Brief Industrial Profile of Thiruvananthapuram District 2018-19 Carried out by MSME – Development Institute, Thrissur Ayyanthole P.O., Kanjani Road, Kerala – 680003 Email: [email protected] Website: www.msmsedithrissur.gov.in Phone: 0487-2360536, Fax: 0487-2360216 1 | P a g e 2 | P a g e Contents S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 5 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 5 1.2 Topography 5 1.3 Availability of Minerals 5 1.4 Forest 5 1.5 Administrative set up 5-6 2. District at a glance 6-8 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District 9 3. IThiruvananthapuramndustrial Scenario of Thiruvananthapuram 9 3.1 Industry at a Glance 9 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 10 Details of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In 3.3 10-11 The District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 11 3.5 Major Exportable Item 11 3.6 Growth Trend 11 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 11 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 11 3.8.1 List of the units in Thiruvananthapuram & near by Area 11-13 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 13 3.9 Service Enterprises 13 3.9.1 Potentials areas for service industry 13 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 13 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 13 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 13 4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 13 4.1.2 Service Sector 13 4.1.3 Details of Identified cluster 13 General issues raised by industry association during the 5. course of meeting 13 6 Steps to set up MSMEs 13-17 Thiruvananthapuram District 4 | P a g e Brief Industrial Profile of Thiruvananthapuram District 1. General Characteristics of the District 1.1. Location & Geographical Area Thiruvananthapuram district is situated between north latitudes 8º 17' and 8º 54' and east longitudes 76º 41' and 77º 17'. The southernmost extremity, 'Parasala', is 56 kms away from Kanyakumari, the "land's end of India". The district stretches along the shores of the Arabian Sea for a distance of 78 kms. 1.2. Topography The district can be divided in to three geographical regions, Highlands, Midlands, and Lowlands. Chirayinkeezhu, and Thiruvananthapuram Taluks lie on the midland and lowland regions, while the Nedumangad Taluk lies in the midland and highland regions, and the Neyyattinkara Taluk stretches over all the three regions. 1.3. Availability of Minerals Production in Sl No Name of Mineral Tonnes MINOR 1 Laterite (Building) 10614 2 Granite Building Stone 4507265 3 Ordinary Sand 201189 4 Granite Dimension Stone 1000 5 Brick clay 9431 7 China Clay 365011 8 Ordinary Earth 763193 Source: Department of Mining and Geology 1.4. Forest Thiruvananthapuram district has a reserve forest area of 495.145 sq. kms and vested forest area of 3.534 sq. kms spreading over three ranges, viz., the Kulathupuzha range in the north, Palode range in the middle and the Paruthipalli range in the South. 1.5. Administrative Set Up There are two systems of administrative set up in the district – revenue and local self Government. Under the revenue system the district is divided into Revenue division, Taluks and Villages. Under the local administrative set up, the district is divided into statutory towns and panchayats. The following table shows the administrative units in the District: 5 | P a g e Administrative Units 6 (Chirayinkeezhu, Nedumangadu, Taluks Neyyattinkara,Thiruvananthapuram, Varkala and Kattakada) Villages 116 Grama Panchayats 73 Block Panchayats 11 District Panchayat Constituencies 26 4 Municipalities (Neyyattinkara, Nedumangadu, Varkala, Attingal) Municipal Corporations 1 (Thiruvananthapuram Corporation) Lok Sabha Seats 2 (Thiruvananthapuram and Chirayinkeezhu) Niyama Sabha Seats 14 3 Educational Districts (Thiruvananthapuram, Attingal, Neyyattinkara) 2. District at a glance S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data 2018 i) Latitude North latitudes 8017’ and 8054’ ii) Longitude East longitudes 76041’ and 77017’ iii) Geographical Area Ha 219200 (B) Administrative Units 2018 No i) Sub divisions ii) Tehsils 6 iii) Sub-Tehsil - iv) Patwar Circle - v) Panchayat Simitis - vi)Nagar nigam 1 vii) Nagar Palika 4 6 | P a g e viii) Gram Panchayats 73 xi) Revenue villages 116 x) Assembly Area 14 2. Population (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2011 1584200 ii) Female 2011 172084 (B) Rural Population 2011 1779254 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2017-18 Hectare 218781 ii) Forest cover 2017-18 “ 49861 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2017-18 “ 32207 v)Cultivable Waste land 2017-18 “ 472 4. Forest (i) Forest 2017-18 Hectare 49861 5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle i) Cows 2012 Nos. 98430 ii) Buffaloes 2012 Nos. 386 B. Other livestock i) Goats 2012 Nos. 164050 ii) Pigs 2012 Nos. 2895 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2012 Nos. NA Railways i) Length of rail line 2018 Kms 82 Roads (a) National Highway 2015-16 Kms 80 (b) State Highway 31.03.2017 Kms 180.36 (c) Main District Highway 31.03.2017 Kms 2377.384 (d) Other district & Rural Roads 2015-16 Kms 13524.6 (e) Rural road/ Agriculture 2017 Kms NA Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachacha Road 2017 Kms NA Communication (a) Telephone 2017-18 178541 connection (b) Post offices 2017-18 Nos. 414 7 | P a g e (c) Telephone Exchanges 2017-18 Nos. 103 (d )Density of Telephone 2017-18 Nos./1000 54 person (e) Density of Telephone 2017-18 No. per KM. 81 (f) PCO Rural 2017-18 No. NA (g) PCO STD 2017-18 No. NA (h) Mobile 2017-18 No. NA Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2017-18 No. 12 (b) Beds in Allopathic 2017-18 No. 2491 hospitals (c) Ayurvedic Hospital 2017-18 No. 15 (d) Beds in Ayurvedic 2017-18 No. 315 hospitals (e) Unani hospitals 2017-18 No. 23 (f) Community health centers 2017-18 No. 22 (g) Primary health centers 2017-18 No. 50 (h) Dispensaries 2017-18 No. NA (i) Sub Health Centers 2017-18 No. 36 (j) Private hospitals Banking (a) Public Sector Commercial 2019 Nos. 468 Banks (b) Regional Rural Banks 2019 Nos. 46 (c) Private Sector Commercial 2019 Nos. Banks 197 (d) Small Finance Banks 2019 Nos. 11 (e) Co-operative Banks 2019 Nos. 110 Education Male Literacy rate 2019 % 94.2 Female Literacy rate 2019 % 90.9 (a) Lower Primary school 2019 Nos. 510 (b) Upper Primary school 2019 Nos. 224 (c) High Schools 2019 Nos. 337 (d) Higher secondary Schools 2019 Nos. 179 (e) Art & Science Colleges 2019 Nos. 22 (f) Engineering Colleges 2019 Nos. 27 (g) Vocational Higher 2019 Nos. 41 Source: CensusSecondary 2011, Economic Schools Review 2019(Kerala), Livestock Census:2012, Official Website of Pathanamthitta District, Agricultural statistics2017-18, Panchayath Statistics- Pathanamthitta, SLBC, Sametham: Govt. of Kerala 8 | P a g e 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the Thiruvananthapuram District as on 31.03.2019 Prevailin Land Land g Rate Per No of No of No. of Units Sl Name of No of Acquired Developed Cent as on allotted Vacant in No Industrial Area Plots (in cent) (in cent) 1.10.2011 plots Plots Production (in Rs) 1 IDA Kochuveli 10864 8829 1701 178 143 35 143 2 IDA Manvila 2753 2269 3316 66 52 14 52 TOTAL 13617 11098 5017 244 195 49 195 Source: District Industries Centre, Thiruvanathapuram 3. Industrial Scenario of Thiruvananthapuram District 3.1. Industry at a Glance as on 31.03.2019 Sl No Head Unit Particulars 1 Registered Industrial Unit No 18628 2 Total Industrial Unit No 18628 3 Registered Medium Unit No 53 Estimated Average No of Daily 4 Worker employed in Small Scale No 6 Industries 5 Employment in Medium Industries No 13148 6 No of Industrial Area No 2 (DA+DP) In 7 Turnover of Small Scale Industries Not Available Lakhs Turnover of Medium and Large In 8 Not Available Scale Industries Lakhs Source: District Industries Centre, Thiruvanathapuram 9 | P a g e 3.2. Year Wise Trend of Units Registered as on 31.03.2018 Number of Employment Investment Year Registered (No) (Lakh Rs.) Units 2006-07 202 1556 1994 2007-08 1076 9657 12108 2008-09 1139 8306 5894 2009-10 1410 9061 8323 2010-11 1077 9725 5752 2011-12 1198 10785 18770 2012-13 1483 9360 18770 2013-14 1645 9857 22649 2014-15 2107 10766 39323 2015-16 1924 8739 19356 2016-17 2484 9623 18842 2017-18 1453 5559 9012 2018-19 1429 5359 10317 Source: District Industries Centre, Thiruvanathapuram 3.3. Details of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises and Artisan Units in the District as on 31.03.2018 NIC Number of Investment Type of Industry Employment Code No. Units (Lakh Rs.) (No) 10 Agro & Food based 4176 30048 14476 11 Soda water/Packaged drinking water 73 10021 311 13 Cotton textile 56 207 268 13 Woolen, Silk & artificial thread based Cloths 1 59 13 13 Readymade garments & Embroidery 2348 24174 12373 16 Wood/wooden based furniture 767 4606 3578 17 Paper & Paper products 130 1254 942 15 Leather based products 54 344 176 20 Chemical/Chemical based products 60 2735 193 22 Rubber, Plastic & Petro based 269 4024 1069 23 Mineral based 82 8167 760 24 Metal based(Steel fabricated) 217 4029 752 10 | P a g e 25 Engineering units 1533 10123 5739 27 Electrical machinery and Transport equipment 197 1785 746 33 Repairing & Servicing 832 8915 2485 32 Gem designing 12 31 24 74 Fashion designing 187 819 501 96 Others 7558 73120 63672 32 Artisans Units 76 6648 277 18628 191109 108355 Source: District Industries Centre, Thiruvanathapuram 3.4. Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings List of the units in Thiruvananthapuram District & Near By Area as on 31.03.2019 i.