Mehsana INDEX 1 Mehsana: A Snapshot 2 Economy and Industry Profile 3 Industrial Location/ Infrastructure 4 Support Infrastructure 5 Social Infrastructure 6 Tourism 7 Investment Opportunities 8 Annexure 2 1 Mehsana : A Snapshot 3 Introduction: Mehsana § Mehsana district is located in North Gujarat, about Map 1: District Map of Mehsana with Talukas 75 km from Ahmedabad § The district borders with Banaskantha district in the north, Patan and Surendranagar districts in the west, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts in the south and Sabarkantha district in the east § Mehsana is divided into nine talukas. Mehsana, Kadi, Visnagar, Vijapur and Becharaji are the developed talukas of the district § The major crops of Mehsana are Potato, Cotton, Tobacco, • Satlasana Oilseeds, Castor Seeds, Cumin, Psyllium and Anise • Kheralu • Unjha • Vadnagar § Asia’s second largest dairy ‘DudhsagarMilk Co- • Visnagar • Becharaji operative Dairy’ and largest market yard ‘Unjha’is • Mehsana • Vijapur located in Mehsana • Kadi § ‘Sun Temple’ at Modhera is an important tourist destination of Mehsana district Source: Mehsana district profile booklet ,2006-07 4 Fact File 72.07ºto 72.26ºEast (Longitude) Geographical location 23.15ºto 23.53ºNorth (Latitude) 45ºCentigrade (Maximum) Temperature 15ºCentigrade (Minimum) AvgerageRainfall 600 mm Rivers Sabarmati, Rupen, Saraswati, Khari, Pushpawati Area 4,393 sq. km District Headquarter Mehsana Talukas 9 Population 18,37,696 (As per 2001 Census) Population Density 419 persons per sq. km Sex Ratio 927 Females per 1000 Males Literacy Rate 72.57% Languages Gujarati, Hindi and English Seismic Zone Zone III Source: Mehsana District Profile Booklet ,2006-07 5 2 Economy and Industry Profile 6 Economy and Industry Profile § Mehsana district has witnessed substantial industrial development over the past few years, primarily due to its strategic location. § Engineering Industry (mainly metallurgical industries) and Food & Agro processing are the major industries attracting investments in the district § The district has presence of Chemical industry players like Nirma Ltd. which has set up its manufacturing unit in the district producing a range of products like synthetic detergents, soap bars, Sulphuricacid, shampoo and toothpaste § Several petroleum companies are located in and around Mehsana. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has a huge establishment in Mehsana – ONGC asset. Oil division of Essar Group also has presence in the district § Mehsana district also hosts a Co-operative milk dairy -Dudhsagar, which is the second largest milk dairy in Asia processing on an average of 1.42 million litres ofmilk per day § The wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian frozen food major McCain Foods has set up a potato processing unit in Mehsana at a cost of USD 16.1 million Source: Mehsana District Profile Booklet ,2006-07 7 Agriculture § Major crops of Mehsana are Wheat, Cotton, Castor Largest producer of Lemon in Gujarat Largest producer of Fennel seed in Gujarat Seeds, Brinjal, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Okra, Mango, Citrus, 3rd Largest producer of Castor seed in Gujarat Sapota, Fennel seed, Psyllium and Cumin. Fig. 1 : Food Crop Production 2006 -07 450 421 250000 237300 § In 2006-07, Mehsana produced 1.37 lakh Metric Tonnes 400 350 200000 ) . T . ) 300 (MT) of Fruits, 2.37 lakh MT of Vegetables and 4.65 lakh a M ( H 150000 139318 n 0 250 0 o ' i ( t 200 c MT of Spices a 160 u e 153 100000 r d A 150 o r 100 P § Mehsana is the largest producer of lemon in Gujarat 46568 50000 50 contributing 24% to total production of the State. 0 0 Fruits Vegetables Spices § The district is the third largest producer of Tomatoes Fig. 2 : Food and Non-Food Crop Production 2006 -07 3000 6000 with 9% share in total vegetable production of the State. 1517 2500 2533 5000 ) . T . ) M a 2000 4000 Other major vegetables include Potatoes, Cluster bean, 0 H 0 ' ( 0 0 ' 1500 3000 n ( o i a Okra and Brinjal t e c r 1000 2000 u A d o 1079 r § Mehsana is the largest producer of Fennel seed with 500 988 1000 P 281 1388 85 348 0 0 36% contribution in total Spice production of the State. Cereals Pulses Oilseeds Cotton(Lint) Cumin seed is other major crop of the district Area ('00 Ha) Production ('00 M.T.) Source: Mehsana District Profile Booklet, 2006-07, Department of Agriculture, Government of Gujarat 8 Minerals § Major minerals of the district include Limestone, China Table 1 : Mineral Production in Mehsana clay, Granite, Building stone and Fire clay Mineral Production (M.T.) § Vijapur taluka of the district produces 29% of total Granite 1,69,001 production of China Clay in the State (both mining & Building stone 6,582 Lime stone 67,175 processing of China Clay is carried out in the district) Brick sand 99,000 § Lignite and Coal reserves (around 63 billion tonnes) Sand 66,938 exist in Visnagartaluka of Mehsana district Fire clay 7,923 § Reserves of Oil and Natural gas are located in Mehsana, China clay 15,490 Kadiand Becharajitalukas of the district. The district Fig. 3 : Granite production in the State 3% produces 97% of Granite of the State § The Mineral based industries in Mehsana are engaged in: Glazing and Vitrifying tiles Mehsana Granite cutting and Polishing Others Micronizing Lavigation(Chinaclay, Fireclay) 97% Silica sand crushing Source: Mehsana District Profile Booklet 2006-07, Gujarat Mining Potential Report, CII, 2003 9 Major Industries § There are more than 70 medium and large scale industries in Mehsana district primarily operating in Engineering, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Dairy products, Oil andTextiles sectors § The industries are concentrated in Kadi, Mehsana, Visnagar, Vijapur and Becharajitalukas § The units are mainly involved in sectors like some of the major medium and large scale players in the district are shown in Table 2 Table 2 : Medium and Large Scale Players in Mehsana* Name of Company Taluka Production Name of Company Taluka Production Hitachi Appliances Ltd. Kadi Air-conditioners Apco Industries Kadi Dyes Amol Dicalite Ltd. Kadi Synthetic Fabrics HynoupFood and Oil Kadi Oil Industries Ltd. Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Kadi Pharmaceuticals M/s S.P.L Ltd. (Somanytiles) Kadi Tiles Hester Pharma Ltd. Kadi Pharmaceuticals Cadila Hospital Products Ltd. Kadi Hospital Equipments Claris Lifesciences Ltd. Kadi Hydroxyethyl Starch Mehsana District Cooperatives Mehsana Dairy product Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd. Kadi Oil Milk Producers Union Apollo Engineering Mehsana Road construction and TirupatiAgro Oils Ltd. Kadi Refined Edible Oil Maintenance ChokshiTube Company Ltd. Kadi Seamless carbon and Alloy Equipments Steel Pipe Vimal Oil & Food Ltd. Mehsana Food products and Oil MadhusudanCeramics Kadi Tiles Nirma Ltd. Mehsana Soaps & Detergents AshimaFabrics Kadi Cotton cloth McCain Foods Mehsana Potato chips Source: Mehsana District Profile Booklet 2006-07 *Indicative list 10 Major Industries Map 2 : Major Industry Players in Mehsana district* • Satlasana • Kheralu • Vadnagar • Unjha • Visnagar Hitachi Appliances Ltd. • Vijapur Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. • Mehsana • Becharaji Hester Pharma Ltd. Nirma Ltd. McCain Foods • Kadi AshimaFabrics Vimal Oil & Food Ltd. Apollo Engineering Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd. Apco Industries Ltd. Source: Mehsana District Profile Booklet 2006-07 *Indicative list 11 Small Scale Industries(SSI) § There are around 7,183 small scale industries operating in Mehsana district operating in Chemicals, Textiles, Rubber & Plastic articles, Metals, Repairing Services,Food & Agro processing and Engineering sector. § Mehsana has 2,406 units engaged in Repairing Services followed by 1221 Textile units § Most of the small scale industries are concentrated in Mehsana, Kadi, Vijapur and Visnagartalukas of the district Figure 4 & 5 : Contribution of Sectors in SSI Units 13% 15% 23% 4% Repairing Services Miscellaneous Industries 33% Textiles Tobacco products & Food products 4% 7% Beverages Chemicals SSI Ferrous metals 4% Machinery & Spareparts Other (Engineering) Contribution Wood Electricity related 4% Metal related products SSI equipments Paper 12% Leather products 5% 15% Non ferrous metals Automobile & spareparts 5% Rubber & Plastic products 17% Others 5% Other miscellaneous 12% business 6% 16% Source: Mehsana District Profile Booklet 2006-07 12 Industry and Investment Trends § As per the Industrial Entrepreneurs Memoranda (IEMs) filed, Ceramics, Plastics, Paper and Pharmaceuticals sectors showed growth in Fig. 6 : investments during 1998-2007 over previous Investments in major sectors 1988-1997 vs 1998-2007 – Comparative data decade. § These sectors contributed 18% to the total 600 565 500 investments in 1988-1997 equivalent to INR 380 400 crore (USD 90 million) 300 222 200 157 158 § During 1998-2007, growth in these sectors was Investments 123 123 85 100 49 tremendous with investment of INR 1102 crore 0 Ceramics Paper Plastic Pharmaceuticals (USD 262 million) contributing as much as 64% to Sectors total investments of the decade Investment 1988-1997 Investment 1998-2007 § Maximum investments were witnessed in the Plastics sector followed by Pharmaceuticals during 1998-2007 Source : Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat 2007 13 Investment Trends: 1988-97 § During 1988-97, the Textile sector received highest investment of INR 384 crore (USD 91 Fig. 7 : Major Investments & Employment during 1988-97 million) followed by Metallurgy with investment of Highest Employment t 30000 n 25747 e INR 333 crore (USD 79 million) contributing 19% m 25000 y o l p 20000 m E and 16% to the total investments respectively 15000 Highest