G o v e r n m e n t o f I n d i a M i n i s t r y o f M S M E Brief Industrial Profile of Dharmapuri District 2 0 1 2 Carried out by M S M E - D e v e l o p m e n t I n s t i t u t e (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,) Chennai Phone:044- 22501011 Fax: 044-22501014 e-mail: msmedi-chennai 1 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. 5 1.4 Forest 6 1.5 Administrative set up 6 2. District at a glance 7-10 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Dharmapuri 10 3. Industrial Scenario Of Dharmapuri District 11-12 3.1 Industry at a Glance 12-13 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 13 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan 14 Units In The District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 15 3.5 Major Exportable Item 16 3.6 Growth Trend 16 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 16 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 16 3.8.1 List of the units in Dharmapuri & near by Area 16 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 16 3.9 Service Enterprises 16 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 16 2 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 17-18 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 18 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 18 4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 18 4.1.2 Service Sector 18 4.2 Details of Identified cluster 19 5. General issues raised by industry association during the 20 course of meeting 6 Steps to set up MSMEs 21 3 Brief Industrial Profile of Dharmapuri District 1. General Characteristics of the District: Dharmapuri is a district in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district came into existence from October 10, 1965. Dharmapuri is the district headquarters. Dharmapuri town is historically called "Thakadoor". 1.1 Location & Geographical Area. It is located between latitudes N 11 47� and 12 33� and longitudes E 77 02� and 78 40�. The total geographical area of Dharmapuri District is 4497.77 Sq Kms, i.e. 3.46% of Tamil Nadu. 1.2 Topography: The inhabitants of the District speak different languages. The predominant communities found in this area are the kongu vellalars, Kapus, Lingayaths, Okkaligas, Baliya Chetties, Oddars and Scheduled Castes like Holeyas and Madigas. The weavers of this area mostly belong to Sali Chetties.The Baramahal area comprising eastern part of the Dharmapuri taluk constitutes Telugu and Tamil speaking communities, majority of whom belong to Vanniars,The Malayali tribe is inhabited in the Chitheri Hills areas. Among the Scheduled Caste population Adi-Dravidars and Arunthathiars form major share who scattered throughout the district. 4 Soil The Soil type ranges from black to mixed loam; Red sandy soils are seen in Harur Taluk. Black and loam soil are found in Dharmapuri Taluk. Generally the soil is low in Nitrogen and Phosphate content with no marked variation between Taluks. 1 .3 Availability of Minerals Dharmapuri district is endowed with sizeable reserves of granite. High quality black granite is available in Pennagaram, Harur and Palacode blocks. Quartz is available at Kendiganapalli Village of Pennagaram Taluk, A.Velampatti of Harur taluk and Pethathampatti of Pappireddipatti Taluk. Another High value mineral available here is Malibdinum, which is identified as a good conductor. It is available in Harur. Minerals and Minerals 5 1.4 FOREST:- Dharmapuri district has vast forest cover. Forests accounts for 134813 hectares in the district. 1.5 Administrative set up. Revenue Divisions 1. Dharmapuri 2. Harur Revenue Taluks 1. Dharmapuri 2. Palacode 3. Pennagaram 4. Harur 5. Pappireddipatti Panchayat Unions 1. Dharmapuri 2. Nallampalli 3. Palacode 4. Pennagaram 5. Karimanagalam 6. Morappur 7. Harur 8. Pappireddipatti Town Panchayats 1. Marandahalli 2. Palacode 3. Papparapatti 4. Pappireddipatti 5. Pennagaram 6. B.Mallapuram 7. Kambainallur 8. Harur 9. Kadathur 10. Karimangalam 6 2. District at a glance S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data 2011 0 i) Latitude 2011 N 11 47 and 12 0 33 North 0 0 ii) Longitude 2011 E 77 02 and 78 400 iii) Geographical Area 2011 hec 449777 (B) Administrative Units i) Sub divisions /Revenue 2 Divisions ii) Tehsils 5 iii) Sub-Tehsil 8 iv) Patwar Circle/Firkas v) Panchayat Samitis /Union vi)Nagar nigam vii) Nagar Palika 10 viii) Gram Panchayats xi) Revenue villages x) Assembly Area 2. Population (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2011 772490 7 ii) Female 2011 730410 (B) Rural Population 2011 1242519 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare ii) Forest cover 2010-11 “ 57399 Barren and un cultivable 15804 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ 51461 v) Net sown area 2010-11 “ 148151 4. Forest (i) Forest 2010-11 Ha. 134813 5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle i) Cows 2007 Nos. 154874 ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 78754 B. Other livestock i) Goats 2007 Nos. 201174 ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 86 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 2920801 iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 27 km V) Roads (a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms (b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms 8 (c) Main District Highway 2010-11 Kms (d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms Roads (e) Rural road/ Agriculture 2010-11 Kms Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms (VI) Communication (a) Telephone connection 2010-11 Nos 19683 (b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 266 (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 61 (VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 8 (b) Beds in Allopathic hospitals No. (c) Ayurvedic Hospital (d) Beds in Ayurvedic hospitals No. (e) Unani hospitals (f) Community health No. centers (g) Primary health centers 36 (h) Dispensaries (i) Sub Health Centers No. 207 (j) Private hospitals (VIII) Banking commercial (a) Commercial Bank Nos. 45 (b) rural Bank Products Nos. 40 (c) Co-Operative bank Nos. 8 products (d) PLDB Branches Nos. 1 9 (IX) Education (a) Primary school Nos. 916 (b) Middle schools Nos. 345 (c) Secondary & senior Nos. 139 secondary schools (d) Colleges (including Govt, Nos. 19 Private, Arts & Science, Engg, Medical and Polytechnic Colleges) (e) Technical University Nos. - 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Dharmapuri distict EXISTING SIDCO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, DHARMAPURI Size of Shed Total Number Type of Industries 36'*30' 04 Polythene I.C.S, 40'*30' 07 Small Matches I.C.S, Govt.Printing Press, 40'*36' 08 Central silk board 23'*23' 27 Tyre Retreating ,Power loom, 30'*14.5' 22 Silk Reeling,Tracktor Trailor,Mfg. 30'*25' 22 Silk Yarn Twisting, Plastic Articles Mfg, Aluminium Utensils, Steel Furniture Developed Plot 21 Fabrics,Rice Mill ,P.V.C. PIPE PROPOSED SIDCO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, DHARMAPURI It is proposed to form new Industrial Estate in 4.54.5 Hectares of poroboke land at Kadagathur village, Dharmapuri Taluk and District in the year 2007-08 Plots allotment is yet to be made by M.D. SIDCO. 10 3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF DHARMAPURI DISTRICT Dharmapuri district is known for its mango, coconut oil, seeds, tamarind, pulse, tapiaco cultivation and cacoon prodution. There is good scope for the industry that is willing to manufacture energy food for all age groups and rice mills and sago industries. Traditional industries like silk reeling, silk twisting, rice milling, manufacturing of readymade garments, power looms, sugarcane crushing and tamarind processing in dharmapuri district. In fact readymade garment cluster at dharmapuri block point to the importance of these industries in the district economy. Nearly 19 granite polishing units are in the district. Under the control of industries department 10 co- operative societies are functioning in the district. The District has achieved self sufficiency in the milk production and the surplus milk can be used to produce dairy products. The mango pulp is gaining popularity and in good demand in international level. The is a good scope for the units like mango pickles, softdrinks, chocolates and chutneys. The coir based industries are popular in this district and having good demand for coir products in india. Biofertilizers is one of the natural fertilizers, which is nitrogenous matter, which is immensely required for the growth of agricultural plant by virtue of their multifold superiority in soil replenishment with minerals essential nutrients of the plant tissue. The future demand of biofertilizers, is increasing at a tremendous pace, which necessitates the inclusion of the more unit 11 to be established. Vermiculture converts organic waste into resource. Vermiculture can be used to process the residual waste of agricultural products. In recent years, the demand for this is very good in the Districts like, Vellore, Thiruvannamalai and Tiruvallur. There is good scope for coming up large scale industries in granite cutting and polishing, blue metal jally, value added products from tamarind, tomatto and tapiaco starch, milk chilling and readymade garmentsin the district. The district has 4 engineering colleges, 8 arts and science colleges, 6 polytechnic colleges and one medical college. District provides enough scope for development and growth of industries engaged in textiles,garments,granites,matches,silk based products and wooden articles. The district has two co-operative sugarmills , one is at palacode block and another one is at harur block.The Indian bank is the lead bank in the district. 3.1 Industry at a Glance S.No Head Unit Particulars 1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT No 6847 (2000 to 2011) 2 TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT No Not Applicable 3.