Government of India Ministry of MSME Brief Industrial Profile of Bikaner District Carried out by MSME-Development Institute (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,) 22 Godam, Industrial Estate, Jaipur-302006 Phone: 0141-2212098, 2213099 Fax: 0141-2210553 e-mail: [email protected] 1 Contents S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 4 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 4 1.2 Topography 4 1.3 Availability of Minerals. 5 1.4 Forest 6 1.5 Administrative set up 6,7 2. District at a glance 7,8,9 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Bikaner 10 3. Industrial Scenario of the District Bikaner 11 3.1 Industry at a Glance 11 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 11 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In The 12,13 District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 14 3.5 Major Exportable Item 14 3.6 Growth Trend 14 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 14 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 15 3.8.1 List of the units in Bikaner & nearby Area 15 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 15 3.9 Service Enterprises 15 3.9.1 List of service enterprises 15 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 16 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 16,17 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 17 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 17 4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 17 4.1.2 Service Sector 17 4.2 Details of Identified cluster 18 4.2.1 Napasar Handloom Cluster, Napasar 18 4.2.2 Kasida Cluster Aaduri Poogal, Bikaner 18,19 5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of 19 meeting 6 Steps to set up MSMEs 20 7. Important telephone numbers of the District 21 2 3 Brief Industrial Profile of Bikaner District 1. General Characteristics of the District: The district derives its name from its principal city “Bikaner” which was established by Rathore Prince Rao Bikaji, the livelist and most enterprising son of Rao Jodhaji of Marwar, founded Bikaner in 1488 A.D. After the advent of Ganga Canal in 1927 A.D. a major change in the constitution of administrative divisions was affected and the whole of Bikaner State territory was divided into four districts Bikaner, Ganganagar, Churu and Hanumangarh. The town is famous for delicacies like Rasgullas, Bhujias and Papads. It has become a big wool production centre and has a unique Camal research farm. 1.1 Location & Geographical Area: Bikaner is one of desert district situated in the North-West of Rajasthan .It extends from 27°11’ to 29°3’ North latitudes and 71°54’ to 74°22’ East longitudes is bounded on the north by Ganganagar, Jaisalmer district and Pakistan in the west, churu in east and nagaur and Jodhpur district in South –East. The district has a geographical area 30247.90 Sq.Km. which is around 8.8 percent of the total area of the state and stands at second place area wise in the state after the Jaislamer. 1.2 Topography. The major part of the district is comprised of desolate and dry regions which form part of the Great India Desert of Thar. There are two natural divisions of the district name (i) North and Western desert and (ii) South and Eastern Semi- desert. At many place one finds shifting sand –dunes of varying heights ranging from 6 to 30 meters. The general slope of the region is towards the west and North West. The district is devoid of any perennial stream. Small ephemeral streams flow in the vicinity of Kolayat, Gajner, and Gurha. Natural in land depressions which retain some water during the summer are located near Loonkarnsa, Kolayat, Gajner and Nal. Construction of canals in 4 the western parts has to activation of the stable dune field. The migrating sand is thickening the canals and roads. 1.3 Availability of Minerals. Almost the entire district is devoid of rock exposures except near Kolayat and at a few places in the southern parts of Nokha and Dulmera. The district Bikaner is thus vast sandy tracks except Kolayat are covered with sand of Rock locally known as “Magra” are found is parts Kolayat tehsil. In the magra areas various types of sand stone, clay and lime stone are found at different levels. Fuller’s earth viz Mulatani Miti, Clay lignite and gypsum, white clay, yellow ochre and grit and important economic minerals being produced in the district. Gypsum beds up to 30 meters thick and of the best quality available in India are found in Loonkaransar, Dulmera and Dheerera. There are deposits of fuller earth at Village Palana (Bikaner tehsil) and Mudh (Kolayat tehsil). Red sand-stone quarries are located near dulmera village (Loonkaransar tehsil). Simultaneously impure lime stone is excavated all over the district. Glass sand is found near Madh and lignite is available at various places in kolayat tehsil and Palana. Sand stone lime stone, Bajri and grit and Kankar are the main building materials found in the district. PRODUCTION OF MINERAL S.NO. DESCRIPTION PRODUCTION in M.T. 2008-09 2009-10 1. Gypsum 2171000 2057891 2. Clay(china clay, Balls Clay , 584000 1210500 Fire Clay ) 3. Bentonite 3000 2200 4. Red Clay Suitable for Bricks - 573825 5. Masonry stone 50000 172300 6. Bajri Stone 1358000 4432967 7. Lime Stone 11000 8700 8. Lignite -- 127934 9 Lime Stone burning -- -- 10. Salenite -- 12492 5 1.4 FOREST: The vegetation of Bikaner district fall under the broad natural divisions of tropical forest. Bikaner due to extremely low rainfall and extreme of temperature there is high evaporation and loss Moisture, converting the district into a typical arid track however, where the moisture accumulate to some extent during rains a few scattered stunted trees not taller than six meter high are found. The trees and bushes which grow in area are insufficient even to fulfill the local requirements, construction of houses making agricultural implements and for fuel purposes. The most common tree found in the district is Khejra and other trees are Rohira, Ber, and Jal. Some other trees found in area are Shisham Ber, Pipal, and Siris etc. As there are no wild forest of hills the district does not abound in any special type of animals. The fauna found here is of common variety such as black buck Indian antelope, Chinkara, Fox, Jackal, Man goose, Scorpion, Snakes, Stripped Squired, Wild Boar and Wolf. 1.5 Administrative set up. Bikaner District is Divisional Commissioner Head Quarter District. District Magistrate/District Collector is head of the District Administration. District Collector is assisted by three Additional District Magistrates. Along with 3 ADMs there is 1 ACM and 1 Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad. For administration and development the district is divided into eight sub division’s i.e Bikaner, Kolayat, Nokha, Loonkaransar, Khajuwala, Chhattargarh, pugal and Dungargarh and eight Tehsils i.e. Bikaner, Kolayat, Nokha, Loonkarnsar, Khajuwala, Chhattargarh, Poogal and Dungargarh. The developmental activities of the district are being looked after by six Panchayat Samities i.e. Bikaner, Kolayat, Nokha, Loonkaransar, Khajuwala and Dungargarh. There are 893 villages and 219 gram Panchayats. There is one independent Sub- Tehsil Bajju situated in Kolayat tehsil. 6 ADMISTRATIVE SET-UP OF THE DISTRICT S.No Panchayat NUMBER OF VILLAGES TOTAL NUMBE No.of Gram Samiittee INHABITED UNINHABITED R OF panchayat TOWNS 1. Bikaner 99 21 120 2 31 2 Kolayat 187 41 228 37 3. Loonkaransar 158 18 176 -- 36 4. Nokha 143 - 143 1 53 5. Khajuwala 130 - 130 -- 32 6. Dungargarh 91 05 96 1 30 Total 06 808 85 893 4 219 2. District at a glance S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data i) Latitude 27°.11’ to 29°.03’ ii) Longitude 71°.54’ to 74°.22’ iii) Geographical Area Sq.Km° 30247.90 (B) Administrative Units Number i) Sub divisions “ 8 ii) Tehsils “ 8 iii) Sub-Tehsil “ 1 iv) Patwar Circle “ 271 v) Panchayat Simitis “ 6 vi)Nagar nigam “ 1 vii) Nagar Palika “ 3 viii) Gram Panchayats “ 219 xi) Revenue villages “ 893 x) Assembly Area “ ---- 2. Population (A) Sex-wise No. 2367745 7 i) Male 2011 No. 1243916 ii) Female 2011 No. 1123829 (B) Rural Population 2011 No. 1539034 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2010-11 Sq. Km 30247.90 ii) Forest cover 2010-11 “ 812.62 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ 2923.51 v) Cultivable Barren 2010-11 “ 8238.13 land 4. Forest (i) Forest 2010-11 Sq.Km 812.62 5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle i) Cows 2007 Nos. 608597 ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 132732 B. Other livestock i) Goats 2007 Nos. 686507 ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 4551 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 103688 iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 347.08 V) Roads (a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 390.00 (b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms 215.90 (c) Main District Highway 2010-11 Kms 419.50 (d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms 258.00 Roads (e) Rural road/ 2010-11 Kms 2952.95 Agriculture Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms 829.45 (VI) Communication (a) Telephone 2010-11 Nos. 312773 Connection (b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 272 (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 82 8 (d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 ---- person (e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. ---- (f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. 195 (g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. 1161 (h) Mobile 2010-11 No. (VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No.