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AMRAVATI DISTRICT PROFILE 

Geographical Area 12,212 Sq.Km.
Normal Rainfall 877 m.m.
Taluka 13 Nos.
Per Capita Income (at Current Prices) Rs. 2,152
Population (1991 Census) Total 2,200
Male 1,136
Female 1,066
Density (Per Sq.Km.) 181 Per Sq.Km.
Literacy (1991 Census) 70.06%
Live Stocks(Husbandry) 1,014
Live Stocks(Poultry) 292
Growth Centres: i) Achalpur ii) Dhamangaon
Commercial Banks 144

INDUSTRY

Sugar Factories 3
Spinning Mills 1
Registered Factories 344
Number of Industrial Estates Established 1
Registered Small Scale Units (as on 31-03-93) 2,718 *
Joint Sector Companies (as on 31-3-92) 108

TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION

Railway Length 295 Kms.
National Highway Length 74 Kms.
State Highway Length 778 Kms.
Post & Telegraph Offices  535 Nos.

LARGE INDUSTRIAL AREA IN AMRAVATI DISTRICT

Name of the Area Area Planned (Ha) Total No. of Plots (Ha) Plots Alloted No. Plots Under Use No.V plots Under Const. No. Sheds Built up No. Sheds Alloted No.
Major Industrial Area 178.95 374 335 194 27 35 27
Mini Indusrial Area (Chaudur Rly). 18.26 32 - - - - -
Growth Centre (Damangaon) 6.41 10 1 - - - -

Industrial Opportunities

The following industries have good growth prospects in the district. These industries can be set up in the growth-centres and other parts of the district :
  • Food Products;
  • Beverages, Tobacco and Tobacco Products;
  • Cotton Textiles;
  • Wood and Wood Products;
  • Paper and Paper Products, Printing, Publishing and Allied Industries;
  • Chemicals and Chemical Products, except Products of Petroleum and Coal;
  • Non-Metallic Mineral Products;
  • Basic Metals and Alloys Industries;
  • Metal Products and Parts except Machinery and Transport Equipments;
  • Machinery, Machine Tools and parts except Electrical Machinery;
  • Electricity;
  • Water Works and Supply; and
  • Repair Services.

Specific Industries having scope for development are poultry, cattle feed, carcass utilisation, leather goods, food, fruits and vegetables processing, guar gum, wood seasoning, furniture, cotton ginning and spinning, oil mills, starch, raw sugar, gur, cold storage, phenyle, fertilizers, pesticides, cottonseed crushing, linter pulp, solvent extraction, agricultural imple- ments, engineering and automobile ancillaries, electrical goods, electronic items and service industries.
 

Development of Industrial units in MIDC Industrial Area in the district as on 31-3-93.
No. of Areas:
Major 1
Mini 10
Growth Centre 2

Industries Set up
No 398
Investment (Rs. mln) 148.8
Employment 1766

Incentives

Category of incentive Taluks eligible for incentive
Group A ----------
Group B --------
Group C Amaravati Municipal Corpn. Area (AMC).
Group D Amaravati (Excluding AMC Area), Chandur, Railway Talukas other these Achalpur, Chamder Bazar and Chikaddara.
Group D+ Achalpur, Chandur Bazar, Chekhardara.

Fisheries

Coastline Kms. NIL
Production Tonnes 8,185 Tonnes

Medical Facilities

Hospitals 67
Primary Health Centres 54
Sub Centres 287
Dispensaries 611

Educational Facilities

 

Primary Schools 1,672
Secondary Schools 326
Higher Secondary Schools 78
Colleges 25
Industrial Technical Instt. 9
Engineering Colleges 2
No. of Plots:
Developed 372
Alloted 327
Available 45

Source :

Directorate of Economics & Statistics;

Economic Survey of Maharashtra 1993-94;

Growth Centres in Maharashtra-Industrial Opportunities and challenges, MEDC.

Land rate in the area
Industrial Rs.30/- per sq. mtr.
Residential Rs.45/- per sq. mtr.
Commercial Rs.60/- per sq. mtr.


Land rates at Damangaon Growth Centre

Industrial - Rs. 20/- per sq. mtr.
Residential - Rs. 30/- per sq. mtr.
Commercial - Rs. 40/- per sq. mtr.