Industrial Profile- Kottayam District 2018-19
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Government of India Ministry of MSME Brief Industrial Profile of Kottayam District 2018-19 Carried out by MSME – Development Institute (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India), Kanjani Road, Ayyanthole, Thrissur Phone-0487-2360536, 2360638 Fax: 0487-2360216 E-mail: [email protected] www.msmedithrissur.gov.in BRIEF INDUSTRIAL PROFILE OF KOTTAYAM, 2018-19 2 3 Contents S. No. Topic Page 1. General Characteristics of the District 4 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 4 1.2 Topography 4-5 1.3 Availability of Minerals. 5 1.4 Forest 6 1.5 Administrative set up 6 2. District at a glance 6 – 9 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in Kottayam District. 9 3. Industrial Scenario Of Kottayam District. 9 3.1 Industry at a Glance 9 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 10 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan 11 Units In The District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 12-13 3.4.1 Medium Scale Enterprises 13-14 3.5 Major Exportable Item 14 3.6 Growth Trend 14 3.7 Service Enterprises 14 3.8 Potential areas of service industry 14 3.8.1 Potential for new MSMEs 14 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 15 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 15 4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 15 4.1.2 Service Sector 15 4.2 Details of Identified cluster 15 5. General issues raised by industry association during the 15 course of Meeting 6. Steps to set up MSMEs 16-18 4 BRIEF INDUSTRIAL PROFILE OF KOTTAYAM DISTRICT 1. General Characteristics of the District Kottayam is a city in the state of Kerala. It is located in central Kerala and is also the administrative capital of Kottayam district. Bordered by the lofty and mighty Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west, Kottayam is a land of unique characteristics. Positioned a little south to central Kerala, Kottayam district is bordered on the north by Ernakulam district, on the east by Idukki district and on the south by Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta districts. The Vembanad Lake forms the western boundary. Kottayam lies between latitude 9o 15' and 10o 21' and longitude 76o 22' and 77o 25'. Kottayam district has a total area of 2208 sq. km. The important rivers of the district are the Meenachil River, the Muvattupuzha River and the Manimala River. Kottayam stands first in the field of Education, Mass Communication, Printing and Book Publication. The city is an important trading center of spices and commercial crops, especially rubber. Most of India's natural rubber originates from the acres of well-kept plantations of Kottayam. 1.1 Location & Geographical Area Kottayam district has a total area of 2208 sq. km. The district is naturally divided into high land, midland and lowland, the bulk being constituted by the midland regions. Meenachil and Kanjirappally Taluks have high land and midland areas while Kottayam, Changanassery and Vaikom Taluks have midland and lowland areas. Kanjirappally and Meenachil Taluks have Laterite soil, where as Vaikom Taluk, part of Changanassery and Kottayam Taluks have Aluvial soil. The district has no coastal area. 1.2 Topography The district is naturally divided into high land mid-land and low-land, the bulk being constituted by the mid-land regions. The Vembanad lake forms the western boundary. The district is naturally divided into high land, midland and lowland, the bulk being constituted by the midland regions. Meenachil and Kanjirappally Taluks have high land and midland areas while Kottayam, Changanassery and Vaikom Taluks have midland and lowland areas. Kanjirappally and Meenachil Taluks have Laterite soil, where as Vaikom Taluk, part of 5 Changanassery and Kottayam Taluks have Aluvial soil. The district has no coastal area. Fig.1: Location of Kottayam District 1.3 Availability of Minerals Kottayam district has rich mineral deposits of lime shell and graphite. Lime shell deposits are exploited by units like Travancore Cements Limited, Travancore Electro Chemicals available Ltd, etc. for industrial purpose. Granite is also available in highland position of Kanjirappally Taluk which can be utilized by industries engaged in the stone crushing, granite polishing etc. Table.1: PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2018-19 S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones MAJOR MINERAL 1. Lime Shell 747 MINOR MINERALS 1. Granite Building Stone 2180948 2. Ordinary Sand NA 3. Ordinary Earth 1081976 4 Laterite (Building) NA 5 Brick Clay 15553 SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINING & GEOLOGY 6 1.4 Forest Forest plays an important role in the district by influencing climate, geography, agriculture, employment, etc. The district has 8141 ha of forest land (3.69 percent of the total area, 220442 ha). The Kottayam high range circle has four forest divisions- Kottayam, Munnar, Kothamangalam and Mankulam. The majority of forest area of Kottayam District is in Kanjirappally Taluk. Table 1.4: Forest cover in Kottayam Forest cover (Area in Sq.Km) % to GA Name of G A Very Total forest District (Sq.Km.) Moderate Open Dense area Kottayam 2203 12 530 341 883 40.08 1.5 Administrative Setup Kottayam Revenue district is divided into 5 Taluks i.e. kottayam, vaikom, kanjirappalli, changanssery and meenachil. These taluks have been further divided in 11 development blocks. The District has been divided into two Revenue Divisions- kottayam and Pala. Pala, comprising of Meenachil and Vaikom Taluks with 46 Villages and Kottayam, comprising of Kottayam, Kanjirappally and Changanassery Taluks with 54 Villages. Kottayam district is divided 71 Panchayats and 6 Muncipalities. The district has 9 assembly constituencies- Kanjirapally, Changanacherry, Kottayam, Ettumannoor, Puthupally, Poonjar, Pala, Kaduthuruthy and Vaikom. The only parliamentary constituency within the district is Kottayam. 2 District at a glance The following table comprises the information about geographical, administrative, demographical, etc of the district. It will also provide brief idea education, land use pattern and infrastructural facilities of the district. Table.2: District at a glance S.No. Particulars Year Unit Statistics Geographical Features (A) Geographical Data 2017-18 i) Latitude 9o 15' and 10o21' ii) Longitude 76o 22' and 77o 25'. iii) Geographical Area Ha. 220442 7 (B) Administrative Units 2018-19 i) Sub divisions - ii) Tehsils - iii) Sub-Tehsil - iv) Patwar Circle - v) Community Nos. 11 Development Blocks vi)Taluks Nos. 5 vii) Municiplality Nos. 6 viii) Gram Nos. 71 Panchayats xi) Revenue villages Nos. 100 x) Assembly Area Nos. 9 Population (A) Sex-wise 2011 i) Male Nos. 970140 ii) Female Nos. 1009244 (B) Rural Population 2011 Nos. 1413773 (C) Urban Population 2011 Lakhs 5.66 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization 2017-18 i) Total Area Ha. 220442 ii) Forest cover “ 8141 iii) Non Agriculture “ 29027 Land v) Uncultivable/ “ 1018 Barren land 4. Forest (i) Forest 2017-18 Ha. 8141 5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle 2012 i) Cows Nos. 81842 ii) Buffaloes Nos. 5962 B. Other livestock i) Goats 2012 Nos. 95308 ii) Pigs 2012 Nos. 7588 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2012 Nos. Not Available 6 Transportation A Railways i) Length of rail line 2017-18 Kms 49 B Roads (a) National Highway 2017-18 Kms 0.000 (b) State Highway 2017-18 Kms 406.531 (c) Main District Kms 3049.683 2017-18 Highway (d) Other district & Kms 756.268 2011 Rural Roads 8 (e) Rural road/ 2011 Kms 7699.91 Agriculture Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachcha Road 2014-15 Kms na (VI) Communication (a) Telephone 2017-18 (Working)Nos. 124031 connection (b) Post offices 2017-18 Nos. 408 (c) Telephone 2017-18 Nos. 100 Exchanges (d)Density of 2017-18 Per 1000 63 Telephone person (e) Density of 2017-18 Per Sq.Km. 56 Telephone (f) PCO Rural 2017-18 No. na (g) PCO STD 2017-18 No. na (h) Mobile 2017-18 No. na (VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2017-18 No. 7 (b) Beds in Allopathic 2017-18 No. 2817 hospitals (c) Ayurvedic Hospital 2017-18 No. 11 (d) Beds in Ayurvedic 2017-18 No. 220 hospitals (e)Homeo hospitals 2017-18 No. 3 (f) Community health 2017-18 No. 20 centers (g) Primary health 2017-18 No. 44 centers (h) Dispensaries 2017-18 No. 54 (i) Sub Health 2017-18 No. 11 Centers (j) Private hospitals 2016-17 No. 29 (VIII) Banking 2017-18 (a) Commercial 2017-18 Nos. 534 Branches (b) Rural Bank Nos. 36 Products (c) Co-Operative bank Nos. 74 Products (d) PLDB Branches Nos. - (IX) Education 2017-18 (a) Primary school Nos. 456 (b) Middle schools Nos. 204 (c) Secondary & Nos. 398 senior secondary schools (d) Colleges(Arts& Nos. 23 9 Science) (e) Engg. Colleges Nos. 11 Source: Directorate of Economics and Statisticts, Kerala, Census 2011, Livestock Census:2012, Official Website of Kottayam District, Agricultural Statistics2017-18, Economic Review 2018 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in Kottayam District (as on 31/03/2019) Land Land Prevailin No No of No of No of S. Name of Acquire Allote g rate of Allote Vacan Units in No Ind. Area d (in d (in per Cent Plot d t Productio . acres) cent) (in Rs) s plots Plots n 1 DP- 41.25 41.25 21737 224 224 0 218 Poovanthuruthu 2 DP-Vaikom 3.75 3.75 1646 13 13 0 11 DP- 3 Athirampuzh 1 1 2403 13 13 0 13 a Source: DIC, Kottayam 3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF KOTTAYAM DISTRICT (as on 31/03/2019) 3.1 Industry at a Glance Sl. Head Unit Particulars 1 Registered Industrial Unit No. 8223 2 Total Industrial Unit No. 8223 11 3 Registered Medium & Large Unit No. Estimated Avg. No of Daily worker 9869 No. 4 Employed in small scale Industries 5 Employment in Medium Industries No.