Jehanabadजहानाबाद
11.3 lakh people. Larger than Fiji, Cyprus, or Bhutan. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 11,25,313 (11.3 lakh)
- Area
- 931 km²
- Headquarters
- Jehanabad
₹2,044 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Jehanabad.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Jehanabad · PLP 2023-24
₹2,044 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹919 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹529 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹270 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹75 cr
Jehanabad's 2023-24 credit plan sizes total priority-sector lending at about ₹2,044 crore. The money splits almost evenly between farming and small business: agriculture ₹934.56cr (about 46%) and MSME ₹918.50cr (about 45%), with the rest going to housing, education, informal SHG lending and social infrastructure.
Crop loans are the single biggest slice at ₹529.35cr, driven by paddy and wheat — the district out-yields the Bihar average on both. On the investment side, the strongest clusters are dairy (₹75.13cr), farm machinery like tractors and threshers (₹61.77cr) and irrigation kit — tubewells, pumpsets, drip and solar (₹45.06cr). Food and agro-processing (₹35.31cr — rice mills, flour/dal/oil/spice mills, vegetable and potato units) is highlighted as the natural first step to industry, since the district has no large factory and no notified industrial area. Jehanabad is officially tagged for floriculture and mentha (medicinal mint), and mushroom is its One District One Product. Trade hubs run through Jehanabad Sadar, Kako, Ghosi and Makhdumpur, and the Barabar Caves offer tourism potential.
The plan's own warnings: weak irrigation and water harvesting, slow computerisation of land records, patchy power supply, and thin farm-gate and marketing infrastructure. It urges better follow-up at bank-committee meetings to widen KCC, SHG and FPO coverage.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production is the biggest opportunity at ₹529.35cr, led by paddy (14204ha) and wheat (12507ha); district paddy yield 3131 kg/ha and wheat 3103 kg/ha both beat the Bihar average
- Dairy development ₹75.13cr — the largest allied-farm term loan, covering crossbred cow units with sheds, mini dairies with milking machines, and KCC working capital
- Farm mechanisation ₹61.77cr (tractors 30-35 HP, power tillers, threshers, paddy transplanters, combine/reaper harvesters, zero-till drills)
- Water resources/minor irrigation ₹45.06cr (shallow and medium tubewells, electric/diesel pumpsets, sprinkler and drip systems, solar pumps, farm ponds)
- Food & agro processing ₹35.31cr — rice mills, flour/dal/oil/spice mills, vegetable, potato and maize processing, plus a bakery and fruit-processing units
- Jehanabad is picked in the Agriculture Road Map for floriculture and the medicinal crop mentha, and mushroom cultivation is its 'One District One Product' selection
Gaps the plan names
- Water harvesting and irrigation weak — action points call for water storage, watershed construction, tanks and lift/canal irrigation to raise the low ground-level credit flow
- Land records and land consolidation lagging — the plan flags land pooling and computerisation of land records (bhu-abhilekh) as needed reforms
- Assured electricity supply to farmers and entrepreneurs is not guaranteed and is listed as a constraint on capital formation
- Farm-gate infrastructure, modern agri-marketing and supply chains are underdeveloped, making farming less profitable and holding back agro-processing
- Industrial base almost absent — no medium/large unit and no notified industrial area; agro-produce value addition (rice mill, flour mill, spice/masala) is called the first step to industry
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production is the biggest opportunity at ₹529.35cr, led by paddy (14204ha) and wheat (12507ha); district paddy yield 3131 kg/ha and wheat 3103 kg/ha both beat the Bihar average
- Dairy development ₹75.13cr — the largest allied-farm term loan, covering crossbred cow units with sheds, mini dairies with milking machines, and KCC working capital
- Farm mechanisation ₹61.77cr (tractors 30-35 HP, power tillers, threshers, paddy transplanters, combine/reaper harvesters, zero-till drills)
- Water resources/minor irrigation ₹45.06cr (shallow and medium tubewells, electric/diesel pumpsets, sprinkler and drip systems, solar pumps, farm ponds)
- Food & agro processing ₹35.31cr — rice mills, flour/dal/oil/spice mills, vegetable, potato and maize processing, plus a bakery and fruit-processing units
- Jehanabad is picked in the Agriculture Road Map for floriculture and the medicinal crop mentha, and mushroom cultivation is its 'One District One Product' selection
Gaps the plan names
- Water harvesting and irrigation weak — action points call for water storage, watershed construction, tanks and lift/canal irrigation to raise the low ground-level credit flow
- Land records and land consolidation lagging — the plan flags land pooling and computerisation of land records (bhu-abhilekh) as needed reforms
- Assured electricity supply to farmers and entrepreneurs is not guaranteed and is listed as a constraint on capital formation
- Farm-gate infrastructure, modern agri-marketing and supply chains are underdeveloped, making farming less profitable and holding back agro-processing
- Industrial base almost absent — no medium/large unit and no notified industrial area; agro-produce value addition (rice mill, flour mill, spice/masala) is called the first step to industry
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About Jehanabad
Jehanabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. Jehanabad town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Jehanabad district is a part of Magadh Division, and is located on the confluence of two small rivers called Dardha and Yamunaiya.
Source: Wikipedia — Jehanabad district
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