Government of India Ministry of MSME Brief Industrial Profile of Wardha District Carried out by: MSME- Development Institute (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,) CGO Complex, Block ‘C’, Seminary Hills, Nagpur-440006 Phone: 0712-2510046, 2510352 Fax: 0712- 2511985 e-mail:[email protected] Web- msmedinagpur.gov.in 1 Contents S. Topic Page No. No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 5 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 5 1.2 Topography 5-6 1.3 Availability of Minerals. 6 1.4 Forest 7 1.5 Administrative set up 7 2. District at a glance 8-9 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District wardha 10 3. Industrial Scenario Of Wardha 10 3.1 Industry at a Glance 10 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 11-12 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In 12-15 The District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 15 3.5 Major Exportable Item 16 3.6 Growth Trend 16-17 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 17 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 17 3.8.1 List of the units in Wardha & nearby Area 17 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 17 3.9 Service Enterprises 17 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 17 2 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 18 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 18 5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of 18 meeting 6 Steps to set up MSMEs 19 7. Any other information, if any 19 3 4 Brief Industrial Profile of Wardha District 1. General Characteristics of the District: For the purpose of administrative conveyance, the district is divided into 8 Tahsils and 8 Panchayat Samities. According to the 2001 C ensus, there was 517 Gram Panchayat for the purpose of Rural Development. Wardha district stretches over an area of 6309 Sq. Km. In the terms of area; Wardha district constitutes 2% of the total area of the Maharashtra State. Total population of the district according to 2001 c ensus was 1236736 out of which 638990 were males and 597746 were females. Of the total population, 74% is residing in rural area and 26% is residing in urban area. The density of the population according to the 2001 census was 213 persons/Sq. Km. 1.1 Location & Geographical Area: The district of Wardha is bounded by Nagpur district in the northeast, Chandrapur district in the southeast, Yavatmal district in the southwest and Amaravati district in the northwest. Situated on the west of the Nagpur plateau, Wardha River circles the district on its north, west and southwest boundaries. Most of the district is in the Wardha River basin. Lower Venna, Lower Wardha and Upper Wardha are the major dams in the district. Connectivity: Dhule - Kolkata (National Highway 6) and Varanasi - Kanyakumari (National Highway 7) pass through this district. Mumbai - Kolkata (Central Railway) and Chennai - Delhi rail routes pass through the district. Wardha is an important station on both these routes. 1.2 Topography: Wardha is an agricultural district. Soybean and Pigeon Pea are principal crops of the district. Pigeon Pea is cultivated throughout the district along with Soyabean and Cotton. Cotton crop is the main cash crop of the district occupying about one-third of the total cultivated land. Sugarcane cultivation is on the rise in some talukas. Oranges and Bananas are also grown in some areas. 5 Most of the district is in the Wardha River basin. Lower Venna, Lower Wardha and Upper Wardha are the major dams in the district. Geographical area (sq km) 6,309 Population 1,236,736 Rural 9,11,695 Urban 3,25,041 Male 6,38,990 Female 5,97,746 Sex ratio (M:F) 1000:935 Literacy (%) 80.06 Male literacy (% ) 78.18 Female literacy (%) 72.45 The River Wardha lends its name to the district that developed from a little village called Palakwadi. This very village is the district headquarters today. Historical evidence tells us that the Maurya, Shunga, Satvahan, Wakaram, Chalukya, Rashtrakut, Yadava and Gond dynasties ruled Wardha and its vicinity. The Nizam and Nagpurkar (Raghuji) Bhosale also ruled over this territory for a short time. Mahatma Gandhi’s Ashram at Sevagram, Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Paramdham Ashram at Pavnar and the battle(s) of Ashti during the freedom struggle. 1.3 Availability of Minerals: There is no major mineral in Wardha district. PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11 S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in Lakh tones 2010-2011 MAJOR MINERAL 1. Major not available Nil MINOR MINERAL PRODUCTION in MT 2010-2011 1. Data not available Source: - District mining officer, Wardha 6 1.4 FOREST The area under the Forest is 972 Sq. Km. i.e. the district has 15.40% of its Geographical area under the Forest Cover. Status wise breakup of the Forest area is as under. • Reserved Forests - : 499.29 sq.km. • Protected Forests - : 316.82 sq.km. • Zudpi Jungle -: 153.40 sq.km. • Private forest -: 2.49 Sq. km Major part of the forest is in Arvi, Karanja, Ashti, Wardha and Seloo Tahasil at North part of the district. The un-analysed areas which is 50 % of the total forest area, comes under the Revenue department. Reserved area which is 33 % where as Conservative area which is only 17 % comes under the supervision of forest department. Rangewise and Category wise Distribution of Forests Area (in Sq.Km.) is a below: Fine quality of Sagwan trees are found in Arvi and Hingani subrange of forest. Inspite of that, forest generally contains Dhawada, Salai, Tendu and Mawai trees. In forest Pen, Kalamb, Palas, Moha, Behada etc plants are also available. Forest land cultivates few major types of grass such as Karad, Dhonad, Musham, Makhel and Sheng etc. In year 2007-08 Rs.13677041 are collected from forest product, out of this, Rs. 8752166 and Rs.12735 are collected from Timber and fire wood respectively. 1.5 Administrative set up. Wardha district ( वधार �जल्ा) is one of the 35 districts in Maharashtra state in western India. This district is a part of Nagpur Division. The city of Wardha is the administrative headquarters of the district. Administrative Divisions Revenue Subdivisons Wardha, Arvi, Hinganghat. Tahasil Offices Wardha, Deoli, Seloo, Arvi, Ashti, Karanja, Hinganghat, Samudrapur. Municipal Councils Wardha, Deoli, Pulgaon, Sindi (Rly), Hinganghat, Arvi. Wardha, Deoli, Seloo,Arvi, Ashti, Panchayat Samities Karanja, Hinganghat, Samudrapur Gram Panchayats 512 Nos. Villages 1361 Nos. Police Stations 17 Nos. Police Out Posts 8 Nos. 7 2. District at a glance S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data i) Latitude 20.18-21.21 ii) Longitude 78.33-79.15 iii) Geographical Area Sq. KM 6309 (B) Administrative Units i) Sub divisions NA ii) Tehsils 2011 8 iii) Villages 1382 iv) Patwar Circle NA v) Panchayat Simitis 8 vi)Nagar Nigam NA vii) Nagar Parishad 6 viii) Gram Panchayats 517 xi) Revenue villages 1382 x) Assembly Area 4 2. (A) Sex-wise i) Male 2001 Thousand 638990 ii) Female 2001 Thousand 597746 (B) Rural Population 2001 Thousand 911695 3. A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2007-08 Hectare 628914 ii) Forest cover 2007-08 “ 76907 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2007-08 “ 41000 v) cultivable Barren land 2007-08 “ 20000 4. (i) Forest 2010-11 Hectare 76907 5. A. Cattle i) Cows 2007 Thousand 310 ii) Buffaloes 2007 Thousand 63 B. Other livestock i) Goats 2007 Thousand 192 ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. NA iii) Chicken & Duck 2007 Thousand NA iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 397 V) Roads (a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 108 8 (b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms 701 (c) Main District Highway 2010-11 Kms 741 (d) Other District Roads 2010-11 Kms 875 (e) Rural road 2010-11 Kms 2031 (f) Kachcha Road 2010-11 Kms NA (VI) Communication (a) Telephone connection 2010-11 Nos. 39494 (b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 184 (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. NA (d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 NA person (e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per NA KM. (f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. NA (g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. NA (h) Mobile 2010-11 No. NA (VII) Public Health (a) Hospital 2010-11 No. 10 (b) Beds in Allopathic No. NA hospitals (c) Ayurvedic Hospital No. NA (d) Beds in Ayurvedic No. NA hospitals (e) Unani hospitals No. NA (f) Community health No. NA centers (g) Primary health centers No. 27 (h) Dispensaries No. 36 (i) Sub Health Centers No. 181 (j) Private hospitals No. NA (k) Maternity Home No. NA (VIII) Banking (a) Commercial Bank Nos. 150 (b) Pvt. Banks Nos. NA (c) Cooperative Bank Nos. 46 (d) BDCC Bank Ltd. Nos. 5 (IX) Education (a) Primary school Nos. 1141 (b) Middle schools Nos. NA (c) Secondary & senior Nos. 305 secondary schools (d) Colleges Nos. 92 (e) ITI Nos. 33 9 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Wardha as on 30/06/2012. S. Name of Land Land Prevailin No of No of No of No. of No. Ind. Area acquired develop g Rate Plots allotted Vacant Units in ed Per Sq.m. Plots Plots Product (In ion hectare) (In (In Rs.) hectare) 1 Wardha 312.19 312.19 100/- 495 436 59 177 2 Deoli 258.60 258.60 125/- 100 96 4 35 3 Hinganghat 10.30 10.30 40/- 45 45 - 15 4 Samudrapur 15.57 15.57 35/- 35 28 7 13 5 Karanja 11.70 11.70 30/- 51 51 - 1 Total 609.07 609.07 --- 726 656 70 241 Source: - JDI, MIDC, Nagpur.