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lR;eso t;rs

G overnment of Indi a Mi ni s t ry of MSME

Brief Industrial Profile of

KISHANGANJ

Carried out by

MSME-Development Inst i tu te , Muzaf farpur (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,)

Phone :-0621-2284425 Fax: 0621-2282486

e-mail:dcdi-mzfpur@dcmsme.gov.in Web- www.msmedimzfpur.bih.nic.in

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Contents

S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 3-4 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 5 1.2 Topography 6-7 1.3 Availability of Minerals. 8

1.4 Forest 8

1.5 Administrative set up 9

2. District at a glance 10-11-12 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District KISHANGANJ 13 3. Industrial Scenario Of KISHANGANJ 14

3.1 Industry at a Glance 14 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 15 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units

In The District 16

3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 17 3.5 Major Exportable Item 18 3.6 Growth Trend 18 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 18 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 18 3.8.1 List of the units in ------ & near by Area 18 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 18 3.9 Service Enterprises 18 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 18 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 19 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 19 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 19 4.1.2 Service Sector 19 4.2 Details of Identified cluster 20 4.2.1 Details of the cluster 21 4.2.2 Details of identified cluster 21 5. General issues raised by industry association during the course

of meeting 22

6. Steps to set up MSMEs 23

Brief Industrial Profile of KISHANGANJ District

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1. General Characteristics of the District

Kishanganj district is one of the thirty-eight districts

of Bihar state, India, and Kishanganj town is the

administrative headquarters of this district.

Kishanganj district is a part of Purnia division. During the period of Khagada Nawab, Mohammed

Fakiruddin, one Hindu saint arrived , he was tired

and wanted to rest at this place, but when he heard

that this place name is Alamganj ,the river name is

Ramzan and the Jamindar name is Fakiruddin , he

refused to enter at Alamganj. After that the Nawab

decided and announced some portion from

Kishanganj Gudri to Ramzan pool gandhi ghat as

Krishna-Kunj . As time passed by the name gets

converted to present KISHANGANJ

Kishanganj was the old and important Sub-

Division of Purnia district. After the long and

hard struggle of Seventeen Years from people

of Kishanganj including Social Workers,

politicians, journalist, businessman’s, Farmers

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etc., the Kishanganj District came into

existence on 14 January 1990.

During the Mughal period, the area was part of

Nepal and was called Nepalgarh. When on the

instructions of the Mughal emperor,

Mohammed Reza captured the fort at

Nepalgarh, the name was changed to

Alamganj. It later became Kishanganj

1.1 Location & Geographical Area.

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Kishanganj district occupies an area of

1,884 square kilometres (727 sq mi),

comparatively equivalent to Maui in the

United States. Kishanganj district is

surrounded by Araria district in the west,

Purnia district in the south-west, Uttar

Dinajpur district of West Bengal on the east,

and Darjeeling district of West Bengal and

Nepal on the north. A narrow strip of West

Bengal, about 20 km wide separates it from

Bangladesh.

Kishanganj district is located between 250

20’ and 260 30’ north latitudes, and 87

0 7’

and 880 19’ east longitudes.

Major rivers flowing through the district are

Mahananda, Kankai, Mechi, Donk, Ratua

and Ramzan Sudhani. .

1.2Topography.

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Soil of the district Kishanganj is light, sandy

loam to loam and its physical range is 5.8 to 8.0( mostly natural soil but some are slightly acidic and some saline ). The nutrient status in soil is low to medium with defiency of zinc and phosphorous pentoxide. The land is dividedinto light land (33700hectare) medium land (50700

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hectare ) and low land(42979hectare ). In Kishanganj two types of mineral are found –silica and iron.

The forest area of the district is mainly situated in two block of Thakurganj & Terhagach. The primary occupation is agriculture.

1.3 Availability of Minerals.:- NIL

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PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones

2010-2011

MAJOR MINERAL

1. SILICA NA

2. IRON NA

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

SOURCE: - DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY.,

* NOTE :-information was not been obtained due

to non availability of authority.

1.4 FOREST

There is little area under forest due to the range

of Himalayas only and hence around 354

hectare of land comes under the coverage of

forest.

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1.5 Administrative set up.

The district comprises only one sub-division,

Kishanganj, which is further divided into

seven blocks: Bhahadurganj, Dighalbank,

Kishanganj, Kochadhaman, Pothia,

Terhagachha, Thakurgunj

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2. District at a glance

S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics

1 Geographical features

(A) Geographical Data

i) Latitude -- Degree minute 250 20’ and 26

0 30’ N

ii) Longitude ------ -do- 870 7’ and 88

0 19’ E

iii) Geographical Area -do- Sq.mt. 1884000000

(B) Administrative Units

i) Sub divisions - No.- 1

ii) Tehsils 2011 Nos. 7

iii) Sub-Tehsil - -do-

iv) Patwar Circle 2010-11 -do- 7

v) Panchayat Simitis/Nyay Panchayat

2010-11 -do-

vi)Nagar nigam - - 1

vii) Nagar Palika/parishad

2009-10 Nos. 1

viii) Gram Panchayats 2010-11 Nos. 127

xi) Revenue villages 771

x) Assembly Area 2011-12 Nos. 1 MP+4MLA

2. TOTAL POPULATION 1690948

(A) Sex-wise

i) Male 2011 Nos. 868845

ii) Female 2011 Nos 822103

(B) Rural Population 2011 Nos 1527249

3. A. Land utilization

i) Total Area 2009-10 hectare 189080

ii) Forest cover -do- “ 354

iii) Non Agriculture Land

-do- “ 46028

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v) cultivable Barren land

-do- “ 6291

4.

(i) Forest 2009-10 Ha. 354

5. A. Cattle

i) Cows 2011 Nos. 512218

ii) Buffaloes 2011 Nos. 62901

B. Other livestock

i) Goats 2007 Nos. 578839

ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 2600

iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 13842

iv) Railways

i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 45

V) Roads

(a) National Highway 2009-10 Kms 20

(b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms 62

(c) Main District Highway

2010-11 Kms 150

(d) Other district & Rural Roads

2010-11 Kms 218

(e) Rural road/ Agriculture Marketing Board Roads

2010-11 Kms 224

(f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms 185

(VI) Communication

(a) Telephone connection 2010-11 6550

(b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 146

(c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. -

(d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 person

-

(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. -

(f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. 108

(g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. 210

(h) Mobile 2010-11 No. 15000

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(VII) Public Health

(a) Allopathic Hospital

(b) Beds in Allopathic hospitals

(c) Ayurvedic Hospital

(d) Beds in Ayurvedic hospitals

(e) Unani hospitals (f) Community health

centers (g) Primary health

centers (h) Dispensaries (i) Sub Health Centers (j) Private hospitals

2010-11 No.

No.

No.

No.

No. No.

No.

No. No. No.

11 262 - - 16 12 136 28

(VIII) Banking commercial

(a) Commercial Bank Nos. 48

(b) rural Bank Nos. 134

(c) Co-Operative bank products

Nos. 6

(d) PLDB Branches Nos.

(IX) Education

(a) Primary school Nos. 508

(b) Middle schools Nos. 95

(c) Secondary & senior secondary schools

Nos. 28

(d) Colleges Nos. 12

(e) Technical University Nos. -

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2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Estates/ Areas in the District KISHANGANJ S.

No. Name of Ind.

Area Land

acquired (In

hectare)

Land developed

(In hectare)

Prevailing Rate Per

Sqm (In Rs.)

No of

Plots

No of allotted

Plots

No of Vacant Plots

No. of Units in Production

1 INDUSTRIAL AREA KHAGARA

12.12 12.12 182 12 12 0 10

2 INDUSTRIAL AREA

BHDIAGANGI

19.38 19.38 182 4 4 0 4

Source:- BIADA, BHAGALPUR REGION

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3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF KISHANGANJ

3.1 Industry at a Glance Sr No

Head Unit Particulars

1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT

NO. 556

2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 556 3. REGISTERED MEDIUM &

LARGE UNIT NO. 3

4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY WORKER

EMPLOYED IN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES

NO. 2400

5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND MEDIUM

INDUSTRIES

NO. NA

6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA

NO. - 2(INDUSTRIAL AREA, KHAGAR& BHEDIADANGI)

7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IND.

IN LACS NA

8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES

IN LACS NA

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3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED YEAR NUMBER OF

REGISTERED

UNITS

EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT

(lakh Rs.)

upto 2006-07 353 4150 2030

2007-08 21 240 260

2008-09 40 400 400

2009-10 29 300 420

2010-11 73 350 500

2011-12 20 275 208

Total 536 5715 3818

Source: DIC, KISHANGANJ

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3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND

ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT

NIC

CODE

NO.

TYPE OF

INDUSTRY

NUMBE

R OF

UNITS

INVESTME

NT (Lakh

Rs.)

EMPLOYME

NT

20 Agro based 212 2459 3781

22 Soda water 4 36 30

23 Cotton textile 10 28 40

24. Woolen, silk & artificial

Thread based clothes.

2 9 18

25. Jute & jute based 58 580 519

26. Ready-made garments &

embroidery

12 35 60

6-

+27.

Wood/wooden based

furniture

60 120 200

28. Paper & Paper products 12 9 40

29. Leather based 4 16 63

31. Chemical/Chemical based 10 60 100

30. Rubber, Plastic & petro

based

8 10 30

32. Mineral based (NON

METALIC)

14 40 70

33. Metal based (Steel Fab.) 20 120 200

35. Engineering units 12 126 100

36. Electrical machinery and transport

equipment 26 100 164

97. Repairing & servicing 62 30 180

01. Others 1 0 40 120

Total 536 3818 5715

Source: DIC kishanganj

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3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings

List of the units in KISHANGANJ& Near by Area -Nil-

3.5 Major Exportable Item

NIL

3.6 Growth Trend Little positive due to PMEGP scheme

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry

NIL

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3.8. Medium Scale Enterprises 3.8.1 List of the units in KISHANGANJ & Near By

Area

1. M/s Lakshmi cement ltd.( Manufacturer of

cement-)Industrial area Bhediadangi, is under

construction mode

2. M/S Winsome International ltd. (raw jute

procurement and processing unit),Industrial area

bhediadangi, kishanganj, under construction

3. Durga Industries (zinc

electroplating),(Industrial

area,Bhediadangi,kishanganj

3.8.2 Major Exportable Item

NA3.9 Service Enterprises

NIL 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry

Beauty parlour

Health Zym etc.

Computer Training Institutes

Computer hardware & Repairing centres

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3.10 Potential for new MSMEs

Agro Based Products

Water Treatment plants

Banana fibre Extraction and their products

Jute products

Restaurant

Fish processing units

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 4.1 DETAIL OF MAJOR CLUSTERS 4.1.1 Manufacturing SectorNIL

4.1.2 SERVICE SECTOR

NIL

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4.2 Details for Identified cluster

4.2.1 Name of the cluster :-NA

1 Principal Products Manufactured in the Cluster

2 Name of the SPV

3 No. of functional units in the clusters

4 Turnover of the Clusters( lakh/annum)

5 Value of Exports from the Clusters

6 Employment in Cluster 7 Average investment in

plant & Machinery

8 Major Issues / requirement

9 Presence of capable institutions

10 Thrust Areas

11 Problems & constraints

Present status of the cluster :-

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4.2.2Name of the cluster:- NA

1 Principal Products Manufactured in the Cluster

2 Name of the SPV 3 No. of functional

units in the clusters

4 Turnover of the Clusters

5 Value of Exports from the Clusters

6 Employment in Cluster

7 Average investment in plant & Machinery

8 Major Issues / requirement

9 Presence of capable institutions

8 Thrust Area 11 Problems & constraints

Present status of the cluster :-.

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

As such there is no Industry association in the District of KISHANGANJ the available SMEs faces (specially the first generation enterprises ) acute problem due to the non availability of electricity in the required level and in the field of Finance availability from the financial institutions & Marketing of produced products AND FINALLY LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURAL facilities.

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

DIC, KISHANGANJ

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

MSME-DI, Goshala Road, Ramna,Muzaffarpur & DIC, KISHANGANJ

3. Land and Industrial shed

BIADA, BHAGALPUR REGION

4. Financial Assistance

Banks/ Lead Bank KISHANGANJ

5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply

NSIC, Patna

6. Plant and machinery under hire / purchase basis.

NSIC, Patna, DIC, KISHANGANJ, MSME-DI, Goshala Road, Ramna,Muzaffarpur

7. Power/ Electricity

Executive Engineer , KISHANGANJ

8. Technical Know –how.

MSME-DI, Muzaffarpur

9. Quality & Standard BIS, Patna

10. Marketing /Export Assistance

MSME-DI, Goshala Road, Ramna,Muzaffarpur

11. Other Promotional Agencies