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PARBHANI DISTRICT  PROFILE 

Geographical Area 11,038   Sq.Km.
Normal Rainfall 821  m.m.
Taluka 7
Per Capita Income (at Current Prices) Rs.  2,770
Population  Total 2,117
Male 1,084
Female 1,033
Density (Per Sq.Km.) 191 Per Sq.Km
Live Stocks(Husbandry) 1,309
Live Stocks(Poultry) 289
Growth Centres: (i) Selu (ii) Jintur
Literacy 47.58%
Commercial Banks 93
Industrial Estates Hingoli, Jintur

INDUSTRY

Sugar Factories 3
Spinning Mills 1
Registered Factories 124
Number of Industrial Estates Established 2
Registered Small Scale Units (as on 31-03-91) 960 *
Joint Sector Companies (as on 31-3-92) 15

TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION

Railway Length 259 Kms.
National Highway Length Nil  Kms.
State Highway Length 742Kms.
Post & Telegraph Offices  319

                Major Industrial Areas in Parbhani 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.
Parbhani (Large Industrial Areas) 95.64 148 124 68 26 20 14
Hingoli  (Large Industrial Area) 196.83 31 13 6 3 - -
Basmat (Mini Industrial Areas) 15.00 2 2 - - - -
Kalmuri  (Mini Industrial Areas) 5.97 16 2 - - - -

Industrial Opportunities

The following industry groups have scope for expansion and also for setting up new industrial units at the growth-centres in the district or outside the growth-centre areas:
  • Food Products
  • Cotton Textiles
  • Textile Products including Wearing Apparel other than Footwear
  • Chemicals and Chemical Products except Products of  Petroleum and Coal;
  • Non-Metallic Mineral Products;
  • Electricity; and
  • Repair Services

Besides, these industry groups, some specific industries having development potential are: poultry, cattle breeding, goat and sheep rearing, cattle feed, poultry feed, food, fruits and vegetables processing, tobacco curing, bidi, sugar and by-pro- ducts, canning, cotton ginning and pressing, cold storage, oil mill, dal mill, vanaspati, soap making, bone meal, starch, lac culture, banana fibre, cottonseed oil, leather goods, solvent extraction, agricultural equipment, engineering, automobile and electrical ancillaries and service industries.

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

Industries Set up
No 72
Investment (Rs. mln) 187.9
Employment 1687

Incentives
Category of Incentive Talukas eligible
Group D Talukas other than Jintur and Selu
Group D+ Jinter, Selu

Fisheries

Coastline Kms. NIL
Production Tonnes 1,888 Tonnes

Medical Facilities

Hospitals 29
Primary Health Centres 51
Sub Centres 345
Dispensaries 152

Educational Facilities

 

Primary Schools 1,627
Secondary Schools 168
Higher Secondary Schools 21
Colleges 12
Industrial Technical Instt. 3
Engineering Colleges NIL
No. of Plots:
Developed 217
Alloted 150
Available 57

**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