Baksaবক্সা
9.50 lakh people. Larger than Fiji, Cyprus, or Bhutan. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 9,50,075 (9.50 lakh)
- Area
- 2,457 km²
- Headquarters
- Mushalpur
₹443 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Baksa.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Baksa · PLP 2023-24
₹443 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹166 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹152 cr
MSME
₹49 cr
Informal credit - SHGs/JLGs
₹42 cr
Baksa's NABARD plan for 2023-24 pegs the district's total priority-sector credit potential at about ₹443 crore. Farming and allied activities dominate: agriculture is roughly ₹332 crore (about three-quarters of the plan), while MSME is only about ₹49 crore — a reminder there are no major industries here and the small-business credit market is still thin.
The biggest single opportunity is short-term crop finance at about ₹166 crore, driven by paddy (the district's main crop) plus horticulture like areca nut, coconut, banana, pineapple and Assam lemon. On the investment side, livestock stands out: sheep, goat and piggery lending potential is about ₹76 crore, with dairy near ₹17 crore, poultry ₹15 crore and fisheries ₹18 crore — piggery and fishery are called out as core livelihoods. Informal SHG/JLG lending adds about ₹42 crore, reflecting a strong self-help-group base (over 10,600 groups digitised under Project EShakti). Agro-processing is small today (just 5 food units, about ₹3 crore potential), so there is room to build value chains from storage to processing to market.
The plan is candid about what holds Baksa back: mostly rainfed farming with weak irrigation, too little cold storage and rural godown capacity, no regulated mandis for fair prices, heavily fragmented land holdings (86% of farmers are small, marginal or landless), and periodic flooding from the Beki, Pagladia and Barnadi rivers.
What the plan promotes
- Paddy is the district's major crop (production 394,335 MT in 2021-22); soil and climate favour intensive agriculture, with productivity gains possible through farm mechanization and new technology.
- Horticulture spread: Areca nut, Coconut, Banana, Pineapple and Assam Lemon are widely grown; plantation & horticulture term-loan potential ₹7.79 cr.
- Livestock is a major driver: term-loan potential for Sheep/Goat/Piggery ₹75.92 cr and Dairy ₹16.96 cr; district has 364,106 cattle, 179,978 pigs and heavy scope for piggery units.
- Fisheries is an important livelihood with ₹18.03 cr term-loan potential; piggery and fishery flagged as important livelihood activities across the district.
- Agro-processing base is thin (5 food-processing units) with ₹3.23 cr agro & food processing potential; value chains from storage to processing to marketing can significantly grow the district economy.
- NABARD interventions running: an Integrated Tribal Development Project across 2 villages in Nagrijuli block covering 200 tribal families; 3 MEDPs and 2 LEDPs implemented in 2021-22.
Gaps the plan names
- Irrigation is weak: most agriculture is rainfed and vulnerable to weather; there is an urgent need to develop irrigation facilities and rainwater-harvesting structures.
- Storage and marketing infrastructure is short: need for Rural Godown and Marketing infrastructure projects (can be taken up in PPP mode), and regulated mandis/markets in various blocks for better price realisation.
- Low capital formation and poor quality of physical infrastructure have held back agriculture growth; bank credit is needed as a catalyst for rural capital formation.
- Land holdings are heavily fragmented (86% of farmers are small, marginal or landless; 45% of holdings under 1 ha) and land records are improper, limiting quality-input access and credit flow.
- Farmers' collectives are under-developed: need to promote and nurture PACS/FPOs/OFPOs, with DoA/KVK guidance on new technology and improved farm practices.
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What the plan promotes
- Paddy is the district's major crop (production 394,335 MT in 2021-22); soil and climate favour intensive agriculture, with productivity gains possible through farm mechanization and new technology.
- Horticulture spread: Areca nut, Coconut, Banana, Pineapple and Assam Lemon are widely grown; plantation & horticulture term-loan potential ₹7.79 cr.
- Livestock is a major driver: term-loan potential for Sheep/Goat/Piggery ₹75.92 cr and Dairy ₹16.96 cr; district has 364,106 cattle, 179,978 pigs and heavy scope for piggery units.
- Fisheries is an important livelihood with ₹18.03 cr term-loan potential; piggery and fishery flagged as important livelihood activities across the district.
- Agro-processing base is thin (5 food-processing units) with ₹3.23 cr agro & food processing potential; value chains from storage to processing to marketing can significantly grow the district economy.
- NABARD interventions running: an Integrated Tribal Development Project across 2 villages in Nagrijuli block covering 200 tribal families; 3 MEDPs and 2 LEDPs implemented in 2021-22.
Gaps the plan names
- Irrigation is weak: most agriculture is rainfed and vulnerable to weather; there is an urgent need to develop irrigation facilities and rainwater-harvesting structures.
- Storage and marketing infrastructure is short: need for Rural Godown and Marketing infrastructure projects (can be taken up in PPP mode), and regulated mandis/markets in various blocks for better price realisation.
- Low capital formation and poor quality of physical infrastructure have held back agriculture growth; bank credit is needed as a catalyst for rural capital formation.
- Land holdings are heavily fragmented (86% of farmers are small, marginal or landless; 45% of holdings under 1 ha) and land records are improper, limiting quality-input access and credit flow.
- Farmers' collectives are under-developed: need to promote and nurture PACS/FPOs/OFPOs, with DoA/KVK guidance on new technology and improved farm practices.
Value-chain gaps
Money this district loses today
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About Baksa
Baksa district is an administrative district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India. The administrative headquarters is at Mushalpur. Manas National Park is a part of this district.
Source: Wikipedia — Baksa district
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