Industry of Bankura
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INDUSTRIAL PROFILE OF BANKURA

   The district of Bankura is characterized by an overawhelming agro-economic base, low urbanization and industrialization The district is broadly divisible into two regions the alluvial plains in the east and the undulating tract to the west. Within the district and even within these regions, the villages vary not only their geographical features but also in their physical forms and composition, their economic and social life patterns. Agricultural activities and most its employment and priority is being accord to its development.Industry
   The pace of industrialization in the district has been very slow. Despite the proximity to Durgapur-Asansole industrial belt, well organized plans werenot taken upto the 70' s as it is experienced from the reality . There are no worthmentioned large and medium scale industries. Lately, a program for utilization of the resources available has been conceived by the State Govt. As a result, a few big units, e.g. Bias Packaging Ltd., Mejhia Thermal Power Project, Kangsaboti Spinning Mills, Exodus Knitwear etc. have already come up or will be coming up shortly.
   Cottage Small Scale Industry constitutes a major segment of district's economy. It provides maximum employment opportunity next to agriculture and this accounts nearly 9% of district income.

Large Scale Industries                  : 5
Medium Scale Industries                 : 4
Cottage & Small Scale Industries    : 4711

Industries set-up from 2003-’04 to 2005-’06

Year

Number of units set-up

Number of persons employed

Types of units

2003-2004

7

681

Newspaper printing, bleaching, dyeing and printing of cotton textile, ferro-chrome, ferro-manganese & silico-manganese, dairy milk, potato preservation, steel products, sponge iron, alluminium and steel product, warehouse of agro-products, pig iron and hot metal, fly-ash

2004-2005

21

2617

2005-2006

16

5896

Source:- Annual report and quarterly report published by the Directorate of industries, West Bengal
Lac / Sericulture

Lac is a product of commercial value from which resin, dye and wax can be obtained. It is derived from a specialised group of insects known as lac insects. The lac insect secrets a resinous covering for protecting itself and its young ones. For its survival it depends on certain plants called as lac hosts. It derives its nutrition by sucking the juices of these host plants. Lac culture is the process of culturing these insects on host plants to obtain lac. Only certain species of lac insect are useful for producing lac resinous covering and KERRIA LACCA is the type commonly used in our country. Abundance of Palash trees (lac host) in this district has become helpful in lac development, in which pruning operation is required to remove unsuitable shoots of host plant to ensure putting forth of new good, healthy and large number of succulent shoots for lac insect settlement.
One of the major constraints in lac cultivation is the non-availability of broodlac at proper time and at the reasonable rate within affordable limit of the poor cultivators. In consideration of the facts, lac cultivation work was undertaken in a special manner during June-July, 2005 season, giving due attention to the seasonal operation, viz. pruning, selection of broodlac, brood binding, innoculation etc. As such 30.16 quintals of Ranginee variety broodlac was produced and innoculation operation was effected on 6010 number of pruned host trees.

No of State Brood Lac farms:

12

Production of Raw Materials :

200 MT. per anum

Lac Processing Cooperative Societiey

1

Estimated No of farmers :

17000

Existing Production Unit :

2 (Private)

Area under Mulberry

111.22 Acres

Area under Tasar Plant

4606 Acres

No. of cocoons obtained

8873686

Number of Blocks covered

19

Number of Gram Panchayats covered

85

Number of sericulture villages

191

INFORMATION ABOUT MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRIES

There is no large scale industry in this District except the MEJHIA THERMAL POWER PROJECT of Block MEJHIA which is yet to start production. But during the 7th Five Year Plan period some Medium Scale Industries have come up in this District with the assistance from the West Bengal Industrial Dev. Corporation Ltd.

Small Scale Industries

Major rural non-farm sector activities and number of people employed 

Sl. No.

Activity

No. of people employed

Percent of total workers

1

Brass and bell metal-based product (utensil making)

5900

2.5

2

Dokra (decorative items made of brass & bell metal)

300

0.130

3

Conch shell products

2500

1.06

4

Terracotta

2300

1.00

5

Wood carving

300

0.13

6

Stone crushing

300

0.13

7

Fishing hook

2500

1.06

8

Baluchari saree making

2000

0.85

9

Other handloom activities

33000

14.02

10

Stone carving

200

0.08

11

Roof tiles making

500

0.25


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The list of the Small Scale Industries
Sl. No.
Name Location Type
1
M/S Tuff & Tube Pvt. Ltd. Barjora PVC Pipe
2
M/S Durgapur Flour Mil Barjora Wheet Flower
3
M/S Spark Exports Ltd. Barjora P.P. Cap
4
M/S Bankura Agro-Products Pvt. Ltd. Barjora Non-edible Oil
5
M/S Megacity Cement Ltd. Bishnupur Cement
6
M/S Jyothy Laboratiories Bishnupur Ultra Marine Blue
7
M/S  S.R. Dey Rice Mill Bishnupur Rice Mill
8
M/S Selex Cement Jhantipahari Slag Cement
9
M/S Kundu Cold Storage Bankura Cold Storage
10
M/S Rudranil Rice Mill Khatra Rice Mill
11
M/S Nicholson Chemical Pvt. Ltd. Saltora Ultra Merine Buld
12
M/S Nirupama Cold Storage Joypur Cold Storage
13
M/S Ganapat Ceramic Sanbandha Ceramic (Novelty item)
14
M/S Milinm Cement Product Pvt.Ltd. Patrasayer PCC Pole
15
M/S Milinum Cement Product Pvt. Ltd. Bishnupur Slag Cement
16
M/S Durgaur Ultra Ceramic Pvt. Ltd. Barjora Fly Ash bircks
17
M/S Swati Electronic Rajagram Elec. Audio Video Kits
18
M/S Silpa Shree Patpur Household H'craft
19
M/S Mim Plastic Chandmaridanga PP/HDPE Container
20
M/S Mallabum Polypacks Pvt. Ltd. Patpur PP/HDPE Container
21
M/S Mallabhum super Cement Company (Under construction) Rasulpur Cement

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The list of the Large or Medium Scale Industries
Sl. No. Name Location Type
1 M/S Xpro Ltd. Barjora Packaging
2 M/S Bhaskar Srachi Ltd. (Under cosnt.) Barjora Steel plant
3 M/S Kangsabati Spinning Mill Barjora Synthetic Yarn
4 M/S Nilkamal Barjora Plastic Product
5 M/S Hindustan Seals Pvt. Ltd. Barjora Mosquito Coil
6 M/S Sarada Fertiliser Onda Fertiliser
7 M/S Mejhia Thermal Power Mejhia Thermal Power
8 M/S Basab Steel Bishnupur Steel Plant
9 M/S Sonamukhi CADC Co- Opt.Cold storage Sonamukhi Cold Storage
10 Times Pac Barjora Packaging
11 Sibaji Electro Steel Barjora Iron Casting
12 EMR Polytex Barjora HDPEa Oven Sacks
13 Diesel Forge Barjora Forged Steel
14 Shiva Durga Oil  Co. Barjora Rrice Bran Oil
15 Cellulose Containers Barjora Composite Container
16 Crodence Plasto Ind. Barjora Moulded TV. Cabinet
17 General Synthetics Corporation Ltd. Barjora Polyester Filament Yarn
18 Pal Cold Storage Bankura -II Cold Storage
19 Bankura Cold Storage Patrasayer Cold Storage
20 Blue Plast Extrusion Patrasayer Maltilayer Flim Product

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