance 6-8
2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District 9
3. Industrial Scenario Of 9
3.1 Industry at a Glance 9
3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 10
3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In The 11
District
3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 11
3.5 Major Exportable Item 11
3.6 Growth Trend 12
3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 12
3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 12
3.8.1 List of the units in & near by Area 12
3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 12
3.9 Service Enterprises 12

3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 12

3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 13
4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 13
4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 13
4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 13
4.1.2 Service Sector 13
4.2 Details of Identified cluster 14-15
5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of 15
meeting
6 Steps to set up MSMEs 16

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 Brief Industrial Profile of Bhagalpur District

1. General Characteristics of the District Bhagalpur is an old

town situated in the eastern Bihar on the bank of river Ganga. The

district is having fertile land and sound agriculture background.

This district is having its background in art, skill, industry,

agriculture and commerce. This town is famous for production of

Silk and Cotton Textile. There is huge potentiality in the district

for various types of Industries in the field of food and Agro based

products. The silk produced in Bhagalpur is famous for its quality

and this is an export item. Bhagalpur is the educational hub of

eastern Bihar. There are good colleges and technical institutions

e.g. engineering college, medical college, polytechniques and

Govt. ITI. The handloom and power loom of Bhgalpur is famous

in India. They produce different type of cotton textile. There is a

large industrial estate situated at Barari in which presently 41 units

are in production. At a distance of 35 KM from Bhagalpur there is

Super thermal power Plant of NTPC at Kahalgaon. The district is

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surrounded with Saharsa ,Purnea,Katihar dist in North ,Banka dist.

In South,Sahebganj Dist. Of Jharkhan in east,and Munger Dist. In

West. Due to these geographical conditions this district has huge

potentiality in Agriculture,commerce and industry.

1.1 Location & G eographical Area. The district is located in the

eastern Bihar which surrounds Saharsa,Purnea & Ka tihar Dist.

In North,Banka dist. In South,Sahebganj dist. In East,Munger

district in west. The area of district is 2569.05 SqKM.

1.2 Topography:- The landscape of the district comprises

Gangatic plane area and the hilly area which is the part of

Santhal Pargana. The Gangatic plane is rich in agriculture.

1.3 Availability of Minerals.

There are mainly sand and stone available minerals in the district. Other mineral

sources are not available.

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 PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones

2010-2011
MAJOR MINERAL
1. sand
MINOR
1. .stone
SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY.,

1.4 FOREST

The 0.03 % of Land in Bhagalpur is forest land which is 193.35 acres. There are
various types of wood and bamboo available in the forest. Forest produce are
minor.

1.5 Administrative set up.

The district is divided in 16 blocks namely

Jagdishpur,Sabour,Nathnagar,Sultanganj,sahkund,Kahalgaon,Pirpaiti,Sanhola,Bi

hpur,Naogachia,gopalpur,Ismailpur,Rangra Chowk,Kharik,Naranpur,Gaoradih

and three Anumandal namely Bhagalpur sadar,kahalgaon and Naogachia.

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2. District at a glance
S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics
1 Geographical features

(A) Geographical Data

i) Latitude 25 .07 to25.
30North
ii) Longitude 86 .37 to
87.30 East
iii) Geographical Area SQKM 2569. 5
(B) Administrative Units
i) Sub divisions nos 16
ii) Tehsils nos 3
iii) Sub-Tehsil
iv) Patwar Circle
v) Panchayat Simitis nos
vi)Nagar nigam 1
vii) Nagar Palika nos 1
viii) Gram Panchayats nos 243
xi) Revenue villages Nos. 1536
x) Assembly Area
2. Population
(A) Sex-wise
i) Male 2011 12,94,192
ii) Female 2011 11,36,139
(B) Rural Population 2011 2187298
3. Agriculture
A. Land utilization acres
i) Total Area 2010-11 Acres 628396.8
ii) Forest cover 2010-11 193.35
iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 34971.64
v) cultivable Barren 2010-11 5844.99
land
4. Forest
(i) Forest 2010-11 acres 193.35
5. Livestock & Poultry
A. Cattle
i) Cows 2007 Nos. 77395

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 ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 89771
B. Other livestock
i) Goats 2007 Nos. 348041
ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 25601
iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 34788
iv) Railways
i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 120
V) Roads
(a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 180
(b) State Highway 2010- Kms 419
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(c) Main District Highway 2010- Kms 69
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(d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms 319
Roads
(e) Rural road/ 2010-11 Kms 316
Agriculture Marketing
Board Roads
(f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms 159
(VI) Communication
(a) Telephone 2010-11 19527
connection
(b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 537
(c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 20
(d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 67
person
(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. -----
(f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. 256
(g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. 155
(h) Mobile 2010-11 No. 1225730
(VII) Public Health

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 (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 2
(b) Beds in Allopathic No. 799
hospitals
(c) Ayurvedic Hospital No. -----
(d) Beds in Ayurvedic No.
hospitals -----
(e) Unani hospitals No.
(f) Community health No. -----
centers
(g) Primary health No. 25
centers
(h) Dispensaries No. 70
(i) Sub Health No. 10
Centers No.
(j) Private hospitals 15

(VIII) Banking
commercial
(a) Commercial Bank Nos. 100
(b) rural Bank Nos. 12
Products
(c) Co-Operative Nos. 8
bank products
(d) PLDB Branches Nos. 3
(IX) Education
(a) Primary school Nos. 969
(b) Middle schools Nos. 394
(c) Secondary & senior Nos. 06
secondary schools
(d) Colleges Nos. 07
(e) Technical University Nos. 01

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2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Bhagalpur
SN Name of industrial Land Land Prevailing rate No of No of No of No of
Area Acquired in Developed per sq ft plot allotted vaccant units in
Acres in Acres plots plots operation

1 Barari 51.35 42.75 Rs.18.42 112 111 1 42

Large Acres acres
Industrial
Estate
Bhagalpur
2 Growth 1020.45 ------ 19.86 ---- ---- ---- ----
Centre Acres per sq ft
kahalgaon
Note: in the large industrial estate Bhagalpur the 42 units mainly of Food
Processing, General fabrication, mineral water, Plastic, card board and service
centre are working.

3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF
BHAGALPUR DISTRICT
3.1 Industry at a Glance
Sr Head Unit Particulars
No
1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 2212
2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 2433
3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & LARGE UNIT NO. 7
4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY NO. 4
WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL
SCALE INDUSTRIES
5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND NO. 125
MEDIUM INDUSTRIES
6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO. 2
7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IND. IN LACS 17696
8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE IN LACS 7000
SCALE INDUSTRIES

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3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED
YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT
REGISTERED (lakh Rs.)
UNITS
Up to 1984-85 25 100 23.5
1985-86 70 280 69.5
1986-87 72 288 71.5
1987-88 55 220 53
1988-89 60 240 61.5
1989-90 50 200 51.5
1990-91 55 220 51
1991-92 80 320 79
1992-93 90 360 93.5
1993-94 110 440 115.5
1994-95 112 448 112
1995-96 45 180 46
1996-97 52 208 59.5
1997-98 57 228 58
1998-99 60 240 61.5
1999-2000 90 360 92
2000-01 60 240 61.7
2001-2002 102 408 105.3
2002-03 75 300 74
2003-04 61 244 62
2004-05 70 280 71.6
2005-06 70 280 71.4
2006-07 85 340 84
2007-08 85 340 87.5
2008-09 90 360 92.5
2009-10 191 764 250.42
2010-11 117 468 106.68
2011-12 123 492 515.61
Total 2212 8848 2681.71
Source: DIC Bhagalpur

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 3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND
ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT
NIC CODE
TYPE OF NUMBER INVESTMENT EMPLOYMENT
NO.
INDUSTRY OF UNITS (Lakh Rs.)
20 Agro based 490 565.5 2494
22 Soda water 05 7.5 40
23 Cotton textile 110 270.5 334
24. Woolen, silk & artificial Thread 200 285.9 650
based clothes.
25. Jute & jute based 10 11.5 30
26. Ready-made garments & 125 130.6 500
embroidery
27. Wood/wooden based furniture 75 88.9 300
28. Paper & Paper products 10 15.6 40
29. Leather based 125 200.7 500
31. Chemical/Chemical based 15 15.4 60
30. Rubber, Plastic & petro based 110 116.7 440
32. Mineral based 25 25.73 100
33. Metal based (Steel Fab.) 116 97.18 500
35. Engineering units 15 50 60
36. Electrical machinery and transport equipment --- --- ---
97. Repairing & servicing 400 100 1600
01. Others 381 700 1200
Kachori Making -- -- --
Source: DIC Bhagalpur

3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings

National Thermal Power Station Kahalgaon

3.5 Major Exportable Item: - Silk Cloth

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3.6 Growth Trend: - There is growth trend towards computer based service
enterprises, Mineral Water Plant, Garment Industries and Food based
industries.

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry

3.8. Medium Scale Enterprises

3.8.1 List of the units in Bhagalpur & Near By Area

1.Bhagalpur Cooperative Spinning mills

2.Bihar Spun Silk Mill

3.Modern Food Industries

4.Arun Chemical Industries

5.Bhagalpur Dairy

3.8.2 Major Exportable Item- Silk cloth

3.9 Service Enterprises- There are various service enterprises

such as gate grill fabrication, computer hardware maintenance,
DTP & Screen Printing and Cyber caf ,repairing of Vehicles etc.

3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry:- Computer Hardware

Maintenance, DTP and Screen Printing, Cutting and Tailoring,
AC Repairing & servicing etc.

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3.10 Potential for new MSMEs: - Packaged Drinking Water, Rice
Mill, Dal Mill, Patta Plate Industries, Garment Industries and
Computer Based Service Enterprises.

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise

1. Handloom Cluster
2. Power Loom Cluster
3. Rice Mill Cluster
4. Lahathi Cluster

4.1 DETAIL OF MAJOR CLUSTERS

1. Handloom Cluster
2. Power Loom Cluster
3. Rice Mill Cluster
4. Lahathi Cluster

4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector

1. Handloom Cluster
2. Power Loom Cluster
3. Rice Mill Cluster
4. Lahathi Cluster

4.1.2 Service Sector:- NA

4.2 Details for Identified cluster

4.2.1 Name of the cluster Rice Mill cluster Jagdishpur

1 Principal Products Manufactured Arwa rice
in the Cluster

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2 Name of the SPV -------
3 No. of functional units in the 69
clusters
4 Turnover of the Clusters 3450 lakhs
5 Value of Exports from the -------
Clusters
6 Employment in Cluster 414
7 Average investment in plant & 10 Lakhs
Machinery
8 Major Issues / requirement Working capital , marketing and transporting

9 Presence of capable institutions ---------

10 Thrust Areas rice
11 Problems & constraints Requirement of electricity, storage problem,
marketing

Present status of the cluster: - Working

4.2.2 Name of the cluster Lahthi Cluster Sanhola

1 Principal Products Manufactured Bangles(Lahthi)

in the Cluster
2 Name of the SPV --
3 No. of functional units in the 25
clusters
4 Turnover of the Clusters 23 lacs
5 Value of Exports from the --
Clusters
6 Employment in Cluster 100
7 Average investment in plant & Rs.250000
Machinery
9 Thrust Area Financial & Marketing Needs
10 Access to Export Market --

Present status of the cluster:-.Working

4.2. 5. Name of the cluster Handloom cluster Bhagalpur

1 Principal Products Manufactured Silk cloth,Cotton Fabrics,Home furnishing

in the Cluster items
2 Name of the Association --

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3 No. of functional units in the 100
clusters
4 Turnover of the Clusters 50.5 Lakhs
5 Employment in Cluster 300
6 Average investment in plant & 25000.00
Machinery
7 Major Issues Working Capital, yarn depot required

8 Access to Export Market --

Present status of clusters:- Working

Name of the cluster Power loom Cluster Bhagalpur

1 Principal Products Manufactured Shirting fabric,Silk cloth,sarees,Furnishing

in the Cluster items
2 Name of the Association --
3 No. of functional units in the 300
clusters
4 Turnover of the Clusters 500 Lakhs
5 Employment in Cluster 700
6 Average investment in plant & 5 lacs
Machinery
7 Major Issues Working Capital, yarn depot required

8 Access to Export Market yes

Present status of clusters:- Working

5 . General issues raised by industry association during the course

of meeting
The industry association and eastern Bihar Ch amber of
commerce Bhagalpur have raised the issue of organizing Skill
development Based Programmes and awareness programmes
for Vendor development state level.

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 6. STEPS TO SET UP MSMEs
Following are the brief description of different agencies for rendering assistance
to the entrepreneurs.

S.No Type of assistance Name and address of

agencies

1. Provisional Registration Certificate DIC Bhagalpur

( EM-1) & Permanent Registration
Certificate ( EM-II)

2. Identification of Project Profiles, techno- MSME DI PATNA

economic and managerial consultancy
services, market survey and economic
survey reports.

3. Land and Industrial shed BIADA PATNA

Regional office
Bhagalpur
4. Financial Assistance NABARD,Nationalised
Bank
5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply NSIC

6. Plant and machinery under hire / NSIC

purchase basis.

7. Power/ Electricity BSEB

8. Technical Know how. MSME DI PATNA

9. Quality & Standard BIS PATNA

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10. Marketing /Export Assistance NSIC & MSME DI
PATNA

11. Other Promotional Agencies NABARD

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