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District Industrial Potential Report of Bankura |
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Bankura District extends over an area of 6882 sq.km. which accounts for only 7.75% of the state
area of 88752 sq.km.
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Demographically,the rate of growth of population is 13.79% as against the states
average of 17.84% during the period 1991-2001 census.It ranked 12th
among the districts of West Bengal in population and its density is
464 persons per sq.km as against the state population density of 904
persons per sq. km. as per 2001 census Bankura ranks 12th in literacy
with a literacy rate of 63.84%. The states literacy rate is 69.22%.
Workforce constitutes 37.93% of the total population and the remaining
56.32% are non-workers.
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district is predominantly considered as an
agricultural district. The agro-climatic condition is
facilatated by the presence of a number of rivers like
Damodar, Dwareskeshwar, Gandheswari, Kangsabati etc.
the agri-marketing outlets are in abundance along
with irrigation facilities.
- In termsof
infrastructure, the district lags behind in many
aspects apart from electricity. Due to the
installation of Mejhia thermal power plant, the
district now has abundance of power . Though the
district has one industrial estate in form of
Bishnupur Industrial Estate, no more industrial estate
has come up inspite of the existence of sufficient
having open space and resources. Another growth centre
exists at Barjora.
- There was a
growth of 22.03% of SSI units over the period
1997-2001 in the district. The SSI sector lacks
product diversification and technological up
gradation. Some of the existing units are very old and
require large scale modernization. There are only 5
large & medium industries out of which majority
are suffering from sickness.
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survey, it was observed that small scale sector
suffers from lack of economies of scale,unlike the
large scale units. Moreover, in the context of
liberalization and growing domestic and international
competition, this sector needs support through
promotional policies of credit and technology.
- One of the
main problems of the SSI units in this district is the
lack of subsidy which has not been provided over the
last two years in the district and also the marketing
channels which are also not suitably developed.
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During our market survey, we identified ten prospective venture that the budding
entrepreneurs can take up after analyzing the resources available in
the district.
- Entrepreneurial competence is necessary to
succeed in any venture. The district is endowed with
talented entrepreneurs . Keeping in view the
challenging entrepreneurial opportunities at present
and in future in national and international level it
is of paramount importance to promote management
skills of the budding entrepreneurs through
counselling and training so that they succeed in their
endeavor.
Prospective Industries:-
1.BAKERY
2.COLD TYRE RETREADING
3.RICE MILLING
4.AUTOMOBILE, PAINTING, & OTHER MISC
5.REPAIRING/SERVICING
6.AGRICULTURAL TOOLS
7.ROOFING TILES
8.CRUSHED STONE
9.POULTRY FEED
10.AN AGRO-SERVICING UNITS
11.MANUFACTURE OF SAL LEAF CUP, PLATES (LAMINATED) ETC.
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