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Government of Ministry of MSME

Brief Industrial Profile of KISHANGANJ

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MSME -Development Institute, (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,) Phone :-0621-2284425 Fax: 0621-2282486 e-mail:[email protected] Web- www.msmedimzfpur.bih.nic.in

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Contents

S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 3-4 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 5 1.2 Topography 6-7 1.3 Availability of Minerals. 8 1.4 Forest 8 1.5 Administrative set up 9 2. District at a glance 10-11-12 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District KISHANGANJ 13 3. Industrial Scenario Of KISHANGANJ 14 3.1 Industry at a Glance 14 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 15 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units 16 In The District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 17 3.5 Major Exportable Item 18 3.6 Growth Trend 18 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 18 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 18 3.8.1 List of the units in ------& near by Area 18 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 18 3.9 Service Enterprises 18 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 18 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 19 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 19 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 19 4.1.2 Service Sector 19 4.2 Details of Identified cluster 20 4.2.1 Details of the cluster 21 4.2.2 Details of identified cluster 21 5. General issues raised by industry association during the course 22 of meeting 6. Steps to set up MSMEs 23

Brief Industrial Profile of

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1. General Characteristics of the District

Kishanganj district is one of the thirty-eight districts of state, India, and Kishanganj town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Kishanganj district is a part of division. During the period of Khagada Nawab, Mohammed Fakiruddin, one Hindu saint arrived , he was tired and wanted to rest at this place, but when he heard that this place name is Alamganj ,the river name is Ramzan and the Jamindar name is Fakiruddin , he refused to enter at Alamganj. After that the Nawab decided and announced some portion from Kishanganj Gudri to Ramzan pool gandhi ghat as Krishna-Kunj . As time passed by the name gets converted to present KISHANGANJ Kishanganj was the old and important Sub- Division of . After the long and hard struggle of Seventeen Years from people of Kishanganj including Social Workers, politicians, journalist, businessman’s, Farmers

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etc., the Kishanganj District came into existence on 14 January 1990. During the Mughal period, the area was part of and was called Nepalgarh. When on the instructions of the Mughal emperor, Mohammed Reza captured the fort at Nepalgarh, the name was changed to Alamganj. It later became Kishanganj

1.1 Location & Geographical Area.

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Kishanganj district occupies an area of 1,884 square kilometres (727 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Maui in the United States. Kishanganj district is surrounded by district in the west, Purnia district in the south-west, of West on the east, and district of and Nepal on the north. A narrow strip of West Bengal, about 20 km wide separates it from . Kishanganj district is located between 250 20’ and 260 30’ north latitudes, and 870 7’ and 880 19’ east longitudes. Major rivers flowing through the district are Mahananda, Kankai, Mechi, Donk, Ratua and Ramzan Sudhani. .

1.2Topography.

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Soil of the district Kishanganj is light, sandy loam to loam and its physical range is 5.8 to 8.0( mostly natural soil but some are slightly acidic and some saline ). The nutrient status in soil is low to medium with defiency of zinc and phosphorous pentoxide. The land is dividedinto light land (33700hectare) medium land (50700

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hectare ) and low land(42979hectare ). In Kishanganj two types of mineral are found –silica and iron. The forest area of the district is mainly situated in two block of & Terhagach. The primary occupation is agriculture.

1.3 Availability of Minerals.:- NIL

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PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones 2010-2011 MAJOR MINERAL 1. SILICA NA 2. IRON NA 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

SOURCE: - DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY., * NOTE :-information was not been obtained due to non availability of authority.

1.4 FOREST

There is little area under forest due to the range of only and hence around 354 hectare of land comes under the coverage of forest.

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1.5 Administrative set up.

The district comprises only one sub-division,

Kishanganj, which is further divided into

seven blocks: Bhahadurganj, Dighalbank,

Kishanganj, Kochadhaman, Pothia,

Terhagachha, Thakurgunj

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2. District at a glance

S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data 0 0 i) Latitude -- Degree minute 25 20’ and 26 30’ N

0 0 ii) Longitude ------do- 87 7’ and 88 19’ E

iii) Geographical Area -do- Sq.mt. 1884000000 (B) Administrative Units i) Sub divisions - No.- 1 ii) Tehsils 2011 Nos. 7 iii) Sub-Tehsil - -do- iv) Patwar Circle 2010-11 -do- 7 v) Panchayat 2010-11 -do- Simitis/Nyay Panchayat vi)Nagar nigam - - 1 vii) Nagar 2009-10 Nos. 1 Palika/parishad viii) Gram Panchayats 2010-11 Nos. 127 xi) Revenue villages 771 x) Assembly Area 2011-12 Nos. 1 MP+4MLA 2. TOTAL POPULATION 1690948 (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2011 Nos. 868845 ii) Female 2011 Nos 822103 (B) Rural Population 2011 Nos 1527249 3. A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2009-10 hectare 189080 ii) Forest cover -do- “ 354 iii) Non Agriculture -do- “ 46028 Land

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v) cultivable Barren -do- “ 6291 land 4. (i) Forest 2009-10 Ha. 354 5. A. Cattle i) Cows 2011 Nos. 512218 ii) Buffaloes 2011 Nos. 62901 B. Other livestock i) Goats 2007 Nos. 578839 ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 2600 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 13842 iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 45 V) Roads (a) National Highway 2009-10 Kms 20 (b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms 62 (c) Main District 2010-11 Kms 150 Highway (d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms 218 Roads (e) Rural road/ 2010-11 Kms 224 Agriculture Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms 185 (VI) Communication (a) Telephone connection 2010-11 6550 (b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 146 (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. - (d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 - person (e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. - (f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. 108 (g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. 210 (h) Mobile 2010-11 No. 15000

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(VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic 2010-11 No. 11 Hospital (b) Beds in Allopathic No. 262 hospitals (c) Ayurvedic No. Hospital (d) Beds in Ayurvedic No. - hospitals (e) Unani hospitals No. - (f) Community health No. centers (g) Primary health No. 16 centers (h) Dispensaries No. 12 (i) Sub Health Centers No. 136 (j) Private hospitals No. 28 (VIII) Banking commercial (a) Commercial Bank Nos. 48 (b) rural Bank Nos. 134 (c) Co-Operative bank Nos. 6 products (d) PLDB Branches Nos. (IX) Education (a) Primary school Nos. 508 (b) Middle schools Nos. 95 (c) Secondary & senior Nos. 28 secondary schools (d) Colleges Nos. 12 (e) Technical University Nos. -

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2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Estates/ Areas in the District KISHANGANJ

S. Name of Ind. Land Land Prevailing No No of No of No. of No. Area acquired developed Rate Per of allotted Vacant Units in (In (In Sqm Plots Plots Plots Production hectare) hectare) (In Rs.) 1 INDUSTRIAL 12.12 12.12 182 12 12 0 10 AREA KHAGARA 2 INDUSTRIAL 19.38 19.38 182 4 4 0 4 AREA BHDIAGANGI Source:- BIADA, REGION

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3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF KISHANGANJ 3.1 Industry at a Glance Sr Head Unit Particulars No 1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL NO. 556 UNIT 2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 556 3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & NO. 3 LARGE UNIT 4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF NO. 2400 DAILY WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES 5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE NO. NA AND MEDIUM INDUSTRIES 6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL NO. - AREA 2(INDUSTRIAL AREA, KHAGAR& BHEDIADANGI) 7. TURNOVER OF SMALL IN LACS NA SCALE IND. 8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & IN LACS NA LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES

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3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT REGISTERED (lakh Rs.) UNITS upto 2006-07 353 4150 2030 2007-08 21 240 260 2008-09 40 400 400 2009-10 29 300 420 2010-11 73 350 500 2011-12 20 275 208 Total 536 5715 3818 Source: DIC, KISHANGANJ

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3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT NIC TYPE OF NUMBE INVESTME EMPLOYME CODE NO. INDUSTRY R OF NT (Lakh NT UNITS Rs.) 20 Agro based 212 2459 3781 22 Soda water 4 36 30 23 Cotton textile 10 28 40 24. Woolen, silk & artificial 2 9 18 Thread based clothes. 25. Jute & jute based 58 580 519 26. Ready-made garments & 12 35 60 embroidery 6- Wood/wooden based 60 120 200 +27. furniture 28. Paper & Paper products 12 9 40 29. Leather based 4 16 63 31. Chemical/Chemical based 10 60 100 30. Rubber, Plastic & petro 8 10 30 based 32. Mineral based (NON 14 40 70 METALIC) 33. Metal based (Steel Fab.) 20 120 200 35. Engineering units 12 126 100 36. Electrical machinery and transport 26 100 164 equipment 97. Repairing & servicing 62 30 180 01. Others 1 0 40 120 Total 536 3818 5715 Source: DIC kishanganj

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3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings

List of the units in KISHANGANJ& Near by Area -Nil-

3.5 Major Exportable Item NIL

3.6 Growth Trend

Little positive due to PMEGP scheme

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry

NIL

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3.8. Medium Scale Enterprises 3.8.1 List of the units in KISHANGANJ & Near By Area 1. M/s Lakshmi cement ltd.( Manufacturer of cement-)Industrial area Bhediadangi, is under construction mode 2. M/S Winsome International ltd. (raw jute procurement and processing unit),Industrial area bhediadangi, kishanganj, under construction 3. Durga Industries (zinc electroplating),(Industrial area,Bhediadangi,kishanganj 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item NA3.9 Service Enterprises NIL 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry

 Beauty parlour  Health Zym etc.  Computer Training Institutes  Computer hardware & Repairing centres

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3.10 Potential for new MSMEs

 Agro Based Products  Water Treatment plants  Banana fibre Extraction and their products  Jute products  Restaurant  Fish processing units

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise

4.1 DETAIL OF MAJOR CLUSTERS 4.1.1 Manufacturing SectorNIL

4.1.2 SERVICE SECTOR

 NIL

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4.2 Details for Identified cluster

4.2.1 Name of the cluster :-NA

1 Principal Products Manufactured in the Cluster 2 Name of the SPV 3 No. of functional units in the clusters 4 Turnover of the Clusters( lakh/annum) 5 Value of Exports from the Clusters 6 Employment in Cluster 7 Average investment in plant & Machinery 8 Major Issues / requirement

9 Presence of capable institutions 10 Thrust Areas 11 Problems & constraints

Present status of the cluster :-

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4.2.2Name of the cluster:- NA

1 Principal Products Manufactured in the Cluster 2 Name of the SPV 3 No. of functional units in the clusters 4 Turnover of the Clusters 5 Value of Exports from the Clusters 6 Employment in Cluster 7 Average investment in plant & Machinery 8 Major Issues / requirement

9 Presence of capable institutions 8 Thrust Area 11 Problems & constraints

Present status of the cluster :-.

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5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of meeting

As such there is no Industry association in the District of KISHANGANJ the available SMEs faces (specially the first generation enterprises ) acute problem due to the non availability of electricity in the required level and in the field of Finance availability from the financial institutions & Marketing of produced products AND FINALLY LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURAL facilities.

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6. STEPS TO SET UP MSMEs:-

Following are the brief description of different agencies for rendering assistance to the entrepreneurs.

S.No Type of assistance Name and address of agencies

1. Provisional Registration Certificate DIC, KISHANGANJ ( EM-1) & Permanent Registration Certificate ( EM-II) 2. Identification of Project Profiles, MSME-DI, Goshala techno-economic and managerial Road, consultancy services, market survey Ramna,Muzaffarpur & and economic survey reports. DIC, KISHANGANJ

3. Land and Industrial shed BIADA, BHAGALPUR REGION 4. Financial Assistance Banks/ Lead Bank KISHANGANJ 5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply NSIC,

6. Plant and machinery under hire / NSIC, Patna, DIC, purchase basis. KISHANGANJ, MSME-DI, Goshala Road, Ramna,Muzaffarpur 7. Power/ Electricity Executive Engineer , KISHANGANJ

8. Technical Know –how. MSME-DI, Muzaffarpur 9. Quality & Standard BIS, Patna 10. Marketing /Export Assistance MSME-DI, Goshala Road, Ramna,Muzaffarpur 11. Other Promotional Agencies

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