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Government of India Ministry of MSME

District Industrial Profile of Maharajganj District

Carried out by: Branch MSME-DI, Varanasi

MICRO, SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES lw[e] y/kq ,oa e/;e m|e

MSME-De ve lopment Ins t i tu te - Al l ahabad (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,) Phone: 0532-2696810, 2697468

Fax: 0532-2696809 E-mail: dcdi-allbad@dcmsme.gov.in

Web- msmediallahabad.gov.in

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Contents

S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 2

1.1 Location & Geographical Area 2-3 1.2 Topography 3 1.3 Availability of Minerals. 4 1.4 Forest 4

1.5 Administrative set up 4 2. District at a glance 4-6

2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Mahrajgunj

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3. Industrial Scenario Of Mahrajgunj 7

3.1 Industry at a Glance 7 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 7-8 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises &

Artisan Units In The District Mahrajgunj 8

3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings

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3.4.1 Major Exportable Item 8 3.4.2 Growth Trend 9 3.4.3 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 9 3.5 Medium Scale Enterprises 9

3.5.1 List of the units in Mahrajgunj & near by Area 9 3.5.2 Major Exportable Item 9 3.6 Potentials for Development of MSMEs 9

3.6.1 Potential areas for service industries 9 3.6.2 Potential for new Manufacturing Enterprises 9-10

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 10 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 10

4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 10 4.1.2 Service Sector 10

5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of meeting

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6. Steps to set up MSMEs 11

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Brief Industrial Profile of Mahrajganj District

1. General Characteristics of the District

This district was carved out from Gorakhpur district on 2 October 1989.The town of

Maharajganj is the district headquarters. This district is part of Gorakhpur Division.

According to the 2011 census Maharajganj

district has a population of 2,665,292, which is

roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait or the US

state of Nevada. This gives it a ranking of 151st

out of a total of 640 districts in the country. The

district has a population density of 903

inhabitants per Sq. Km. and its population

growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was

22.61 %. Maharajganj has a sex ratio of 938

females for every 1000 males, and a literacy

rate of 64.3 %.

Mahrajganj district is one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is also one of the

34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant

fund programme.

1.1 Location & Geographical Area.

The district Mahrajganj is located on the north-east corner of Uttar Pradesh and bounded

by Nepal on the North, Kushinagar district on the east, Gorakhpur district on the south and

siddharthnagar and Sant Kabir Nagar districts in the West. This district is part of

Gorakhpur Division and occpies an area of 2951 Sq. Km. It lies between 25°.50’ to 26°.20’

N latitude and 83°.25’ to 84°.20’ E longitude and is about 67 meter above the sea level.

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1.2 Topography

The area of the district Maharajganj is a part of the Central Ganga Plain and is underlain by

quaternary alluvium of Pleistocene to sub-recent age. The soils of the district are mainly

transported i.e. alluvial comprising sand, silt and clay in varying proportions and are rich in

humus. The alluvial soils of the district are subdivided into older alluvial soil and younger

alluvial soil. The older alluvial soil occupies high land while the younger soils are restricted to

marginal tract of the little Gandak River. Both of these soils are fertile. The drainage system is

controlled by Rapti and the Gandak rivers in the district. The main tributaries of Rapti are

Ghoghi river, Rohini river and Pharenda Nala. The great Gandak or Naryani river the another

major river system, takes its rise in the snowy ranges of Nepal and leaves the hills by the gorge

near Tirvenighat, about 16 Km. North of the boundary of Maharajganjdistrict. The river is known

as Naryani in India and in Nepal as Saligrami. Poh, Piyas, Mahau, Madao, Baua, Chilva

Basmans are minor tributaries in the district.

Besides, the above major rivers in the district, there are number of perennial lakes. The major

lakes of the district are Darhia Tal, Senia Tal, Poh Tal, Sarua Tal etc. These lakes are sources

of Fish as well as sources of minor irrigation in the district.

4 1.3 Availability of Minerals

PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.No. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones 2010-2011 MAJOR MINERAL

- - MINOR MINERAL

Sand 250.00 1.4 FOREST

About 342 Sq. Km. area of the district is covered by forest which account for 11.59% of the

total land of the district. The sal is the principal tree of the forest. The undergrowth in sal areas is

very dense in the strips along the banks of nalas and streams, and is of evergreen shrubs and

small trees. In the northern portion of Mahrajganj there is Domakhand forest tract. This has dense

forests of medium to good height. The chief associate of the sal are asna, Bahera, Haldu, phaldu,

asidh, tendu, mahua, domsal, Jamun(Syzygium, bhakmal, Shisham, semal, tum, dhak, neem,

amaltash, imli, and teak.

1.5 Administrative set up The district is part of Gorakhpur Division. Maharajganj town is the headquarter of this district.. There

are five tehsils, 12 development blocks, 103 Nyay Panchyats and 777 Gram Sabhas. The district has 4

Assembly constituencies

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

Geographical Data i) Latitude 25°.50’ to 26°.20’ N ii) Longitude 83°.25’ to 84°.20’ E

(A)

iii) Geographical Area Sq. Km. 2951 Sq Km Administrative Units i) Sub divisions - ii) Tehsils Nos. 4 iii) Sub-Tehsil Nos. - iv) Patwar Circle (Blocks) 12 v) Panchyat Simitis 777

(B)

vi) Nagar nigam 0

5 vii) Nagar Palika Nos. 02 viii) Gram Panchayats Nos. 777 xi) Revenue Villages 1203 x) Assembly Area Nos. 04

2. Population Sex-Wise i) Male 2011 Nos. 1375367

(A)

ii) Female 2011 Nos. 1289925 (B) Rural Population 2011 Nos. 2530502 3. Agriculture

Land utilization i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare 290548

(A)

ii) Forest cover 2010-11 Hectare 50265 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 Hectare 1259 iv) Cultivable Barren land 2010-11 Hectare 3101 Forest 4. i) Forest 2010-11 Sq. Km. 342

5. Livestock & Poultry Cattle i) Cows 2007 Nos. 161142

(A)

ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 204741 Other livestock i) Goats 2007 Nos. 277934 ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 25990

(B)

iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. - Iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Km. 25 V) Roads (a) National Highway 2010-11 Km. 55 (b) State Highway 2010-11 Km. 117 (c) Main District Highway 2010-11 Km. 139 (d) Other district & Rural Roads

2010-11 Km. 1814

(e) Rural road/Agriculture Marketing Board Roads

2010-11 Km. 115

(f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Km. - (VI) Communication (a) Telephone connection 2010-11 Nos. 9946 (b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 193 (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 1716 (d) Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000

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(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. Per Km. 4 (f) PCO Rural 2010-11 Nos. 1521 (g) PCO STD 2010-11 Nos. 195

(h) Mobile 2010-11 Nos. 135000 (VIII) Public Health

6 (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 Nos. 58 (b) Beds in Allopathic hospitals

No. 560

(c) Ayurvedic Hospital Nos. 30 (d) Beds in Ayurvedic hospitals

Nos. 156

(e) Unani hospitals Nos. - (f) Community health centers

Nos. 12

(g) Primary health centers Nos. 45 (h) Dispensaries Nos. 45 (i) Sub Health Centers Nos. 9 (j) Private hospitals 28 (VIII) Banking Commercial

(a) Commercial Bank Nos. 73 (b) rural Bank Products Nos. 47 (c) Co-Operative bank products

Nos. 02

(d) PLDB Branches Nos. 01 (IX) Education (a) Primary school Nos. 1558 (b) Middle schools Nos. 701 (c) Secondary & senior secondary schools

Nos. 136

(d) Colleges Nos. 30 (e) Technical University Nos. -

2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Maharajganj

Source: DIC, Mahrajganj

Sl. No

Name of Mini Ind.

Estate/Area

Land acquire

d (In hectare

)

Land develop

ed (In hectare)

Prevailing Rate per Sqm (In

Rs.)

No of

Plots

No of allotte

d Plots

No of Vacant Plots

No. of Units in

Production

1. Mahrajganj 3.5 3.5 Rs. 400/ Sq. Meter

76 76 23

2. Siswa 3.25 3.25 Rs. 180/Sq. Meter

68 68 03

3. Pharenda 3.27 3.27 Rs. 300/ Sq. Meter

54 54 07

Total 10.02 10.02 198 198 33

7 3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF MAHRAJGUNJ 3.1 Industry at a Glance

Sl. No

Head Unit Particulars

1. Registered Industrial Unit Nos. 4658

2. Total Industrial Unit Nos. 4658

3. Registered Medium & Large Unit Nos. -

4. Estimated avg. no. of Daily Worker

Employed in Small Scale Industries

Nos. 15367

5. Employment in Large and Medium

Industries

Nos. -

6. No. of Industrial Area Nos. 03

7. Turnover of Small Scale Industries In Lacs 8390.44

8. Turnover of Medium & Large Scale

Industries

In Lacs -

3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED YEAR NUMBER OF

REGISTERED UNITS

EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT (lakh Rs.)

Up to 1984-85 10 40 5 1985-86 23 93 13 1986-87 29 120 16 1987-88 21 70 12 1988-89 71 248 39 1989-90 43 150 24 1990-91 201 715 110.55 1991-92 221 666 123.76 1992-93 221 678 124.5 1993-94 221 705 127.75 1994-95 85 276 48.45 1995-96 220 802 176.00 1996-97 221 773 189.00 1997-98 220 785 209 1998-99 220 795 225.7

8 1999-2000 222 801 229.78 2000-01 220 809 275.10 2001-02 220 525 297.00 2002-03 228 798 262.00 2003-04 75 105 94.75 2004-05 155 620 204.6 2005-06 231 787 334.5 2006-07 220 675 483.00 2007-08 231 865 694.00 2008-09 276 810 1039.00 2009-10 276 803 1175.00 2010-11 277 853 1858.00 Total 4658 15367 8390.44

Source: DIC, Mahrajganj 3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT

NIC CODE

NO

TYPE OF INDUSTRY NUMBER OF

UNITS

INVESTMENT (LAKH Rs.)

EMPLOYMENT

20 Agro based 3000 6000 8750 22 Soda water - - - 23 Cotton textile - - - 24 Woolen, silk & artificial Thread

based clothes. - - -

25 Jute & jute based - - - 26 Ready-made garments &

embroidery 25 75.00 125

27 Wood/wooden based furniture 15 45.00 122 28 Paper & Paper products - - - 29 Leather based - - - 31 Chemical/Chemical based 30 90.00 315 30 Rubber, Plastic & petro based - - - 32 Mineral based - - - 33 Metal based (Steel Fab.) 40 180.00 300 35 Engineering units 60 300.00 300 36 Electrical machinery and

transport equipment 11 110.00 55

97 Repairing & servicing 1400 1490.00 5000 01 Others 77 100.44 400 Total 4658 8390.44 15367

Source: DIC, Mahrajgunj 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings - NIL 3.4.1 Major Exportable Item - NIL

9 3.4.2 Growth Trend - NIL

3.4.3 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry - NIL 3.5 Medium Scale Enterprises 3.5.1 List of the units in Mahrajgunj & Near By Area - NIL

3.5.2 Major Exportable Item - NIL

3.6 Potential for Development of MSMEs

Over 11.5 per cent of the total land of the district is covered by forest which offer very good

potential for forest based industries. Mahrajganj is a quaint district endowed with serene and

tranquil environment and picturesque terrains dotted by meandering streams is a real treat. Lehara

Durga Temple is an important sightseeing spots which could be developed as attractive tourist

destinations. This district has an agrarian economy. Main source of income of majority of

population in the district is agriculture. Major Agricultural produce are wheat, rice, sugarcane,

potato, mango, guava, banana and vegetables. Agro based industries like food processing, animal

husbandry, dairy, poultry, piggery, fishery, etc. have very good prospect in the district.

3.6.1 Potentials areas for service Industry 1. DTP,

2. Cyber Cafe

3. Beauty Parlour,

4. Welding & Fabrication works

5. Repair of Automobiles

6. Wiring & Electrical Repairing works

7. Hotels and Restaurants

8. Tent House

9. Tours and Travels services

10. Civil Construction

3.6.2 Potential for new Manufacturing Enterprises 1. Readymade garments

2. Fruit preservation

10 3. Rise mill

4. Oil mill

5. Masala Udyog

6. Dairy Products

7. Mineral Water

8. Detergent Powder

9. Wooden Furniture

10. Drinking Water

11. Flour mill

12. Plastic container

13. Poultry

14. Fishery

15. Piggery

16. Floriculture

17. Smokeless Briquettes from Bio-mass

18. Bee keeping

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise

4.1 DETAIL OF MAJOR CLUSTERS 4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector - Nil 4.1.2 Service Sector - Nil

5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of meeting

General issues raised by industry association during the course of meeting are as under:

1. Inadequate Maintenance of industrial area (Road and Drainage)

2. Lack of Electricity.

3. Health & Safety.

4. Lack of awareness about House-keeping

5. Inadequate Credit Facilities for First Generation Entrepreneurs

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

District Industries Centre at District Level.

2. Identification of Project Profiles, techno-economic and managerial consultancy services, market survey and economic survey reports.

1. Br. MSME – Development Institute, Chandpur Indl. Estate, Varanasi. 2. District Industries Centre at District Level, Mahrajganj 3. Khadi & Village Industries Commission, Gorakhpur

3. Land and Industrial shed

1. UPSIDC 2. District Industries Centre at District Level.

4. Financial Assistance

a) UPFC for Plant & Machinery b) Nationalised Banks for Working Capital c) Khadi & Village Industries commission d) PICKUP, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow e) SIDBI, Varanasi f) NSIC, Gorakhpur

5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply

1. UPSIC, Gorakhpur 2. District Industries Centre at District Level.

6. Plant and machinery under hire / purchase basis.

NSIC, Gorakhpur

7. Power/ Electricity UP State Electricity Board at District Level. 8. Technical Know –how.

1. Br. MSME – Development, Chandpur Indl. Estate, Varanasi. 2. District Industries Centre at District Level, Mahrajganj 3. Khadi & Village Industries Commission, Gorakhpur

9. Quality & Standard Bureau of Indian Standard, Kanpur/Lucknow. 10. Marketing /Export Assistance

1. Br. MSME – Development, Chandpur Indl. Estate, Varanasi. 2. District Industries Centre at District Level, Mahrajganj 3. Khadi & Village Industries Commission, varanasi 4. DGFT, Varanasi

11. Other Promotional Agencies 1. Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Varanasi.