Brief Industrial Profile of Theni District
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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. 6 1.4 Forest 6 1.5 Administrative set up 6 2. District at a glance 7 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Theni 10 3. Industrial Scenario Of Theni District 10 3.1 Industry at a Glance 11 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 12 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan 13 Units In The District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 16 3.5 Major Exportable Item 17 3.6 Growth Trend 17 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 18 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 19 3.8.1 List of the units in Theni & near by Area 19 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 19 3.9 Service Enterprises 19 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 19 2 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 20 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 21 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 21 4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 21 4.1.2 Service Sector 21 4.2 Details of Identified cluster 22 5. General issues raised by industry association during the 23 course of meeting 6. Steps to set up MSMEs 24 7. Additional information if any 25 3 Brief Industrial Profile of Theni District 1. General Characteristics of the District: The district is bounded by Dindigul District to the north, Madurai District to the east, Virudhunagar District to the southwest, and Idukki district of the Kerala State to the west. A range of hills which runs parallel to Western Ghats from north to south separate it from the neighboring state of Kerala.Theni District is i divided into two natural divisions: The hilly areas constituted by parts of the three taluks Periyakulam, Uthamapalayam and Andipatti with thick vegetation and perennial streams from the hills on the western side and Cumbum valley which lies in Uthamapalayam taluk. 1.1 Location & Geographical Area. The district lies between 90 53’ and 100 22’ north latitude and 770 17’ and 770 67’ east longitude. The general geographical information of the district is hill area. Vaigai River is flowing in the district and it will normally be dry during the summer season. The 2,889 km2 (1,115 sq mi) district lies at the foot of the Western Ghats between 9' 39' and 10' 30' North latitude and between 77' 00' and 78' 30' of East Logitude. Central location: 10°04′N 77°45′E. Topography: Theni district consists of Five taluks, namely 1.Theni, 2.Periyakulam, 3.Andipatti, and 4. Uthamapalayam and 5.Bodinaickanu, Theni district comprises 5 Taluks, 8 Blocks and 183 Villages. As regards the hierarchy of administrative arrangement, there are 5 Municipalities, 23 Town panchayats and 130 Village panchayats in the district. 4 Red loam soil is the predominant Soil type in this district accounting for 37.48% followed by red sandy soil of 14.53%. The other types of soils are lateritic soil, black soil, and sandy soil. Economic Features Agriculture, Industry and Trade play an important Role for its economic developmental activities. Principal crops like Paddy, Sugarcane, Cotton, Coconut, Groundnut and various kinds of fruits and vegetables are being cultivated in this District. Cotton Spinning Mills, Sugar Mills are the major industries in this District. In Aundipatti Taluk Handloom weaving and power looms are also flourishing. In Uthamapalayam Taluk, "Highwavis Estate" plays an important role in the production of Tea. Three Hydro Power Station Projects namely, Periyar, Surliyar and Vaigai Micro Hydro Power Station generate Electricity in this District 5 1.3 Availability of Minerals: Major minerals available in the district are Carbonatites. Granite PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11 SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY., 1.4 FOREST: Total forest courage is 134813 hec 1.5 Administrative set up. Taluks: 5 -Theni Andipatti Periyakulam Bodinaickanur Uthamapalayam 6 Blocks: 8 Theni , Myladumparai, Aundipatti Periyakulam Bodinayakanur Chinnamanur, Uthamapalayam , Cumbum 5 Municipalities, 23 Town panchayats and 130 Village panchayats in the district 2 District at a glance S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data 2011 i) Latitude 2011 90 53’ and 100 22’ north ii) Longitude 2011 770 17’ and 770 67’ east iii) Geographical Area 2011 hec 324230 (B) Administrative Units i) Sub divisions /Revenue 2 Divisions ii) Tehsils 8 iii) Sub-Tehsil iv) Patwar Circle/Firkas 5 v) Panchayat Samitis 23 /Union vi)Nagar nigam 5 vii) Nagar Palika viii) Gram Panchayats xi) Revenue villages 130 x) Assembly Area 4 7 2. Population (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2011 624,922 ii) Female 2011 618,762 (B) Rural Population 2011 574,196 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare ii) Forest cover 2010-11 “ 134813 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ 12225 v) cultivable Barren land 2010-11 “ 2864 4. Forest (i) Forest 2010-11 Ha. 134813 5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle 137665 i) Cows 2007 Nos. ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 6397 B. Other livestock i) Goats 2007 Nos. 101965 ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 5977 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 17760 iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 41.09 V) Roads 8 (a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 162.100 (b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms 109.80 kms (c) Main District Highway 2010-11 Kms 226.05 kms (d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms 389.90 kms Roads (e) Rural road/ Agriculture 2010-11 Kms NA Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms NA (VI) Communication (a) Telephone connection 2010-11 Nos 27632 (b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 130 (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 27704 (VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 13 (b) Beds in Allopathic hospitals No. 1376 (c) Ayurvedic Hospital (d) Beds in Ayurvedic hospitals (e) Unani hospitals No. (f) Community health No. centers (g) Primary health centers 39 (h) Dispensaries 6 (i) Sub Health Centers No. 162 (j) Private hospitals No of private hospitals are functioning throughout the district (VIII) Banking commercial (a) Commercial Bank Nos. 107 9 (b) rural Bank Products Nos. (c) Co-Operative bank Nos. 81 products (d) PLDB Branches Nos. 4 (IX) Education (a) Primary school Nos. 518 (b) Middle schools Nos. 181 (c) Secondary & senior Nos. 4279 secondary schools (d) Colleges (including Govt, Nos. 24 Private, Arts & Science, Engg, Medical and Polytechnic Colleges) (e) Technical University Nos. 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Theni distict Total No. of Industrial estate 2 – Theni, Aundipatty Details Theni Aundipatty No of Sheds Constructed 37 5 No of Sheds Allotted 37 5 No of Sheds vacant -- -- Tiny Sheds Constructed 20 -- Tiny Sheds Allotted 20 -- No of Developed Plots 4 -- 10 Activities engaged in SIDCO Industrial Estates Processing of Dhall Manufacturing Red and Yellow Oxide Textiles General Engineering Manufacture of Rice Mill Sieves Milk Chilling 3.1 Industry at a Glance Industrial Scenario of Theni District 3.1 Industry at a Glance Sl.No. Head Unit Particulars 1 Registered Industrial Unit No 7765 2 Total Industrial Unit No 14200 3 Registered Medium and Large Unit No 15 4 Estimated Avg. No. of daily worker No 18 employed in Small Scale Industries 5 Employment in large and medium No 8075 Industries 6 No.of Industrial Area No 2 SIDCO Indl. Estate (Theni and Andipatti) 7 Turnover of Small Scale Industries In lakhs 1522.5 8 Turnover of Medium and Large In lakhs 113731.00 Scale Industries 11 3.2 Year wise Trend of Units Registered Year Upto Number of registered Employment Investment units (lakh Rs) 1984-85 112 236 33.60 1985-86 143 387 45.76 1986-87 98 225 34.30 1987-88 104 345 38.48 1988-89 184 680 64.40 1989-90 165 545 57.75 1990-91 95 242 28.50 1991-92 148 212 45.88 1992-93 234 654 72.54 1993-94 225 514 72.00 1994-95 210 714 71.40 1995-96 194 660 67.9 1996-97 245 1004 85.7 1997-98 614 1454 184.8 1999-2000 591 1012 183.21 2000-2001 634 1364 196.54 2001-2002 624 1238 196.00 2002-2003 634 1178 112.00 2003-2004 494 1043 101.56 2004-2005 392 827 176.94 12 2005-2006 354 754 184.00 2006-2007 185 785 365.56 2007-2008 194 1269 2298.10 2008-2009 209 1721 3040.96 2009-2010 322 2643 3858.95 2010-2011 361 3437 2558.77 Total 7765 25143 14175.60 3.3 Details of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises and Artisan Units in Theni NIC Type of Industry No.of Units Investment Employm Code (lakh Rs.) ent No. 20 Agro based/ Flour Mill/ Food product 609 1126.65 1736 22 Soda Water 143 257.40 215 23 Cotton Textile 486 1701.05 1029 24 Woolen, Silk & artificial Thread based clothes 72 201.60 464 25 Jute and Jute based 0 0 0 26 Readymade garments & Embroidery 2752 3852.80 9632 27 Wood/Wooden based furniture 93 232.40 372 28 Paper and Paper products/Printing 167 459.25 418 13 29 Leather based 5 14.25 24 30 Rubber, Plastic and petro based 92 644.50 545 31 Chemical/Chemical based 137 171.25 357 32 Mineral based 269 494.96 2148 33 Metal based (Steel fab.) 16 19.50 46 35 Engineering units 152 385.20 471 36 Electrical machinery and transport equipment 97 Repairing and servicing 1150 1385.40 2415 01 Others 383 1107.64 1499 Total 6526 12053.85 21371 Cotton Yarn Textiles industry is growing on a steady state in Theni.