Bilaspurबिलासपुर
3.82 lakh people. Larger than the Seychelles, Monaco, or Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 3,81,956 (3.82 lakh)
- Area
- 1,167 km²
- Headquarters
- Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
₹1,292 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Bilaspur.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Bilaspur · PLP 2023-24
₹1,292 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹489 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹338 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹195 cr
Education
₹94 cr
Bilaspur's 2023-24 credit plan sizes up ₹1,291.77 crore of lending potential. Farming takes ₹579.36 crore (about 45%) and small businesses (MSME) the single biggest slice at ₹488.95 crore (38%), with the rest going to housing, education, renewable energy and social projects.
On the farm side, ordinary crop loans lead at ₹338 crore — this is a maize-and-wheat district (27,511 ha of maize, 25,803 ha of wheat) where farmers are switching toward ginger, potato, tomato and capsicum. The clearest business openings are in horticulture (₹39.8 crore on 8,398 ha of mango, litchi, kinnow and pomegranate orchards, plus polyhouses and aromatic plants), dairy (₹26.8 crore; the Kamdhenu Hitkari Manch producer body at Namhol already collects 35,000 litres a day and won a national award), farm machinery for small hill plots (₹23.3 crore), and fisheries on the 24,000-hectare Gobindsagar reservoir (₹8.4 crore). Cement and limestone anchor local industry, with ACC units at Barmana and estates at Bilaspur and Gwalthai.
The plan is blunt about what holds the district back: there is no cold storage anywhere in Bilaspur, only 7% of farmland is irrigated, marketing and quality seed supply are weak, the credit-deposit ratio sits far below the RBI norm, and wild animals routinely damage crops. Industrial plots also lack basic power, water and road links.
What the plan promotes
- Crop credit dominates with ₹338.01cr potential across maize (27,511 ha), wheat (25,803 ha) and paddy; farmers increasingly shifting to ginger, potato, tomato and capsicum
- Plantation & horticulture (₹39.83cr) on 8,398 ha of orchards — mango, litchi, kinnow/citrus, pomegranate, plus 504 sqm polyhouses, aloe vera, aromatic plants and mushroom
- Dairy is the leading allied activity (₹26.76cr) with 478,880 livestock; Kamdhenu Hitkari Manch FPO at Namhol collects 35,000 litres/day and runs a ₹12cr milk/cattle-feed infra, won the 2021 Gopal Ratna Award
- Farm mechanisation ₹23.25cr — power tillers, maize shellers, power sprayers and second-hand tractors suited to small hill holdings
- MSME is the biggest sector at ₹488.95cr; ACC Group runs two units on 24.6 lakh-tonne/year cement-grade limestone; industrial areas at Bilaspur (98 bigha) and IIDC Gwalthai near Nangal (41 units producing)
- Fisheries around the 24,000-ha Gobindsagar reservoir (Bhakra) — 33 fishermen cooperatives, 2,496 members, 1,750 licensed fishers; mirror-carp seed centre at Deoli, ₹8.37cr potential
Gaps the plan names
- No cold storage in Bilaspur district — only one government food-processing unit at Nihari; fruit, flower and vegetable produce must be sold immediately at low local prices
- Only 7.03% of cultivated land (13.43% of sown area) is irrigated; minor-irrigation schemes need to be made functional and lift-irrigation unit costs are high
- Weak organised marketing and shortage of good-quality seed inputs; famed hill potato is bought cheaply by middlemen while premium chips-grade demand goes unmet elsewhere
- Low credit-deposit ratio (24-26% vs RBI's 60% norm) over three years; a CD-ratio sub-committee has been formed
- MSMEs (net worth below ₹10cr) cannot access capital markets, lack bargaining power and borrow at above-PLR rates; industrial plots lack power, water and internal roads
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What the plan promotes
- Crop credit dominates with ₹338.01cr potential across maize (27,511 ha), wheat (25,803 ha) and paddy; farmers increasingly shifting to ginger, potato, tomato and capsicum
- Plantation & horticulture (₹39.83cr) on 8,398 ha of orchards — mango, litchi, kinnow/citrus, pomegranate, plus 504 sqm polyhouses, aloe vera, aromatic plants and mushroom
- Dairy is the leading allied activity (₹26.76cr) with 478,880 livestock; Kamdhenu Hitkari Manch FPO at Namhol collects 35,000 litres/day and runs a ₹12cr milk/cattle-feed infra, won the 2021 Gopal Ratna Award
- Farm mechanisation ₹23.25cr — power tillers, maize shellers, power sprayers and second-hand tractors suited to small hill holdings
- MSME is the biggest sector at ₹488.95cr; ACC Group runs two units on 24.6 lakh-tonne/year cement-grade limestone; industrial areas at Bilaspur (98 bigha) and IIDC Gwalthai near Nangal (41 units producing)
- Fisheries around the 24,000-ha Gobindsagar reservoir (Bhakra) — 33 fishermen cooperatives, 2,496 members, 1,750 licensed fishers; mirror-carp seed centre at Deoli, ₹8.37cr potential
Gaps the plan names
- No cold storage in Bilaspur district — only one government food-processing unit at Nihari; fruit, flower and vegetable produce must be sold immediately at low local prices
- Only 7.03% of cultivated land (13.43% of sown area) is irrigated; minor-irrigation schemes need to be made functional and lift-irrigation unit costs are high
- Weak organised marketing and shortage of good-quality seed inputs; famed hill potato is bought cheaply by middlemen while premium chips-grade demand goes unmet elsewhere
- Low credit-deposit ratio (24-26% vs RBI's 60% norm) over three years; a CD-ratio sub-committee has been formed
- MSMEs (net worth below ₹10cr) cannot access capital markets, lack bargaining power and borrow at above-PLR rates; industrial plots lack power, water and internal roads
Value-chain gaps
Money this district loses today
Raw output sold cheap, value added elsewhere — each gap below is an opening for a local business.
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