Government of India

Ministry of MSME

Brief Industrial Profile of Banaskantha District

Carried out by
MSME – DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
Govt. of India
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Harsiddh Chambers, 4th Floor,
Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380 014
Tel.No. 079-27543147 & 27544248, Fax No.079-27540619
E-mail : [email protected]
Website: www.msmediahmedabad.gov.in
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Brief Industrial Profile of Banaskantha District

1. General Characteristics of the District

1.1 Location & Geographical Area- Banaskantha District is situated in North port of
Gujarat. The district is encompassed by 23.03 to 24.45 Norh Latitude & 71.21 to
73.02 letitude. The district is surrounded by Rajsthan state in East-North, Mehsana in
South and patan & Kutch district in West. The Geographical area of the
Bansskantha district is 1270300 Hect. The district divided into 12 talukas.

1.2 Topography :The normal climate of the district and mainly three seasons viz.
Summer, Monsoon and Winter. The Monsoon being with mid June and Last upto
Mid- October. The fair weather started from Mid-October to February and the hot
weather from March- mid June. The Normal rainfuall of the district could be
considered at 601 mm.

1.3 Availability of Minerals :The district is rich in respect of minerals resources. The
important minerals in the district are like marble Block, Rubble, Lime stone, Granite
Block, Granit rubble, court zite ordinary sand etc.

PRODUDCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones

2010-2011

MAJOR MINERAL

1 - -

MINOR

1. Marble Block 194709

2. Rubble 453141
3. Building Stone 695239
4. Limestone 85069
5. Ordinary sand 1810981
6. Granite Block 5848
Rubble 1352

7. Qurtzite 151202
TOTAL 3397541
SOURCE : DEPT OF MINES & GEOLOGY,PALANPUR
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1.4 FOREST - There is 1106.55 Sq.Km area reserved for forest in

Banaskantha district. there is no major forest products, Minor forest proeucts like,
Tendu leaves, Mahuwa flowers, Bamboo, Neem seeds, Honey and Herbal midicines
etc.

1.5 ADMINISTRATIVE SET UP : The Head quarter of Banaskantha district is at

Palanpur. There is 12 taluka and 1244 villages in the district. The district collector is
the overall administrative head.Major deptt. & offices situated at district head
quarter Palanpur.

2. District at a Glance

S.No. Particulars Year Unit Statistics

1 Geographical features
(A) Geographical Data
i) Latitude 23.0 to 24.44 “N”
ii) Longtude 71.0 to 78.0 “E”
iii) Geographical Area Sq.Km. 10757
(B) Administrative Units
i) Sub Divisions No. 01
ii) Tehsils No. 12
iii) Sub-Tehsil No. -
iv) Patwar Circle No. 12
v) Panchayat Simitis No. 12
vi) Nagar Nigam No. -
vii) Nagar Palika No. 06
viii) Gram Panchayats No. 786
xi) Revenue Villages No. 1244
x) Assembly Area No. 01
2. Population
(A) Sex-wise
i) Male 2011 1152573
ii) Female 2011 1076170
(B) Rural Population 2011
3. Agriculture
A. Land utilization
i) Total Area 2010-11 Sq.KM 10757.00
ii) Forest cover 2010-11 “ 1106.55
iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ 529.39
v) Cultivable Barren Land 2010-11 “ 651.39
4. Forest
(i) Forest 2010-11 Sq.KM 1106.55
5. Livestock & Poultry
A. Cattle
i) Cows 2007 Nos. 660113
ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 955158
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B. Other Livestock
i) Goats 2007 Nos. 309401
ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 5311
iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 62261
iv) Railways
i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms. 180
V) Roads
(a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms. 257
(b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms. 907
(c ) Main District Highway 2010-11 Kms. 1336.47
(d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms. 700.92
(e) Rural road/Agriculture 2010-11 Kms. 2791.94
Marketing Board Roads
(f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms. -
(VI) Communication
(a) Telephone connection 2010-11 35465(L/L)
(b) Post Offices/Sub Post office 2010-11 Nos. 33
(c ) Telephone Centre 2010-11 Nos. 156
(d) Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 person 35465
(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM 3.41
(f) PCO (All type) 2010-11 No. 1570
(g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. -
(h) Mobile 2010-11 No. 210500
(VII) Public Health
(a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 02
(b) Beds in Allopathic Hospitals No. 400
(C ) Ayurvedic Hospital No. 26
(d) Beds in Ayurvedic Hospital No. 0
(e) Unani Hospitals No. 0
(f) Community health centers No. 19
(g) Primary health centers No. 80
(h) Dispensaries No. 01
(i) Sub Health Centers No. 0
(j) Private hospitals No. 185
(VII) Banking
Commercial
(a) Commercial bank Nos. 102
(b) Rural Bank Products Nos. 32
(c ) Co-Operative Bank Products Nos. 128
(d) PLDB Branches Nos. 09
(IX) Education
(a) Primary Schools Nos. 13321
(b) Middle Schools Nos. -
(c ) Secondary & senior Nos. 3822
Secondary School
(d) Colleges Nos. 260
(e) Technical University Nos. 01
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2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Banaskantha.

S.No. Name of Land Land Prevailing No. of No. of No. of No. of
Ind. Area acquired developed Rate Per Plots allotted Vacant Units in
(In (In Sqm Plots Plots Production
hectare) hectare)
(In Rs.)

1 Palanpur 7.58 7.58 1240/- 44 44 - -

2 Ambaji 6.54 6.54 415/- 27 27 - -

3 Deesa 11.77 11.77 485 62 62 - -

4 Shihori 1.64 1.64 55/- 18 18 - -

5 Chandisar 80.74 80.74 335/- 282 282 - -

6 Deodar 17.64 17.64 395/- 158 158 - -

Total

Source :- Regional Office, GIDC,Mehsana

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3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF BANASKANTHA DISTRICT

3.1 Industry at a Glance

Sr.No. Head Unit Particulars
1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 524
2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. -
3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & LARGE UNIT NO. 15
4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY WORKER EMPLOYED NO. -
IN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES
5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND MEDIUM INDUSTRIES NO. 1200
6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO. 06 GIDC
7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IND. IN LACS -
8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES IN LACS -
3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED

YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT

REGISTERED UNITS (Lakh Rs.)
Upto 1984-85 - - -
1985-86 - - -
1986-87 - - -
1987-88 - - -
1988-89 - - -
1989-90 - - -
1990-91 - - -
1991-92 - - -
1992-93 - - -
1993-94 - - -
1994-95 - - -
1995-96 - - -
1996-97 - - -
1997-98 - - -
1998-99 - - -
1999-2000 - - -
2000-01 - - -
2001-02 340 - -
2002-03 390 - -
2003-04 360 - -
2004-05 308 - -
2005-06 264 - -
2006-07 19 200 1061.75
2007-08 235 1600 4831.34
2008-09 243 906 2457.54
2009-10 148 1061 4238.40
2010-11 241 1347 2315.02
Total 7705 5114 14904.05
Source : DIC,Palanpur.
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3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT
OCT.,2006 TO 31.03.2011

NIC CODE TYPE OF INDUSTRY NUMBER INVESTMENT EMPLOYMENT

NO. OF UNIT (Lakh Rs.)
20 Agro based 64 3592.77 676
22 Soda water - - -
23 Cotton Textile - - -
24 Woolen, silk & artificial Thread - - -
based clothes
25 Jute & Jute based - - -
26 Ready-made garments & embroidery - - -
27 Wood/Wooden based furniture - - -
28 Paper & Paper products - - -
29 Leather based - - -
31 Chemical/Chemical based 31 276.62 146
30 Rubber, Plastic & Petro based 07 158.90 70
32 Mineral based 114 3532.04 1186
33 Metal based (Steel Fab.) 114 728.72 485
35 Engineering units - - -
36 Electrical machinery and transport - - -
equipment
97 Repairing & servicing - - -
01 Others - - -
Kachori Making 266 4696.28 1887
Source : DIC,Palanpur.
3.4 Large Scale Industries/Public Sector Undertakings

List of the units in – Banaskantha & Near By Area

1.B.K.District Co.Op.Milk Producer Union Ltd., Palanpur

2.Ihsedu Agrochem Pvt. Ltd., Ambaji
3.Hindusthan Marble, Ambaji
4.Vikash Greneriz Ltd., GIDC,Chandisar
5.Green Marble, Ambaji
6.B.K.Distric Oil Seeds Union Ltd., Badarpura
7.Royal Proteins Pvt. Ltd., Rajpur, Deesa
8.Shreeji Industries, Awal, Amirgadh
9.”Banas Dan” Cattle Feed Factory, Palanpur
10.Pawan Cement, Amirgadh
11.Shri Ram Cement, Hadad, Ambaji
3.5 Major Exportable Item –
Isabgul Husk, Castor Oil, Derivatives, Guar Gum Powder
3.6 Growth Trend –
1. Mineral Based products like calcite powder & its advanced
products
2. Agro Based Products like Oil & Oil Derivatives

3.7 Vendorisation/Ancillarisation of the Industry : Not Any

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3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises

3.8.1 List of the units in – Banaskantha & Near By Area

1. Maheswari Globle (i) Pvt. Ltd., Badarpura
2. Duke Plasto Technics Pvt. Ltd.,Badarpura
3. Brink Foods Pvt. Ltd.,Jorapura Deesa
3.8.2 Major Exportable Item
1. Plastic Pipe, Gourgum
3.9 Service Enterprises
Description NIC- 2004 Code
Sr. No.
1 Xerox Centre 74993
2 Computer Job Work & Training Centre 72300
3 Cyber Café, Network, E-mail Service, Internet Service 72901
4 Mobile Phone Service 64202
5 Courier Service 64120
6 Automobile Spares, Service and Repairs 50404
7 Video Library 92312
8 Circulating Library 92312
9 Coaching Classes 80902
10 Beauty Parlours 93020
11 Flour Mills 15311
12 Repairing of Electrical & Electronic Equipments 52603
13 Steel Fabrication 28112
14 Electric Motor Repairing 31108
15 Laundry and Dry Cleaning 93010

16 Caterers and Decorators 55204

17 Fast Food and Snack Parlour 55209
18 Ice Cream Parlour 55206
19 Pathology Laboratory 85195
20 Pest Control 74930
21 Provision Stores 52110
22 Stationery Stores 52396
23 Tailoring Shop 18105
24 Advertising Agency 74300
25 Installation and Operation of Cable Network 64204
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3.10 Potential for new MSMEs :

(i) Agro Based Industries:

Sr. Description NIC- 2004 Code
No.
1 Bakery 15419
2 Surgical Cotton 24236
3 Flour Mill 15311
4 Mini oil Mill 15493
5 Rice Mill 15312
6 Pickles 15125
7 Roasted and Salted Groundnut 15314
8 Cattle Feed 15331
9 Poultry & Fish Feed 15332
10 Papad Making 15496
11 Fruit Preservation and Processing 15139
12 Milk and Milk Products 01211
13 Banana Wafer unit 15139
14 Cotton Ginning 01405
15 Cotton Seed Oil 15142
(II) Live Stock Based Industries:
Sr. No. Description NIC- 2004 Code
1 Leather footwear and Leather goods 19201
2 Bone Meal 15132
3 Leather Decorative items 19122
4 Garments and Sports Goods 18105
5 Leather Bags and purse 19122
6 Wood Works 20299
7 Leather Tanning 19112
8 Dairy 15209

(III) Forest Based industries :

Sr. No. Description NIC- 2004 Code

1 Manufacture of furniture & fixtures made of wood, cane & 36101
reed
2 Manufacture of photo frame and other furniture & fixtures 36109
n.e.c.
3 Manufacture of carrom boards and tables for billiards, table 36931
tennis and other parlour games
4 Manufacture of rackets for badminton, lawn tennis, table 36933
tennis etc.
5 Manufacture of athletic/gymnasium articles and equipment 36935
6 Manufacture of wooden toys, decoration pieces and 36942
wooden lamp stand etc. [including carved wood articles and
articles made from coconut shells]
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(B) Demand Based Industries :

Sr. No. Description NIC- 2004 Code

1 Tyre retreading 25114

2 Exercise Notebook 21099

3 Corrugated paper Boxes 21023

4 PVC Conduit Pipes 25209

5 Voltage Stabilizer 31200

6 Sprayers and Dusters 29219

7 Readymade Garments 18101

8 Cold Storage 63022

3.11 Potentials areas for service industry

1. Agro Godown

2. Wage House

3.12 Potential for new MSMEs

1. Mineral Based Advance Products

2. Agrobased organic products

3. Advance Agro food Processing Products

4. Milk based advance products

5. Diamond and Jewellery Business

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4. Existing Cluster of Micro & Small Enterprise - NIl

5. General Issues raised by industry association during the course of meeting

1. High Electric Rates

6. STEPS TO SET UP MSMEs

Following are the brief description of difference agencies for rendering assistance to
the entrepreneurs.

S.No. Type of assistance Name and address of agencies

1. Provisional Registration Certificate (EM-1) & District Industries Centre

Permanent Registration Certificte (EM-II) Jorawar Place,
Palanpur,Dist.Banaskantha
2. Identification of Project Profiles, techno-economic MSME-Development Institute
and managerial consultancy services, market survey Harsiddh Chambers, 4th Floor,
and economic survey reports. Ashram Road,
Ahmedabad-380014
3. Land and Industrial shed GIDC, P.NO.3&4, Nr.FCI
Godown,Mehsana-384002
4. Financial Assistance Commercial Bank,SIDBI, Navjeevan,
1st Floor,B/h.Guj.Vidhyapith,
Ahmedabad
5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply NSIC, 202 Samruddhi Building,
Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad-380009
6. Plant and machinery under hire/purchase basis NSIC, 202 Samruddhi Building,
Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad-380009
7. Power/Electricity Uttara Guj.Vij Seva Sadan
Abu Highway,Palanpur,Dist.B.K.
8. Technical Know-how MSME-DI,Ahmedabad
NSIC,Ahmedabad
9. Quality & Standard BIS,Pushpak Bldg.,Khanpur,
Ahmedabad-380001
10. Marketing/Export Assistance MSME-DI,Ahmedabad
NSIC,Ahmedbad
11. Other Promotional Agencies CED,Ahmedabad,IGTR,Ahmedabad
GITCO,Ahmedbad, CIPET,Ahmedbad
NID,Ahmedbad,GSFC,Mehsana
NABARD,Bank,Palanpur

7. ADDITION INFORMATION IF ANY - N.A.