-Contents- S.no. Page CHAPTER Summary no. 1. Chapter I –District Profile 1.1 BIKANER DISTRICT AT A GLANCE 4-9 1.2 General 1.3 Geographical Area 1.4 Land use pattern in the District 1.5 Physiographic 1.6 Administrative 1.7 Climate & Rainfall 1.8 Forest Flora & Fauna 1.9 Geology & Minerals 2. Chapter II – Resources Human Resources 2.1 Human Resources 10 2.2 Working Force and Occupation Pattern Natural Resources 2.3 Water and Irrigation Resources 11-12 2.4 Irrigation Facilities Education 2.5 Colleges & Institutes 12-14 2.5.1 Management 2.5.2 Engineering 2.5.3 Polytechnic 2.5.4 I.T.I 2.6 Medical Institutes 2.6.1 Nursing Training Institutes 2.6.2 Paramedic Training Institutes 2.6.3 Medical Collages 2.6.4 Health Centers 2.6.5 Hospitals 3. Agricultures Area And Production of Major of Crops 14 3.1 Major Crops 3.2 Pluses 3.3 Oil Seeds 4. Veterinary Facilities 4.1 Live Stock 15 4.1.1 Veterinary centre 4.1.2 Veterinary Hospital 5. Products of Animal Husbandry 5.1 Availability of Dairy Products 16-17 5.1.1 Milk 5.1.2 5.2 Wool Availability 5.3 Meat Availability 5.4 Leather Availability 5.5 Bones 2 6. Geology & Minerals 6.1 Mines & Minerals 18-29 6.1.1 Gypsum 6.1.2 Lignite 6.1.3 selenite 6.1.4 china clay 6.1.5 silica sand 6.1.6 Fuller’s earth 6.1.7 Red ochre 6.1.8 Lime stone 7. Forest Resources 7.1 Areas 29 7.2 Resources 8. Tourism 8.1 8.1 8.2 29-31 9. Chapter-III 9.1 Power Resources 32-34 Existing Infra Structural Facilities 9.2 Rural Electrification/Grid Station 9.3 Electricity Consumption Pattern 9.4 Existing Power Supply Position as on 31st March. 10. Transport Airways 35-36 10.1 Road Network 10.2 Rail Transport 11. Financial Institution 11.1 Banking Facilities 37-40 11.2 Total Bank Finance 11.3 Other Institutional Network 12. Industrial Area 12.1 Industrial area (Government) 40 13. Chapter-IV 13.1 Existing Industrial Scenario 41-46 13.2 Existing Industrial Status 13.3 Export Potential Items 14. Chapter-V 14.1 Potential Industrial & other Contributory Factor 47-53 14.2 Resources 14.3 Infrastructure 14.4 Strategy Suggested 14.5 Potential Industrial/Agro Based 14.6 Proposed Augmentation of Industrial Areas 14.7 Strategy for Artisan/Handloom Weavers Up Gradation 14.8 Export from District 14.9 Suggestion 15. Chapter-VI Handloom 54 15.1 Area of Handloom work 15.2 Handloom units Nos 15.3 Society in handloom sector Nos 15.4 Handloom Cluster 15.5 Natural Dye & Block Printing Cluster 15.6 Total Number of Handloom Weaver Card Holder 16. Chapter-VII Handicraft 55-56 16.1 Handicraft Workers Nos. In District 16.2 Registered UAM up to 31st march 2016 16.3 Different Handicraft Cluster Nos. 16.4 Number of Artisan Card Issued 17. Chapter VIII Handicrafts & Clusters in districts 57-67 18. Chapter-IX Summary on the finding Recommendations 67-69 19. Chapter-X Concession and Facilities 69-70 20. Annexure -I Whom to contact 70-71 21. Annexure -II Name and Addresses of the Institutions Assisting in 71-75 Promotion of MSME Industries in the country 3 CHAPTER-I OVER VIEW 1.1 BIKANER DISTRICT AT A GLANCE 1. Area : 30413.4 Sq Kms. 2. Population (2011) : i) Total Population : 2363937 ii) Rural : 1563553 iii) Urban : 800384 iv) Density : 78 Per Sq.Km. v) Sex Ratio (Per 1000 males) : 905 vi) Literacy – Male : 75.9% Female : 53.2 % Urban : 78.0% Rural : 58.1 % Total : 65.10 % Population Decadal Growth Rate : 24.30% (2001-2011) 3. i) No. of Towns : 4 ii) No. of Municipalities : 3 iii) No. of Nagar Nigam : 1 4. i) No. of Villages inhabited : 951 ii) No. of Villages uninhabited : 100 iii)Total No. of Villages : 1051 iv) Panchayat Samities (Nos) : 7 v) No. of Tehsils : 8 vi) No. of Sub-divisions : 8 5. Total Working Force : 7.85 Lacs 6. Agriculture : : i) Total Cultivated area(2016-17) : 25.94 lacs Hec. ii) Double Cropped area : 3.98 lacs Hec. iii) Main crops : Moth, Bajra, Wheat, Gram, Groundnut, Mustard. 4 7. Irrigation (2016-17) : Total irrigated area : 788859 Hec. i) Area irrigated by canals : 398079 Hec. ii) Area irrigated by Wells, : 390780 Hec. Tube wells, etc. 8. Total Livestock Population(2012) : 2607532 9. Area under forest : 103765 Hec. 10. Minerals available : Gypsum, China Clay, Balls Clay, Fullers Earth, Silica Sand, Lime Stone, Lignite. 11. Average rain fall : 302.6 mm. 12. Total No. of Industrial Areas : 14 i) No. of plots planned : 2694 ii) No. of plots allotted : 2494 13. No. of Villages electrified : 841 14. Transport & Communications : i) Total road length : 7012.72 Kms. ii) Total railway lines : 351.50 Kms. iii) No. of STD/PCOs : 185 iv) No. of Telegraph Office : Nil v) No. of Post Offices : 267 vi) No. of Vehicles registered : 324572 vii) No. of Bank branches : 282 15. Educational Facilities : : No. i) Primary and Middle Schools : 1588 ii) Secondary and Sr. Sec. Schools : 771 iii) Colleges : 41 iv) Medical College : 1 5 v) Engineering College : 4 vi) Management institute : 5 vii) ITI : 6 viii) B.ed. Colleges : 10 Academic Colleges : 17 University : 04 i) S.K. Raj. Agriculture University : 1 ii) Veterinary University (RAJUVAS) : 1 iii) R.N.B. University : 1 iv) M.G.S. University Bikaner : 1 16. Existing Industrial Status : : i) No. of large/medium Enterprises : 4 ii) No. of Micro, Small & Medium : 5858 Enterprises Part II iii) Investment in Plant & machinery : 67431.92 in MSME Part II sector. (Rs. in lacs) iv) No. of employment generated : 34923 from MSME Part II sector (in Nos) I) No. of UAM : 4278 Enterprises II) Investment in Plant & machinery : 116366 in UAM sector. (Rs. in lacs) III) No. of employment generated : 19035 from UAM sector (in Nos) NOTE:- Information incorporated as on 31.03.2017 6 1.2 GENERAL The district derives its name from Rao Bikaji by whom it was established. After the advent of Ganga canal in 1927 A.D. the cropping pattern of the Bikaner state has changed. After independent Bikaner State territory was divided into four district Bikaner, Ganganagar, Churu and Hanumangarh. 1.3 LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA Bikaner is one of the desert districts situated in the North-West of Rajasthan. It extends from 27011’N to 2903’ N latitudes and 71054 E to 74012’ E longitudes is bounded on the north by Ganganagar, south west by Jaisalmer, Pakistan in the west, Churu in east and Nagaur and Jodhpur district in South-East. The district has a geographical area 30413.4 Sq. km. which is around 8.8 percent of the total area of the state and stands at second place area wise in the state after the Jaislamer. 1.4 LAND USE PATTERN IN THE DISTRICT The total geographical area of Bikaner district is recorded at 30413.4 Sq. km. The classification of land use in the district as per land revenue records-2016-17 has been found as given under :- TABLE 1.4 LAND USE PATTERN YEAR 2016-17 S.No. DESCRIPTION Area in Hectares 1. Total Reporting Area 3041753 2. Cultivated Area 2593883 3. Area Under Forest 103765 4. Area not available cultivation 447870 5. Double Cropped Area 398546 Source : Land Records Department-2017 1.5 PHYSIOGRPAHY The major part of the district is comprised of desolate and dry regions which form part of the Great Indian Desert of Thar. There are two natural divisions of the district name (i) North and Western desert and (ii) South and Eastern Semi-desert. At many place one finds shifting sand-dunes of varying heights ranging from 6 to 30 meters. The general 7 slope of the regions towards the West and South West. The district is devoid of any perennial stream. Small ephemeral streams flow in the vicinity of Kolayat, Gajner, and Gurha. Natural land depressions which retain some water during the monsoon are found near Loonkarnsar, Kolayat, Gajner and Nal. Construction of I.G.N.P. canal in the western parts has led to establishment of the stable dune field. The migrating sand is silting the canals and roads. 1.6 ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP 1.6.1 Bikaner,Loonkaransar, Nokha, Khajuwala, Kolayat, Pugal, Chhatargarh, Dungargarh are Eight sub-divisions in the district. The district possesses four urban centers namely Bikaner (Gangashahar, Bhinasar) Nokha-Mandi, Deshnok and Dungargarh. There are total 1051 villages in the district, out of which 100 are uninhabited. 1.6.2 The administrative setup of Bikaner district may be viewed as given under :- TABLE 1.6.2 ADMISTRATIVE SET-UP OF THE DISTRICT Number of Villages No.of S.n Subdivision Teshils Total Inhabited Un-Inhabited Towns 1. Bikaner 1. Bikaner 124 25 149 2 2. Loonkaransar 1. Loonkaransar 132 18 150 -- 3. Nokha 1. Nokha 164 - 164 1 4. Khajuwala 1. Khajuwala 69 07 76 -- 5. Pugal 1. Pugal 74 06 80 -- 6. Chhatargarh 1. Chhatargarh 68 04 72 -- 7. Dungargarh 1. Dungargarh 113 08 121 1 8. Kolayat 1. kolayat 207 32 239 - Total 08 08 951 100 1051 4 Source : District Statistical Office, Bikaner, 2017 1.7 CLIMATE AND RAINFALL The district has a dry climate with large variation of temperature and scanty rainfall. Hot winds blow in summer, sweeping away and creating new sand-dunes. The highest temperature goes up to 500 C in summers and lowest up to 10 C in winter season.