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District Industrial Profile 2018-19 COOCHBEHAR MSME-Development Institute Kolkata (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,) Phone: (033)2577-0595/7/8 ; Fax: (033)2577-5531 E-mail: [email protected] Web-www.msmedikolkata.gov.in F O R E W O R D The report on Brief Industrial Profile of Coochbehar district has been updated for 2018-2019. The report chiefly focuses on the district profile, major resources available in the district and the existing infrastructural facilities, which can be utilized to provide support to the existing industries and encourage creation of new enterprise in the district. The report also explores the scope for ancillarisation, present industrial scenario, existing large & medium scale enterprises in the district, no of UAMs registered and other related issues which examine the industrial potentiality of the district. Besides, the potential areas for developing and setting up new MSME Units have also been addressed separately. In preparing this report, necessary data and co-operation has been obtained from various departments of the State Government, Central Government, Financial Institutions, MSME stakeholders, Promotional agencies and other related departments. The major source of information has been the Bureau of Applied Economics and Statistics, Government of West Bengal (District Statistical Handbook). I would like to extend my sincere thanks and regards to all of them for their sincere co-operation and assistance. I hope this Report will be found very useful by Promotional Agencies, Financial Institutes, NGOs and above all the small scale entrepreneurs of the district. I appreciate the efforts rendered by Sri Firoz Ahmed, AD (L&F), MSME-DI, Kolkata and the officers of EI Division in preparation of this Report. Dated : 29th March, 2019 (Ajoy Bandopadhyaya) Place : Kolkata Director MSME-DI, Kolkata 2 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 Climate 4-5 1.4 Forest 5 1.5 Administrative set up 5 2. District at a glance 6-7 3. Industrial Scenario Of Coochbehar District 7 3.1 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 8 3.2 Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum 8 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In 8 The District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 9 3.5 Medium Scale Enterprises 9 3.5.1 List of the units in Cooch Behar & near by Area 9 3.5.2 Major Exportable Item 9 3.6 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation Of The Industry 9 3.7 Service Enterprises 9 3.7.1 Potentials areas for service industry 10 3.8 Potential for new MSMEs 10 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 11 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 11 5. Major Problems Facing MSME Sector 11 6 Planning For Industrial Development 11 7 Plan Of Action For Industrial Development 11-13 8. Steps to set up MSMEs 13-14 9. Additional information if any 14 3 BRIEF INDUSTRIAL PROFILE OF COOCHBEHAR DISTRICT 1. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTRICT: Cooch-Behar is one of the five districts of Jalpaiguri Division with an irregular triangle shape. The district occupies 12th position in the State in respect of its size. It lies in the south of Jalpaiguri district beyond the hilly terrain of Himalayan belt and geographically forming a part of Himalayan Tarai of West Bengal. 1.1 LOCATION & GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. The district lies between 2557’40” and 2632’20” North latitude and between 8847’40” and 8954’35” East longitude. The district is surrounded by Jalpailguri District in the North, Goalpara District of Assam and Rangpur district of Bangladesh in the East and International Boundary of Bangladesh in South & West. A short table showing the geographical location of the district of Cooch Behar is furnished below:- Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude North South East West 26º 32' 20"N 25º 57' 40"N 89º 54' 35"E 88º 47' 40"E 26º 19' 86"N 89º 23' 53"E Source : District Census Handbook, 1961 1.2 TOPOGRAPHY The district being crisscrossed with a number of rivers and rivulets. Having being originated from Himalayan, these rivers are perennial in nature. The rivers are generally having shallow beds which becomes turbulent, fierce and spill over the banks after heavy precipitation in catchments areas. But no sooner rain stops the water level in the river falls sharply. The principal rivers of the district are Teesta, Torsa, Jaldhaka, Dharla, Mansai, Kaljani, Raidhak, Gadadhar and Sankosh. Among other small rivers are Sutanga, Khotamara, Giridari, Gilandi, Dudua, Dolong, Mujnai etc. The rivers of the district generally have a flow in a slanting course from North-West to South-East directions. A noticeable feature is that sometimes these rivers branch out in different channels and flow into each other in the downward course. The rivers and its tributaries occurs flash flood due to heavy downpour in Himalayan ranges and consequently sharp increase in water-flow in the rivers. 1.3 CLIMATE A highly humid atmosphere and abundant rains characterise the climate of this district, with the temperature being seldom excessive. The Period from June to beginning-of-October is south-west monsoon season. October to mid-November constitutes post monsoon season. Cold season being November to February and hot season being March to May.January is the coldest month with temperature varying between 5°C to 28°C, April is the hottest month with mean maximum temperature of 31°C and mean minimum temperature of 20°C (as per 2012 data). Lowest temperature up to 5°C and maximum temperature up to 37°C have been recorded in the 4 year 2012. The atmosphere is highly humid throughout the year except February to May when relative humidity is as less as 50 to 70% 1.4 FOREST The character of the forest in the district is a admixture of deciduous and evergreen forest. The forest in foothill areas is generally evergreen and the forest is gradually evergreen to admixture of evergreen-deciduous to deciduous from north to south. Although the pollution is still not severed like populated and industrial areas, it is increasing gradually decaying the forest. The forests are comprised of protected forest, unclassed forest and khasmahal forests. As the forests are admixture of evergreen and deciduous, both hard and soft stem trees are available in these forests. Flora, fauna and herbs are also found insignificantly. 1.5 ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP. Panchayat Mouzas Sub-Division Police Station C.D.Block / M. Gram Samity Gram (2001) Sansad (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) Mekhliganj Sub-Div. 3 2/2 2 14 185 249 Mekhliganj (P) Mekhliganj 1 8 112 187 & Kuchlibari Mekhliganj (P) Mekhliganj(M) - - - - Haldibari 1 6 73 62 Haldibari Haldibari(M) - - - - Mathabhanga Sub-Div. 3 3/1 3 28 465 265 Mathabhanga-I 1 10 154 102 Mathabhanga Mathabhanga(M) - - - Ghoksadanga Mathabhanga-II 1 10 168 93 Sitalkuchi Sitalkuchi 1 8 143 70 Sadar Sub-Div. 1 2/1 2 28 497 259 Coochbehar-I 1 15 240 144 Coochbehar Coochbehar(M) - - - - Coochbehar-II 1 13 257 115 Tufanganj Sub-Div. 2 2/1 2 25 333 127 Tufanganj -I 1 14 192 73 Tufanganj Tufanganj(M) - - - - Bakshirhat Tufanganj -II 1 11 141 54 Dinhata Sub-Div. 2 3/1 3 33 486 302 Dinhata -I 1 16 220 130 Dinhata Dinhata (M) - - - - Dinhata-II 1 12 185 119 Sitai Sitai 1 5 81 53 District Total - 5 11 12/6 12 128 1966 1202 5 2. DISTRICT AT A GLANCE S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data i) Latitude 2632’20” 2557’40” N ii) Longitude 8847’40” 8954’35 E iii) Geographical Area Sq.Km 3387 (B) Administrative Units i) Sub divisions Nos. 5 ii) Tehsils Nos. iii) Sub-Tehsil Nos. iv) Patwar Circle Nos. v) Panchayat Simitis Nos. 12 vi)Nagar nigam Nos. vii) Nagar Palika Nos. 6 viii) Gram Panchayats Nos. 128 xi) Revenue villages Nos. 1202 x) Assembly Area Nos. 2. Population (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2011 Nos. 1451542 ii) Female 2011 Nos. 1367544 (B) Rural Population 2011 Nos. 2819086 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2013-14 Thousand 331.57 Hectre ii) Forest cover 2013-14 “ 4.26 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2013-14 “ 65.23 v) cultivable Barren land 2013-14 “ 253.26 4. Forest (i) Forest 2013-14 Ha. 4.26 5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle i) Cows 2012 Nos. 876147 ii) Buffaloes 2012 Nos. 3769 B. Other livestock i) Goats 2012 Nos. 389720 ii) Pigs 2012 Nos. 17428 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2012 Nos. - iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 122 V) Roads (a) National Highway 2013-14 Kms 73 (b) State Highway 2013-14 Kms 95 (c) Main District Highway 2013-14 Kms 505 (d) Rural Roads 2013-14 Kms 329 6 (VI) Communication (b) Post offices 2014 Nos. 362 (VII) Public Health (a) Medical Institutions 2014 No. 86 (b) Beds in Medical No. 2100 Institutions (c) Private hospitals No. 15 (VIII) Banking commercial (a) Commercial Bank 2013-14 Nos. 117 (b) rural Bank Products 2013-14 Nos. 56 (IX) Education (a) Primary school 2012-13 Nos. 1830 (b) Middle schools 2012-13 Nos. 297 (c) Secondary & senior 2012-13 Nos. 178 secondary schools (d) Colleges 2012-13 Nos. 15 (e) Engineering / Medical / 2012-13 Nos. 04 Technical Colleges (f) Teachers' Training & Nursing 2012-13 Nos. 04 Training Colleges (g)Music Colleges 2012-13 Nos. 07 Source:- DISTRICT STATISTICAL HANDBOOK 2014 Coochbehar 3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF COOCHBEHAR DISTRICT Chakchaka Growth Centre is the heart of the industrial activities in the district. As many as 70 MSMEs have been set up in this Centre.