Government of India

Ministry of MSME

Brief Industrial Profile of Bhojpur District

Carried out by
MSME-Development Institute
(Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,)
Patliputra Industrial Estate, PATNA - 800013
Phone: 0612-2262186/2262208/2262719
Fax: 0612=2262186
e-mail: dcdi-patna@dcmsme.gov.in
Web-www.msmedipatna.gov.in

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 Contents
S. No. Topic Page No.
1. General Characteristics of the District 03
1.1 Location & Geographical Area 03
1.2 Topography 03
1.3 Availability of Minerals. 03
1.4 Forest 04
1.5 Administrative set up 04
2. District at a glance 04
2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Bhojpur 07
3. Industrial Scenario Of Bhojpur 07
3.1 Industry at a Glance 07
3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 08
3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In The 09
District
3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 09
3.5 Major Exportable Item 09
3.6 Growth Trend 09
3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 10
3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 10
3.8.1 List of the units in Bhojpur & near by Area 10
3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 10
3.9 Service Enterprises 10
3.9.1 Coaching Industry ==
3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 10
3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 10
4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 10
4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 10
4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 10
4.1.2 Service Sector 11
4.2 Details of Identified cluster 11
5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of 12
meeting
6 Steps to set up MSMEs 13

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 Brief Industrial Profile of Bhojpur District

1. General Characteristics of the District

Bhojpur district was carved out of erstwhile Shahbad district in 1992.

The Kunwar Singh, the leader of the Mutineers during Sepoy Mutiny
in 1857, was from district Bhojpur.Agriculture is the main source of
income for majority of people of the district.Rice, Wheat & Gram are
the three main crops grown in the district. There are different type of
small & cottage industries other than some agro based industries in
the district. The district headquarter is located at Ara town.

1.1 Location & Geographical Area.

The geographical area of the district 2,37,340 Hectare. It is
located about 50 Km from Patna. There is ganga river in North
side and Aurangabad and Rohtas district are in the southern
part and patna district in east and Buxar district in the west.

1.2 Topography : The whole district comprises of gangetic plane

which is very fertile which is suitable for agriculture.

1.3 Availability of Minerals.

No major minerals are available in the district. In minor minerals, sand & brick
earth are available in the district.;
PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tons

2010-2011
MAJOR MINERAL Nil
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MINOR
1. .Sand 2604192
2. Brick Earth 65510
SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY.,

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1.4 FORESTL:- Nil

1.5 Administrative set up. There are 03 sub divisions and 14

blocks and 228 Gram Panchayat and 1016 revenue villages.

2. District at a glance
S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics
Geographical features
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(A) Geographical Data 2012
i) Latitude 25010’-25040’
ii) Longitude 83045’-84045’
iii) Geographical Area Hectares 237340
(B) Administrative Units
i) Sub divisions 03
ii) Tehsils 14
iii) Sub-Tehsil NA
iv) Patwar Circle 03
v) Panchayat Simitis NA
vi)Nagar nigam 01
vii) Nagar Palika 01
viii) Gram Panchayats 228
xi) Revenue villages 1016
x) Assembly Area 02
2. Population
(A) Sex-wise
i) Male 2011 (2001) 1175333
ii) Female 2011 (2001) 1058082
(B) Rural Population 2011 (2001) 897094
3. Agriculture
A. Land utilization
i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare 188810
ii) Forest cover 2010-11 “ 0
iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ 6700
v) cultivable Barren 2010-11 “ 630
land

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 4. Forest
(i) Forest 2010-11 Ha. 0
5. Livestock & Poultry
A. Cattle
i) Cows 2007 Nos. 236335
ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 220616
B. Other livestock
i) Goats 2007 Nos. 108809
ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 14955
iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 14289
iv) Railways
i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 38
V) Roads
(a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 85
(b) State Highway 2010- Kms 47
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(c) Main District Highway 2010- Kms 360
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(d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms NA
Roads
(e) Rural road/ 2010-11 Kms NA
Agriculture Marketing
Board Roads
(f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms 856
(VI) Communication
(a) Telephone 2010-11 NA
connection
(b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 45
(c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 35
(d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 NA
person
(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. NA
(f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. NA
(g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. NA
(h) Mobile 2010-11 No. NA
(VII) Public Health

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 (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 04
(b) Beds in Allopathic No.
hospitals
(c) Ayurvedic Hospital No.
(d) Beds in Ayurvedic No.
hospitals
(e) Unani hospitals No.
(f) Community health No.
centers
(g) Primary health No. 39
centers
(h) Dispensaries No. 09
(i) Sub Health No. 304
Centers No.
(j) Private hospitals
(VIII) Banking
commercial
(a) Commercial Bank Branch Nos. 71
(b) rural Bank Nos. 56
Products
(c) Co-Operative Nos. 15
bank products
(d) PLDB Branches Nos. 05
(IX) Education
(a) Primary school Nos. 1250
(b) Middle schools Nos. 250
(c) Secondary & senior Nos. 114
secondary schools
(d) Colleges Nos. 13
(e) Technical University Nos. Nil

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2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District
Bhojpur,Bihar

S. Name of Ind. Land Land Prevailing No No of No of No. of

No. Area acquired developed Rate Per of allotted Vacant Units in
(In (In Sqm Plots Plots Plots Production
hectare) hectare) (In Rs.) (Hec) (Hec)
1 Gidha 92.94 92.94 180.94 NA 80.45 1.66 27

2 Bihiya 26.46 26.46 268.45 NA 20.06 4.86 02

Total 119.40 119.40 449.39 NA 100.51 6.52 29

Source:- BIADA,Patna

3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF Bhojpur

District,Bihar.
3.1 Industry at a Glance
Sr Head Unit Particulars
No
1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 941
2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 1506
3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & LARGE UNIT NO. 01
4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY NO. 3.56
WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL
SCALE INDUSTRIES
5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND NO. NA
MEDIUM INDUSTRIES
6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO. 02
7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IND. IN LACS NA
8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE IN LACS NA
SCALE INDUSTRIES

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3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED
YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT
REGISTERED (lakh Rs.)
UNITS
Up to 1984-85 Data Not Available
1985-86 Data Not Available
1986-87 Data Not Available
1987-88 Data Not Available
1988-89 Data Not Available
1989-90 Data Not Available
1990-91 Data Not Available
1991-92 Data Not Available
1992-93 Data Not Available
1993-94 Data Not Available
1994-95 Data Not Available
1995-96 27 94 6.67
1996-97 73 259 21.36
1997-98 77 292 25.97
1998-99 86 471 161.00
1999-2000 74 317 49.54
2000-01 61 225 22.76
2001-2002 83 232 10.71
2002-03 80 192 40.76
2003-04 80 210 28.83
2004-05 74 231 70.27
2005-06 80 262 44.43
2006-07 34 67 59.19
2007-08 13 67 56.19
2008-09 33 100 127.84
2009-10 23 147 173.31
2010-11 43 190 236.81
Total 941 3356 1135.64
Source: DIC –Bhojpur,Bihar

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 3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND
ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT
NIC CODE
TYPE OF NUMBER INVESTMENT EMPLOYMENT
NO.
INDUSTRY OF UNITS (Lakh Rs.)
20 Agro based 140 274 879
22 Soda water - - -
23 Cotton textile - - -
24. Woolen, silk & artificial Thread - - -
based clothes.
25. Jute & jute based - - -
26. Ready-made garments & 55 80 235
embroidery
27. Wood/wooden based furniture 180 128 375
28. Paper & Paper products - - -
29. Leather based 94 45 242
31. Chemical/Chemical based 40 32 132
30. Rubber, Plastic & petro based 21 34 94
32. Mineral based 48 242 398
33. Metal based (Steel Fab.) 98 125 254
35. Engineering units 35 60 215
36. Electrical machinery and transport equipment - - -
97. Repairing & servicing 180 50 384
01. Others 50 89 148
Kachori Making - - -
Source: DICBhojpur,Bihar.

3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings

List of the units in Bhojpur & Near By Area

1. M/S Suman Agritech Pvt. Ltd.,Kulharia,Ara.

3.5 Major Exportable Item

NIL

3.6 Growth Trend :- NA

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3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry
NIL

3.8. Medium Scale Enterprises

3.8.1 List of the units in Bhojpur & Near By Area :- Nil

3.8.2 Major Exportable Item

NIL

3.9 Service Enterprises

180 Units of service Industries are available in repairing &
service.

3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry:- Automobile and

electronics items

3.10 Potential for new MSMEs:- Food Processing Industry and

Auto- mobile Insustry

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise:-

Two Clusters on Artificial Jewellary and Two Clusters on Applique

work.

4.1 DETAIL OF MAJOR CLUSTERS

4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector

Two Clusters are working.

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4.1.2 Service Sector :- No Cluster

4.2 Details for Identified cluster

4.2.1 Name of the cluster:Bhojpur Mahila Kala Kendra

1 Principal Products Manufactured Artificial Jewellary

in the Cluster
2 Name of the SPV -
3 No. of functional units in the 25
clusters
4 Turnover of the Clusters
5 Value of Exports from the
Clusters
6 Employment in Cluster
7 Average investment in plant &
Machinery
8 Major Issues / requirement

9 Presence of capable institutions

10 Thrust Areas
11 Problems & constraints

Present status of the cluster :- Working

4.2.2 Name of the cluster: Bhojpur Mahila Kala Kendra.

1 Principal Products Manufactured Applique

in the Cluster
2 Name of the SPV -
3 No. of functional units in the 25
clusters
4 Turnover of the Clusters
5 Value of Exports from the
Clusters
6 Employment in Cluster
7 Average investment in plant &
Machinery
8 Testing needs
9 Thrust Area
10 Access to Export Market

Present status of the cluster :-.Working

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Present status of clusters:- Two Clustesr of artificial Jewellry & Two Clusters
of Applique are working in the name of Bhojpur Mahila Kendra,
Abarpoolpar,Ara,Bhojpur.

5. General issues raised by industry association during the course

of meeting

Infrastructure facility and power is required .

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6. STEPS TO SET UP MSMEs
Following are the brief description of different agencies for rendering assistance
to the entrepreneurs.

S.No Type of assistance Name and address of agencies

1. Provisional Registration District Industries Center,Station

Certificate Road, NearJoin College,Ara,Bihar
( EM-1) & Permanent
Registration Certificate ( EM-II)

2. Identification of Project Profiles, MSME Development

techno-economic and Institute,Patliputra Industrial Estate,
managerial consultancy Patna-800013
services, market survey and District Industries Center,Station
economic survey reports. Road, NearJoin College,Ara,Bihar

3. Land and Industrial shed Bihar Industrial Area Development

Authority,Gandhi Maidan,Patna.

4. Financial Assistance NSIC,SIDBI,KVIC,Patna,Nationalised

Bank,Ara
5. For raw materials under Govt. Concerned Deptt. Of Govt. of
Supply Bihar,New/Old Secretariate,Patna.

6. Plant and machinery under hire National Small Industries

/ purchase basis. Corporation,Kankarbagh,Patna.

7. Power/ Electricity Deptt. Of Electricity,Govt. of Bihar.

8. Technical Know –how. NRDO,New Delhi,CFTRI,Mysore,

MSME Development Institute,
9. Quality & Standard Boureau of Indian
Standard,Patliputra Industrial
Estate,Patna.
10. Marketing /Export Assistance MSME-DI,Patna.NSIC, Patna

11. Other Promotional Agencies DGFT,Patna,DIC,Ara, Bhojpur

Chamber of Commerce & Industries,
Gopali Chawk, Ara.

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