Dumkaदुमका
13.2 lakh people. Larger than Mauritius, Fiji, or Cyprus. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 13,21,442 (13.2 lakh)
- Area
- 3,716 km²
- Headquarters
- Dumka
₹883 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Dumka.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Dumka · PLP 2023-24
₹883 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹335 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹316 cr
Other priority sector
₹70 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹69 cr
Dumka's 2023-24 NABARD credit plan sees Rs 883.27 crore of lending potential, up 27.4% on last year. Farming and its allied trades make up Rs 430.85 crore (about 49%) and small industry (MSME) is nearly as large at Rs 335.25 crore, together forming the backbone of the plan.
The biggest single opportunity is crop finance at Rs 315.53 crore on a mostly rain-fed, paddy-dominated base (jowar, maize, wheat and pulses too). Farm mechanisation (Rs 32.13 crore) is the largest term-loan line, with a plan to set up an equipment bank in every block. Food and agro-processing is a clear white space at Rs 17.30 crore — 154 flour mills, 49 mini rice/oil/dal mills and 50 chura-murhi units — with Ramgarh, Saraiyahat and Dumka blocks growing roughly 15,000 tonnes of tomato and other vegetables that spoil for lack of processing. Dairy (Rs 14.18 crore) is promising around Basukinath pilgrimage town, where khoa and peda sell year-round but there is no milk plant. On the non-farm side, MSME clusters center on wood furniture, handicrafts and three Jharcraft weaver clusters, and pilgrim tourism at Baba Basukinath adds steady demand.
The plan's own warnings are blunt: no milk-processing or cold-storage unit exists, grain rots for want of godowns (it suggests at least a 500-tonne godown per panchayat), fruit and vegetable processing is missing, irrigation is weak, and industrial units face poor power and roads.
What the plan promotes
- Crop-production credit of Rs 315.53cr on a mostly rain-fed, single-crop base; paddy is the flagship crop with SRI (Shri Vidhi) method promoted by NABARD and the state (2020-21 target 14,870 ha, achieved 1,757 ha)
- Farm mechanisation is the biggest agri term-loan line at Rs 32.13cr, with a plan for an agri-equipment (implement) bank in every block
- Dairy development Rs 14.18cr plus khoa/peda demand year-round (peak in Shravan) at Basukinath pilgrimage town — but no milk-processing unit exists, so raw material is brought in from outside
- Horticulture / plantation Rs 4.77cr under Integrated Horticulture Development Mission (MIDH); mango, guava, jamun, papaya, lemon suited to 22,963 ha cultivable wasteland + 25,899 ha fallow land
- Food & agro-processing Rs 17.30cr covering 154 flour mills, 49 mini rice/oil/dal mills and 50 chura-murhi mills; Ramgarh, Saraiyahat and Dumka blocks grow ~15,000 MT tomato and heavy vegetables that spoil for want of processing
- MSME cluster of Rs 335.25cr around wood furniture, handicrafts and three NABARD-funded Jharcraft weaver clusters; District Industries Centre has trained a 20-weaver group with a production centre selling through Jharcraft
Gaps the plan names
- No milk-processing / cold-storage unit in the district: most milk is sold through the unorganised sector and peda-makers import raw material; a dairy processing plant via the Dairy Entrepreneurship Development programme is needed
- Severe shortage of storage: grain rots for want of godowns; PLP suggests building at least a 500 MT-capacity godown at panchayat level
- Fruit & vegetable processing gap: ~15,000 MT tomato and large mahua/vegetable output in Ramgarh/Saraiyahat/Dumka sold at throwaway prices; needs a private processing plant and common facility centre for grading, sorting and packing at district/block HQ
- Weak irrigation and land/water conservation: heavy dependence on rain, groundwater to support ~22,000 dug-wells and 5,000 tube-wells; needs check dams, canal desilting/lining and RIDF/PMKSY-funded schemes
- Poultry & goat breeding gaps: high day-old-chick prices and absence of goat-breeding and disease-testing centres force reliance on facilities outside the district; hatcheries and agri-clinic/agri-business support needed
See the plan's recommendations
What the plan promotes
- Crop-production credit of Rs 315.53cr on a mostly rain-fed, single-crop base; paddy is the flagship crop with SRI (Shri Vidhi) method promoted by NABARD and the state (2020-21 target 14,870 ha, achieved 1,757 ha)
- Farm mechanisation is the biggest agri term-loan line at Rs 32.13cr, with a plan for an agri-equipment (implement) bank in every block
- Dairy development Rs 14.18cr plus khoa/peda demand year-round (peak in Shravan) at Basukinath pilgrimage town — but no milk-processing unit exists, so raw material is brought in from outside
- Horticulture / plantation Rs 4.77cr under Integrated Horticulture Development Mission (MIDH); mango, guava, jamun, papaya, lemon suited to 22,963 ha cultivable wasteland + 25,899 ha fallow land
- Food & agro-processing Rs 17.30cr covering 154 flour mills, 49 mini rice/oil/dal mills and 50 chura-murhi mills; Ramgarh, Saraiyahat and Dumka blocks grow ~15,000 MT tomato and heavy vegetables that spoil for want of processing
- MSME cluster of Rs 335.25cr around wood furniture, handicrafts and three NABARD-funded Jharcraft weaver clusters; District Industries Centre has trained a 20-weaver group with a production centre selling through Jharcraft
Gaps the plan names
- No milk-processing / cold-storage unit in the district: most milk is sold through the unorganised sector and peda-makers import raw material; a dairy processing plant via the Dairy Entrepreneurship Development programme is needed
- Severe shortage of storage: grain rots for want of godowns; PLP suggests building at least a 500 MT-capacity godown at panchayat level
- Fruit & vegetable processing gap: ~15,000 MT tomato and large mahua/vegetable output in Ramgarh/Saraiyahat/Dumka sold at throwaway prices; needs a private processing plant and common facility centre for grading, sorting and packing at district/block HQ
- Weak irrigation and land/water conservation: heavy dependence on rain, groundwater to support ~22,000 dug-wells and 5,000 tube-wells; needs check dams, canal desilting/lining and RIDF/PMKSY-funded schemes
- Poultry & goat breeding gaps: high day-old-chick prices and absence of goat-breeding and disease-testing centres force reliance on facilities outside the district; hatcheries and agri-clinic/agri-business support needed
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About Dumka
Dumka district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Dumka is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district covers an area of 3716.02 km2. This district has a population of 1,321,442 .Dumka district is located in eastern part of Jharkhand.
Source: Wikipedia — Dumka district
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