Banaskantha INDEX

1 Banaskantha: A Snapshot

2 Economy and Industry Profile

3 Industrial Locations / Infrastructure

4 Support Infrastructure

5 Social Infrastructure

6 Tourism

7 Investment Opportunities

8 Annexure 2 1

Banaskantha: A Snapshot

3 Introduction: Banaskantha

Map 1: District Map of Banaskantha with § Banaskantha is the third largest district of and is Talukas located in North eastern region of the State § The region is presumably named after the and shares its border with the neighbouring State of § There are 11 talukas in the district with (District Headquarter), , Dantaand Amirgarhbeing the important and developed talukas of the district § Banaskantha contributes significantly to Agricultural production of the State and ranks No. 1 in the production of potatoes in § The district is also known for its diamond and ceramic industry § The proposed Palanpur- Investment Region along the - Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is expected to drive the economic growth of the district Dantiwada § Focus Industry Sectors Vav Deesa Danta § Food Processing Deoder Palanpur Bhabhar Sikori § Tourism § Mineral Based Industries (Ceramic Industry) Taluka § Tourist Places: , Kumbharia, Balaram-Ambaji District Headquarter Sanctuary and JessoreSloth Bear Sanctuary

4 Fact File

Longitude: 71.03O to 73.02O East Geographical Location Latitude: 23.33Oto 24.25O North 45 O Centigrade (Maximum) Temperature 5 O Centigrade (Minimum) Average Rainfall 1550 mm Rivers Banas, Saraswati& Sepu Area 10,400.16 Sq. Km District Headquarters Palanpur Talukas 12 Population 2.50 Million (As per Census 2001) Population Density 233 Persons per sq. km Sex Ratio 930 Females per 1000 Males Languages Gujarati, and English Literacy Rate 51% Seismic Zone Zone IV

Source: Profile Booklet 2006-2007 5 2

Economy and Industry Profile

6 Economy and Industry Profile

§ The economy of the district is based on agro & Map 2: Main Crops & Rainfall, Banaskantha District food Processing, tourism, textile and mineral based industries (ceramics)

§ The district ranks 1st in the production of vegetables contributing nearly 17.67% to the total vegetable production of the State

§ It is the largest producer of Potatoes and one of the leading producers of Isabgul (Psyllium husk) in the country

§ Traditionally, the district is known for its food processing industry, specially for vegetable oils and vanaspati § Banaskantha is the 3rd largest producer of oil seeds in the State after and

§ Around 1.18 million (9.6%) of the total tourist inflow in Gujarat, visited Ambaji, the most popular pilgrimage destination in the State, during the year 2006-2007

Source: Department of Agriculture, , 2006-2007 7 Agriculture

§ Bajri, Maize, Tobacco, Castor oil, Jowar, Psyllium and Potatoesare the other major crops of the district § DeesaTaluka in the Banaskantha district ranks 1st in India for the production of Potatoes § The district ranks next to Junagadh and in the productionof Spices

Fig 1: Share of Districts in Vegetable Production in the Fig 2: Share of Districts in Spices Production State of Gujarat in the State of Gujarat

Bhavnagar 5.76% 4.55% 11.01% 3.99% 7.40% 5.26% Junagadh 6.25% Rajkot Rajkot 6.48% Baroda 12.24% 24.76% 5.10% Banaskantha Anand 6.58% Jamnagar Junagadh 12.95% Mehsana 6.75% Sabarkantha Patan 6.82% 17.67% 30.34% Surendranagar 15.70% 10.38% Others Other Districts Banaskantha

Source: Department of Agriculture, Government of Gujarat, 2006-2007 8 Vegetable Production

The district contributes 46.80% to the total potato production of the State The other important vegetables produced in the district are Cow Pea, Beans, Tomato, Brinjal and Cabbage

Fig 4: Share of Banaskantha in Potato Fig 5: Share of Banaskantha in Cow Pea Production of the State Production of the State

Fig 3: Vegetable Production in Banaskantha (in Banaskantha, '000 Metric Tons) 45.80% 26.92% 54.20%

613.62 146.25

95.55 Other Districts, 73.07% 44.8 43.775 Fig 6: Share of Banaskantha in Cluster Bean Fig 7: Share of Banaskantha in Tomato Production of the State Production of the State 127.38

Banaskantha, Banaskantha, Potato Tomato Brinjal 21.63% 22.33% Cow Pea Cluster Been Others

Other Other Districts, Districts, 77.67% 78.37% Source: Department of Agriculture, Government of Gujarat, 2006-2007 9 Spice Production

The district produces 67.04% of total Isabgul production in the State The other spices produced in the district are Isabgul, Fennel, Fenugreek and Cumin

Fig 9: Share of Banaskantha in Isabgul Fig 10: Share of Banaskantha in Fennel (Psyllium) Production of the State Production of the State

Other Fig 8:Spices Production in Banaskantha (in '00 Districts, 32.86% 32.96% Metric Tons) 67.14%

244.2

Banaskantha, 198.08 67.04%

277.1 Fig 11: Share of Banaskantha in Fenugreek Fig 12: Share of Banaskantha in Cumin 38.4 Production of the State Production of the State

Banaskantha Banaskantha , 15.98% 9.12 , 17.42%

127.38

Other Districts, Other 82.58% Districts, 84.02% Source: Department of Agriculture, Government of Gujarat, 2006-2007 10 Minerals

§ The district has rich mineral reserves including limestone, marble, granite, building stone and china clay

§ Banaskantha district accounts for almost the entire marble reserves (99.3%) of the State of Gujarat

§ DantaTalukof Banaskantha district is known for its high quality marble production

§ Banaskantha contributes 15% to the total production of limestonein Gujarat

Map 3: Mineral Map of Banaskantha District Fig 13: Production of Minerals in Banaskantha

Dhanera 180000 Tharad 160000 Dantiwad 140000 Vav Amirgadh Disa 120000 Palanpur Danta 100000 Bhabhar 80000 Vadgam 60000

40000

Marble Mines 20000 Limestone 0 Granite Marble Block Marble Rubble Sand Production (in Metric Tons) Source: “Mineral Treasure of Gujarat”, Commissioner of Geology & Mining 2005-2006 11 Major Industries

§ Major Medium & Large Scale Industries (MSI & LSI) industries in Banaskantha district are engaged in the production of granite tiles and marble blocks

§ Some of the major medium and large scale players in Banaskantha district are mentioned in the table

below: Table 1: Major MSIs& LSIsin Banaskantha District (Indicative List) Name of Company Taluka Production Ceramic ShreejiGranite Amirgadh Granite tiles, Slab ShreejiIndustries Ltd. Amirgadh Granite Slab D.K. Trivedi & Sons Dantaa Marble block, Tiles Trivedi Marbles Ltd Dantaa Marble tiles Tirupati Marble Ltd. Dantaa Marble Slab Hindustan Marble Pvt. Ltd. Dantaa Marble Block BalaramCement Ltd. Amirgadh Cement Shri Ram Cement Ltd. Dantaa Cement JagdambaCement Ltd. Dantaa Cement Food Processing AadarshDerivatives Ltd. Palanpur Guvaargam Gujarat Agro Industries Palanpur Castor Oil, Cake KishaanAgro Industries Ltd. Palanpur Castor Oil Banaskantha Dist. Oil seeds Producers Union Palanpur RaydoOil Royal Proteins Ltd. Deesa Refined Vegetable Oil Banaskantha Dist. Cooperative Milk Producer Union Ltd. Palanpur Milk, Ghee, Icecream, Butter Source: Banaskantha District Profile Booklet 2006-2007 12 Small Scale Industries (SSI)

§ The district has seven SSI clusters focused on textile (spinning & weaving of cotton textiles & Map 4: Small Scale Industrial Clusters - khadi), diamond processing, and ceramics industry Banaskantha (processed Stone, marble)

§ Out of these industrial clusters, three of the SSI clusters are located in the Palanpur taluka, two are Dhanera located in Vadgam and one each is located in Danta Tharad Dantiwad and Deesatalukas Amirgadh Dees Vav Palanpur Danta § The textile clusters located in Palanpur & Vadgam Diyodar a Bhabhar

talukas together consists of 397 units (109 in Sihori Vadgam spinning & weaving of cotton textiles and 286 units

in khadimanufacturing) Spinning & Weaving of Cotton Khadi Textiles § The diamond Processingcluster in Palanpur and Processed Stone Diamond Processing Marble Deesaconsists of 104 units

§ The ceramic cluster at Dantaconsists of 48 units having a turnover of USD 2.74 million Source: Census 2001 13 Industry and Investment Trends

§ The district has witnessed highest investment in agro & food Processing over a period of two decades § The food Processing industry in the district has attracted 57% of the total investment (vegetable Oil & vanaspati aggregating 30% of the total investment and other Food processing industry aggregating 27%) in the district over the last two decades § Engineering has emerged as the third highest investment aggregator in the district over two decades § Mineral Based (ceramic & cement) along with sugar industry have also emerged as preferred sectors for investment in Banaskantha district

Fig 14: ProductwiseInvestment (USD million) during 1988-2007 Fig 15: Employment Trend in Banaskantha (1988-2007) 5.24 8.1 6.43 3.57 Highest 6.19 Employment 1600 1455 17.38 1400 Highest 1200 1008 Investment 1000 743 800 675 577 600 400 327 164 29.52 200 107 50 28 32.62 0

r r g s s g ls s e a ti s t e in a le g in a ic c i r c ti p s p u tr e i x a u s s m d s e m e P S e a ra o u in e T c n e r d g h ro a C P In n C V . E P m c AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY PAPER & PULP INCL. PAPER d & u o s s is o il p M SUGAR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES F O y G le & VEGETABLE OILS ANDVANASPATI CERAMICS b t ta n e e CEMENT AND GYPSUM PRODUCTS MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES g m e e V C Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat,2007 14 Economy Drivers

§ The food processing and textiles industries existing in the district for last two decades are driving its economic growth

§ Proposed Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) passing through the Diamond Hub –Palanpur is expected to emerge as the major economic driver of the district

§ The vast reserves of marble in the district are a great potential for ceramic industry

§ Various support infrastructure projects planned across the proposed DMIC are expected to further boost the economic growth of the region due to the improved intra and inter State connectivity of the district

§ Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL) has planned to lay Gas pipeline in the district along DMIC, which would further fillip the industrial growth in Banaskantha

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Industrial Locations/ Infrastructure

16 Industrial Locations/Infrastructure

Table 2: Industrial Estates Map 5: Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation Industrial Estates

Area (in Industrial Estate Hectare)

Ambaji 6.54

Palanpur 7.58

Chandisar 80.74 Deesa

Deesa 13.52

Deodar 17.63

Sihori 1.64

Radhanpur 38.86

Source: Gujarat Infdustrial Development Corporation (GIDC), 2007 17 Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

Map 6 : Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor § Government of India plans to develop a Dedicated Freight 150 Km Corridor (DFC) linking Delhi, Mumbai, and

§ The proposed DFC passes through six States in India, of which, Gujarat accounts for 38% (564 Km) of total DFC length (1483 Km)

§ The influenced area of 150 Km, on either side of DFC is being developed as “Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor” (DMIC)

§ Almost 62% of the total area of Gujarat State (18 out of 26 Mumbai-Delhi High Axel Load Freight Corridor (DFC) districts) would be benefited by DMIC development -Gandhinagar Knowledge Corridor § The State government has identified 82 links in the DMIC Investment Region (150 sq. Km) Industrial Area (100 sq. Km) influenced areas to upgrade them into two/four lane Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical carriageway offering connectivity between ports, industrial Investment Region (PCPIR) Special Investment Region (SIR) estates, hinterlands, markets and points of agricultural DMIC Influence Area produce Source: Concept Paper on DMIC (IL&FS), June 2007 18 Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)

Table 3 : Proposed Industrial Cluster in Palanpur- Sidhpur-Mehsana Industrial Area Map 7: Palanpur-Sidhpur-Mehsana Industrial Area

Components Description

Residential, Commercial, Integrated Township Institutional/ Health, Transportation land use

Domestic Road-Rail based 4 Logistic Hub

Augmentation of Existing Palanpur-Sidhpur-Mehsana Industrial Park/ Estate/ Mehsana Industrial Estate Cluster

Augmentation of Palanpur- Sidhpur-Kalol-Ahmedabadlink, Feeder Road Links -Himmatnagar- Mehsana Link

Logistics Park 4

Feeder Rail Links 4

Source: Concept Paper on DMIC (IL&FS), June 2007 19 4

Support Infrastructure

20 Road & Port Connectivity

Map 8 : Banaskantha Road Network Connectivity to Major Cities § Palanpur and Deesa, the two major cities of Banaskantha district are connected to National Capital Delhi and , capital of neighboring State of Rajasthan through National Highway (NH) 14 & NH 8 Interstate Connectivity § The State Highway 7 connects the district to important cities of Gujarat like Ahmedabad, Patan & Deesa Table 4: Distance of District Headquarters from other Locations Distance from Distance from § Palanpur is connected to Ambaji (significant Palanpur (in Palanpur (in pilgrimage) via State Highway No 9 Location Kms) Location Kms) Delhi 821 257 Port Connectivity Mumbai 733 Surat 424 § The nearest port is Dholera port Hyderabad 1250 Jamnagar 459 § The district is also connected to the Kolkata 1932 Rajkot 371 Chennai 1797 346 port via National Highway 15 Ahmedabad 217 Ankleshwar 341 491 Source: Banaskantha District Profile,2006-07 21 Airport & Rail Connectivity

Map 9 : Banaskantha Air Connectivity Air

§ The district has an airstrip at Palanpur § The nearest commercial airport for the district is at Patan Mehsana Sabarkantha Ahmedabad

Gandhinagar

Rail Map 10 : Banaskantha Rail Network § Banaskantha is connected to Mumbai-Ahmedabad- Delhi through a broad gauge with a major railway station at the district headquarter, Palanpur

§ Other major cities such as Deesa, Deoder, Dhaneraand Bhabharare also connected with the district headquarter via rail link

Source: Banaskantha District Profile,2006-07, Gujarat Maritime Board, Government of Gujarat 22 Power Supply Network

§ Banaskantha has a well developed network of sub-stations for power. There are four 220 KV sub

stations in the district. An additional substation of a similar capacityis also planned in the district

§ Additionally, the district houses a 400 KV and a 132 KV sub-station

Map 11 : Banaskantha Power Network

Source: Gujarat State Electricity Board, Government of Gujarat, 2007 23 Water Supply

§ Water supply for industrial purposes in the district can be obtained from three main sources, vizGujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board (GSSWB), Irrigation Canal and Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited

§ The district is irrigated through seven canal networks under Sardar Sarovar Project namely

Table 5 : Sardar Sarovar Branch Canal network

Branch canal Length (Km) District Starting point Ending point

Radhanpur 24 Patan, Banaskantha Changa Memdavad

Kachchh 360 Banakantha, Patan, Kuchchh Salimgadh Modkuva

Vejpur 24 Banaskantha Dhunsol Rudi

Malsanand 15.78 Banaskantha Khanpur Khimanavas

Gadsisa 22.33 Banaskantha Naroli Ankoli

Dhima 14.68 Banaskantha Vami

Madka 19.05 Banaskantha Del Devda

Source: Sardar SaqrovarNarmada Nigam Ltd, 2007 24 Gas Supply

§ Gas Grid of length 67.46 km has been identified by Gujarat StatePetronet Limited, in Banaskantha district for

laying gas pipeline

§ The identified route has two sections connects : a) Palanpur to Jaipur, the capital of the neighboring State of

Rajasthan with proposed length of 44.86 km and b) Palanpur to with length of 21.17 km

Map 12 : Banaskantha Gas Network

Dhanera

Dantiwada Tharad Vav Deesa Danta Deoder Palanpur Bhabhar Sikori Vadgam

Source: Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation, 2007 25 Proposed Infrastructure Projects

Road Network § Development of Feeder Road Links to ensure connectivity to identified industrial areas within Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) and Hinterlands § Conversion of Palanpur-Mehsana linkage to Pipavav into six lane

Rail Network

§ -Palanpur Gauge Conversion, 313 km for Kandla Port (under implementation stage)

Source: Indian Real Estate: Growth and New Destinations ,FICCI and Ernst & Young, 2007 26 5

Social Infrastructure

27 Education

§ Banaskantha district has around 1,983 primary schools, 153 secondary schools, and 56 higher secondary schools

§ The district has a good network of technical training instituteslike ITIs (Industrial Training Institutes), Polytechnic and cottage industry training institutes

§ The ITIs have an intake capacity of 2,028 students every year and offer courses in engineering, textile and automobile areas

Map 13 : Technical Training Institutes, Banaskantha Table 6: Technical Training Institutes, Banaskantha

Type of Educational Institute Number

Primary schools 1983

Secondary schools 153 Amirgadh Higher Secondary schools 56 Tharad Private Arts, Commerce, Science, B.Ed & Law Colleges 7

Deesa Deesa Palanpur Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) 5 Cottage Industry Training Institute 2

Polytechnic College 1

Industrial Training Institutes Cottage Industry Training Institute Polytechnic Source: Banaskantha District Profile Booklet 2006-2007 28 Health

§ The district has 64 primary health centers and 422 sub-centers Table 7: Health Care Facilities, Banaskantha § It has a well knit network of private medical care institutions and trust hospitals Type of Medical Facility Number

§ The district also has Government hospital at Community Health Centres 12 Vadgamwhichis 20 bedded Primary. health Centres 64 § A mobile ayurvedic dispensary has also been Sub Centers 422 sanctioned in Banaskantha district under Government Hospitals Special Component Plan 2 Private. Medical care Institutions including Trust § Pulse, a multi-specialty women's hospital, hospitals 979 has entered into franchisee agreements with hospitals in Idar in Banaskantha to facilitate infertility treatment in the district

Source: Banaskantha District Profile Booklet 2006-2007 29 6

Tourism

30 Tourism

§ The district has immense tourism potential because Map 14 : Tourist Destinations, Banaskantha of the presence of pilgrimages like Ambaji & Kumbharia

§ Around 43.3% of the tourist inflow in Gujarat was for Balram-AmbajiSanctuary Kumbharia Ambaji Balrampur religious purposes and Ambaji has emerged as the second most popular tourist destination in Gujarat Palanpur

§ Apart from Ambaji, Banaskantha has other interesting places like Kumbhariawhich is a religious Fig 16 : Share of Tourist Inflow in Gujarat place for Jains, Balarm-AmbajiSanctuary, Balram Ahmedabad 17% Palace Resort at Balrampur, JessoreSloth Bear Ambaji 10% Sanctuary and KedarnathMahadevTemple in Jessore(32 Km from Palanpur)

§ Jessorealso offer excellent trekking options through its hilly terrain and is famous for sloth bear sanctuary Other Dwarka locations 7% 66% Source: Tourist Flow in Gujarat; Annual Report 2006-2007 31 7

Investment Opportunities

32 Investment Opportunities

Agro & Food Processing

Banaskantha offers varied opportunities across the Agro & food processing value chain as depicted below § Agricultural Productions

§ Drip & Sprinkler irrigation, Micro irrigation

§ Processing & Supply Chain

§ Sorting, packaging & processing

§ Instant packed/frozen Vegetables

§ Infrastructure & Machinery

§ Food & agro parks

§ Multi Commodity Cold Chain/integrated pack houses

§ Terminal market

* Detailed Sector/ Project Profiles for investment opportunitiesavailable at www.indextb.com 33 Investment Opportunities

Tourism § Highway restaurants § Motels § Heritage resorts § Budget hotels § Amusement parks

Mineral Based Industries

§ Extraction, processing and manufacturing of granite and marble into semi-final or final products

§ Cement manufacturing units

* Detailed Sector/ Project Profiles for investment opportunitiesavailable at www.indextb.com 34 Annexure I

Maps Figures Tables Figure 1 : Share of Districts in Vegetable Map 1: District Map of Banaskantha with Production in the State of Gujarat Table 1: Major MSIs& SSIs in Banaskantha Talukas Figure 2 : Share of District Spices Production District in the State of Gujarat Map 2: Main Crops & Rainfall, Banaskantha Table 2: Industrial Estates District Figure 3 : Vegetable Production in Banaskantha Table 3: Proposed Industrial Cluster in Map 3:Mineral Map of Banaskantha District Figure 4 : Share of Banaskantha in Potato Production of the State Palanpur-Sidhpur-Mehsana Industrial Area Map 4: Small Scale Industrial Clusters, Figure 5 : Share of Banaskantha in Cow Pea Banaskantha Production of the State Table 4: Distance of District Headquarters from Figure 6 : Share of Banaskantha in Cluster other Locations Map 5: GIDC Industrial Estates Bean Production of the State Table 5: Sardar Sarovar Branch Canal network Figure 7 : Share of Banaskantha in Tomato Map 6: Delhi-Mumbai-Industrial Corridor Production of the State Figure 8 : Spice Production in Banaskantha Table 6: Technical Training Institutes, Map 7 : Palanpur-Sidhpur-Mehsana Industrial Banaskantha Area Figure 9 : Share of Banaskantha in Isabgul Production of the State Table 7: Healthcare Facilities, Banaskantha Map 8 : Banaskantha Road Network Figure 10 : Share of Banaskantha in Fennel Production of the State Map 9 : Banaskantha Air Connectivity Figure 11 : Share of Banaskantha in Fenugreek Production of the State Map 10 : Banaskantha Rail Network Figure 12 : Share of Banaskantha in Cumin Map 11 : Banaskantha Power Network Production of the State Figure 13 : Production of Minerals in Map 12 : Banaskantha Gas Network Bankasntha Figure 14 : ProductwiseInvestment during Map 13 : Technical Training Institute, 1988-1997 Banaskantha Figure 15 : Employment Trend, Banaskantha Map 14 : Tourist Destination, Banaskantha Figure 16 : Share of Tourist inflow in Gujarat 35 Annexure II : Abbreviations

DFC: Dedicated Freight Corridor

MSI: Medium Scale Industry

LSI: Large Scale Industry

SSI : Small Scale Industries

SEZ : Special Economic Zone

DMIC : Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

DFC : Delhi Freight Corridor

GWSSB : Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board

ITI: Industrial Training Institutes

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