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Bhavnagar INDEX Bhavnagar INDEX 1 Bhavnagar : A Snapshot 2 Economy and Industry Profile 3 Industrial Locations / Infrastructure 4 Support Infrastructure 2 5 Social Infrastructure 6 Tourism 7 Investment Opportunities 8 Annexure 2 1 3 Bhavnagar: A Snapshot 3 Introduction: Bhavnagar § Bhavnagar is located near the Gulf of Cambay in the Arabian Map1: District Map of Bhavnagar with Talukas Sea, a part of Saurashtra peninsula, in central part of Gujarat § Proximity of Bhavnagar with commercial districts of Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surendranagar, and Amreli has made the district an important industrial location § The district has 11 talukas, of which the major ones are Bhavnagar (District Headquarter), Shihor, Talaja, Mahuva, Botad, Palitana, Ghogha and Vallabhipur 4 § Focus industry sectors: Diamond cutting & polishing, cement & gypsum, inorganic salt-based and marine chemicals, ship- Botad building, ship-repairs, oxygen, foundry, re-rolling, ceramics, Gadhda Umrala fabrication and food processing industries Vallabhipur Bhavnagar § World’s largest ship breaking yard is at Alang in the district Sihor Ghogha § Major tourist attractions in the district are Velavadar National Gariadhar Palitana Talaja park-Blackbuck sanctuary, Takhteshwar Temple, District Headquarter Talukas Mahuva Gaurishanker Lake, Jain Temples of Palitana and Talaja 4 Fact File 71.15o East (Longitude) Geographical Location 21.47o North (Latitude) Average Rainfall 605 mm Rivers Shetrunji, Ranghola and Kaludhar Area 8,628 sq. km. District Headquarter Bhavnagar Talukas 11 5 Population 24,69,630 (As per 2001 Census) Population Density 205 Persons per sq. km. Sex Ratio 937 Females per 1000 Males Literacy Rate 66.20% Languages Gujarati, Hindi and English Seismic Zone Zone III Source: Bhavnagar District Profile 2006-07 5 2 6 Economy and Industry Profile 6 Economy and Industry Profile § Industrial development in Bhavnagar district could be attributedto the presence of a large number of diamond cutting and polishing units, salt and marine chemicals, plastics, ship building, and breaking industries § Bhavnagar stands second in diamond cutting & polishing industry after Surat in India, with 6,000 units operating from the district and employing more than 3 lakh people § Bhavnagar is the largest producer of salt, with 34,500 tons of salt being produced annually in the district § Bhavnagar manufactures FRP (Fiberglass Reinfo7rced Plastic) boatsand steel vessels at ship building facility of Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat ) Ltd § At Alang, Bhavnagar houses the largest ship breaking yard in theworld § Bhavnagar has about 150 units manufacturing plastic monofilaments, and more than 400 units manufacturing plastic cloth, twine, ropes, films, and multifilament yarn § Some sections of the society depends upon agriculture for their livelihood Source: District Industries Centre, Bhavnagar 7 Agriculture § Major crops produced in the district are citrus, onion, Fig 1:Total Area and Production of Food and guava, banana and chiku Non Food Crops (2006-07) 2800 5000 ) . T § In 2006-07, Bhavnagar had the highest production of . M 0 ) 2100 0 c e onion and guava in the State, accounting for 4,99,112 n H i ( n i ( 2112 n 2553 o a 1779 1400 2500 i e and 52,061 Metric Tonnes (MT) respectively t r c A u l a d t o o r § The district was the third highest producer of chiku T 700 P l a t (sapota) with a production of 31,886 MT (2006-07) 862 o T 0 0 § Total production of cotton for the year 2006-07, in Cereals Oilseed Bhavnagar was 12,73,500 Bales, the second highest Area (in Hec) Production (in 00 M.T.) in the State after Rajkot Fig 2:Total Area and Production of Food Crops Fig 3:Total Area and Production of Major Food Crops (2006-07) (2006-07) 24000 600000 30000 800000 ) . ) . T . 499112 T 629495 ) . M c 600000 ) M e c 18000 n i H e 20000 ( n i H n 400000 ( n i ( 24167 o n n i i t a ( o 400000 c i e r t a 12000 u c e A d r l u 27454 o a r A d 10000 t 260785 P l 19383 o o l a 200000 r T 200000 t a P t o l 6000 o T a 6892 T t 4811 52061 o 5417 46907 784 T 24303 2584 0 0 0 0 Fruits Vegetables Spices Citrus Banana Onion Guava Area (in Hec) Production (in M.T.) Area (in Hec) Production (in M.T.) Source: Department of Agriculture, 2006-07 8 Major Industries § There are 112 medium and large scale industries located Map 2: Major Industry Players in Bhavnagar* in Bhavnagar district § Some of the major medium and large scale players present in the district are mentioned in Table 1. Table 1: Major Industries Present in Bhavnagar* Name of Company Taluka Production Nirma Ltd. Kalatalav, Bhavnagar Chemicals Clay Mineral Products Ashapura Minechem Ltd. Chitra, Bhavnagar including Bentonite Chhatariya Foods Private Mahuva Onion Dehydration Units Ltd. Alcock Ashdown Ltd Anik Ship Breaking Talaja Shipbreaking 9 Industries Ltd. Volvo Steels Ltd. Mahuva Stainless Steel Ingots Iota Chemiculture Ltd. Ghogha Chemicals Alcock Ashdown Ltd Bhavnagar Ship Building Facility Skylink Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Sihor Chemicals Vegetable Oils and Wipro Limited Bhavnagar Vanaspati Ruparel Plastics (P) Ltd. Mahuva Polypropylene Ropes Vimal Dyes and Gas India Shampara Industrial Oxygen (P) Ltd. Investment & Precision Bhavnagar Investment Castings Castings Ltd * Indicative List Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat, 2007 9 Small Scale Industries (SSI) § The district has 10,080 SSI units with employment of 49,587 involving a total investment of INR 28,955 lakhs (USD 70.62 million) § Around 4,460 SSI units are present in Bhavnagar taluka, witnessing investments to the tune of INR 9,956 lakhs (USD 24.28 million) § Maximum number of industries are engaged in repairing & servicing, textiles, chemicals, glass & ceramics, and wood products Fig 4 : Talukawise major Investments and Employment in SSIs 12000 24000 19551 ) s h k a 9000 18000 t L n e n i m ( y s o t l n 6000 12000 p e m m E t l s 9956 6441 a e t v o n 5674 3979 I 3000 6000 T 2888 l 2112 a t 4942 o 3616 1996 T 1359 1184 0 0 Bhavnagar Shihor Mahuva Batod Palitana Gadhda Investments (in Lakhs) Employment Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat, 2007 10 Small Scale Industries (SSI) Map 3 : SSI Clusters in Bhavnagar 643 SSI units 270 SSI units Botad 323 SSI units Gadhda 133 SSI units Umrala Vallabhipur 4460 SSI units Bhavnagar 270 SSI 1266 SSI Sihor units units 11 221 SSI Ghogha units Gariadhar Palitana 356 SSI units 557 SSI Talaja units 1532 SSI units Mahuva Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat, 2007 11 Industry Investment Trends § As per the Industrial Entrepreneur Memoranda (IEMs) Fig. 5: Investments in 1988 -97 Vs 1998-07 Comparative Data in Last Two Decades filed, the total investment during 1988-97 was INR 2,693 6000 ) Crore (USD 657 million), and during 1998-2007 e r o 5000 r C investments worth INR 4,775 Crore(USD 1,164.6 million) R 4000 N I ( 4775 3000 s t § Around 87% of the investments during 1998-07 has been n e 2000 m 2693 t s 1000 contributed by infrastructure projects, cement and e v n I 0 gypsum, and chemicals sector, while 89% of the 1988 - 1997 1998 - 2007 12 Years investments during 1988-97 was contributed by industries such as chemicals, cement and gypsum § Miscellaneous machinery and engineering sector showed increase in number of units while chemicals, plastic and food processing industries showed remarkable growth in investments during 1998-2007 Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat, 2007 12 Investment Trends: 1988-97 § During 1988-97, the chemical sector attracted Fig. 6: Major Investments & Employment During 1988-97 maximum investments to the tune of INR 1,209 Crores (USD 295 million) contributing 45% to the Highest Investment total investments. The sector proved to be the t n Highest e 10000 8585 Employment 9000 m second highest employment generator with 7,154 y 8000 7154 o l 7000 p 6000 jobs m 5000 3536 E 4000 d 3000 n 2000 1209 1180 1027 § Cement and gypsum sector attracted next a 577 187 13 t 1000 40 22 n 0 e l highest investments of INR 1,180 Crore (USD 288 s s m d f g l a s t f s n a c n e s i i e u i a m c d i t r i s e g r t u t o r t S s v s s million) contributing 44% to total investments in m n o u s e l e n e e p u l F c u I y y h d a o m d t D r n C G e n I e i P the decade C M Sectors § Highest employment was generated by metallurgical industries creating 8,585 Investment Employment (INR crore) employment opportunities and contributing 38% to the total employment 13 Source: Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat,2007 Investment Trends: 1998-07 § Infrastructure sector attracted the highest investment of INR 2,200 Crore (USD 536.5 Fig. 7: Major Investments & Employment During 1998-07 million) contributing 46% to total investments generated during 1998-07 4500 3997 Highest 4000 Employment Highest t § The next highest investment was generated n 3500 Investment e m y 3000 o l by cement and gypsum sector of INR 1,637 p m 2500 2223 E 2200 d n a 2000 Crore (USD 399.26 million)growing by 39% t 1637 n e 1500 m t and contributing 34% to the total investments s 938 14 e 1000 v n I 306 400 500 250 186 § Highest employment was generated by the 96 79 94 0 e s r m l ls s s chemical sector creating 3,997 jobs u a a e e t u ic c i ri c s ti tr t u p m u s s r y e u u t G h e d s c d n ra d C a In I f n m n a r s g contributing 36% to the total jobs created I t a u in n h o s e P e s n e m d a c e n ll o C a e r s c P g is d u M o § Food processing industries grew by over r o D F 250 times during 1998-07 with an investment Sectors of INR 79 Crore (USD 19 million) Investment Employment (INR crore) Source: Industries
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