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OSMANABAD DISTRICT  PROFILE 

Geographical Area 7,510 Sq.Km.
Normal Rainfall 810*  m.m.
Taluka 6
Per Capita Income (at Current Prices) Rs.  2,135
Population  Total 1,276 
Male 659
Female 617
Density (Per Sq.Km.) 168 Per Sq.Km
Live Stocks(Husbandry) 717
Live Stocks(Poultry) 230
Growth Centres: Umarga
Literacy 54.27%
Commercial Banks 69

INDUSTRY

Sugar Factories 2
Spinning Mills 1
Registered Factories 37
Number of Industrial Estates Established 1
Registered Small Scale Units (as on 31-03-91) 966 **
Joint Sector Companies (as on 31-3-92) 10

TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION

Railway Length 30 Kms.
National Highway Length 70   Kms.
State Highway Length 463 Kms.
Post & Telegraph Offices  376

                Major Industrial Areas in Usmanabad District as on 30-06-1993 

Name of the Area Area Planned Hac. Total Plots No. Plots Alotted No. Plots In Prdn.No. Plots Under Const. No. Sheds Built Up No. Sheds Alloted No.
Osmanabad 101.96 1 09 73 29 10 20 12

Industrial Opportunities

The district has good development potential, which is yet to be fully exploited. It therefore, needs special attention for its industrial progress. Industry groups indicated below have good scope for development in this district:
  • Food Products;
  • Cotton Textiles;
  • Paper and Paper Products, Printing, Publishing and Allied Industries;
  • Non-Metallic Mineral Industries;
  • Electricity; and
  • Repair Services.

Specific industries having good potential for growth include: Dairy, goat and sheep rearing, wood processing, tanning, leather products, food and fruits processing, cattle feed, sugar and by-products, distillery, khandsari, oil mills, cotton ginning and pressing, rice mills, flour mills, fertilizer, pesticides, phenyle, solvent extraction, agricultural implements,engineering, ancillaries electrical goods and service industries. The district has good cash crops like cotton, sugarcane and groundnut.

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

Industries Set up
No 27
Investment (Rs. mln) 12.5
Employment 150

Incentives
Category of Incentive Talukas eligible
Group D Talukas other than Umerga and Tuljapur
Group D+ Umerga, Tuljipur.

Fisheries

Coastline Kms. NIL
Production Tonnes 727 Tonnes

Medical Facilities

Hospitals 15
Primary Health Centres 41
Sub Centres 204
Dispensaries 50

Educational Facilities

 

Primary Schools 862
Secondary Schools 172
Higher Secondary Schools 23
Colleges 13
Industrial Technical Instt. 6
Engineering Colleges 2
No. of Plots:
Developed 131
Alloted 87
Available 44

* Combined figures of Latur & Usmanabad

**Includes provisionally registered SSIs.

Source :

i) Directorate of Economics & Statistics;
ii) Economic Survey of Maharashtra 1993-94;
iii) Growth Centres in Maharashtra-Industrial Opportunities and challenges, MEDC