Lateharलातेहार
7.27 lakh people. Larger than Luxembourg, Malta, or the Maldives. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 7,26,978 (7.27 lakh)
- Area
- 3,660 km²
- Headquarters
- Latehar
₹343 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Latehar.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Latehar · PLP 2023-24
₹343 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹154 cr
MSME
₹98 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹48 cr
Housing
₹13 cr
Latehar (Palamau division, Jharkhand) has a NABARD 2023-24 credit potential of about ₹343 crore. Farming dominates: agriculture is roughly ₹219 crore (about 64%) and small businesses (MSME) about ₹98 crore (29%), with housing (₹12.75 cr), the informal-credit/other-priority segment (₹7.91 cr), education (₹4.25 cr) and tiny social-infrastructure and renewable-energy slices making up the rest. There is no export-credit potential.
The single biggest opportunity is crop farming at ₹154 crore — paddy is the main crop, but tomato, chilli, cauliflower, brinjal and french bean already travel to Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Kolkata and Varanasi. Allied farm activities add ₹48 crore, led by dairy (₹12.29 cr) around a 2000-litre/day chilling plant, farm machinery (₹11.33 cr), goat/pig rearing (₹7.29 cr) and horticulture (₹6.43 cr, mango, guava, cashew, jackfruit). Food and agro-processing (₹5.48 cr) and the wider MSME base — mini rice mills, cold stores, vegetable grading/packing, bamboo and clay crafts — round out the picture, alongside coal and bauxite mining.
The plan's own warnings: only about 19% of farmland is irrigated, there is no poultry-feed plant, only 5 FPOs operate, government nurseries are too small, and Kisan Credit Card coverage (32,773 cards) and the 34.62% credit-deposit ratio both need lifting.
What the plan promotes
- Paddy is the single dominant crop; district also grows wheat, maize (Marua/millet), pulses and oilseeds (groundnut, arhar), with large-scale vegetables (tomato, chilli, cauliflower, brinjal, french bean, peas) sent to Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Kolkata and Varanasi
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing carries the largest PLP potential at ₹154.26 cr; overall agriculture term-loan (allied) potential is ₹48.00 cr
- Dairy potential ₹12.29 cr around a ~2000 litre/day BMC plant at three locations linked to milk collection centres; per-capita milk only ~147 g/day, well below state (177 g) and national (394 g)
- Poultry demand rising fast (potential ₹2.15 cr) with most units in Latehar block, but no poultry-feed plant in the district — farmer training and a feed plant flagged as needs
- Fisheries potential ₹1.15 cr; a private-sector fish-seed raising centre with brooder ponds, breeding pool and hatchery exists; 2021-22 fish output ~8100 MT
- Horticulture is commercially promising — mango, guava, jackfruit, custard apple, cashew, tamarind; NGO MESO under the tribal welfare dept has built a mango/guava plantation model benefiting tribal women; 5 FPOs operating in the district
Gaps the plan names
- Irrigation is the key constraint — only about 19% of cultivated area is irrigated (rainfall-dependent), leaving farmers to grow a single paddy crop; drip and mini-sprinkler covered just 232.34 ha in 2021-22
- No poultry-feed plant in the district, forcing poultry farmers to source feed from outside; proper farmer training in poultry also lacking
- Land is largely red laterite and shallow; tanr (upland) is covered with moram, forest and stone, so soil-quality improvement, dry-land farming, land levelling and water-conservation structures are needed
- Only 5 FPOs currently operate; market committees exist but need FPO outlets to help farmers market their produce
- Government nurseries need higher production capacity to support commercial flower and fruit cultivation; district is well placed on Lohardaga-Ranchi and Rourkela routes for supply
See the plan's recommendations
What the plan promotes
- Paddy is the single dominant crop; district also grows wheat, maize (Marua/millet), pulses and oilseeds (groundnut, arhar), with large-scale vegetables (tomato, chilli, cauliflower, brinjal, french bean, peas) sent to Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Kolkata and Varanasi
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing carries the largest PLP potential at ₹154.26 cr; overall agriculture term-loan (allied) potential is ₹48.00 cr
- Dairy potential ₹12.29 cr around a ~2000 litre/day BMC plant at three locations linked to milk collection centres; per-capita milk only ~147 g/day, well below state (177 g) and national (394 g)
- Poultry demand rising fast (potential ₹2.15 cr) with most units in Latehar block, but no poultry-feed plant in the district — farmer training and a feed plant flagged as needs
- Fisheries potential ₹1.15 cr; a private-sector fish-seed raising centre with brooder ponds, breeding pool and hatchery exists; 2021-22 fish output ~8100 MT
- Horticulture is commercially promising — mango, guava, jackfruit, custard apple, cashew, tamarind; NGO MESO under the tribal welfare dept has built a mango/guava plantation model benefiting tribal women; 5 FPOs operating in the district
Gaps the plan names
- Irrigation is the key constraint — only about 19% of cultivated area is irrigated (rainfall-dependent), leaving farmers to grow a single paddy crop; drip and mini-sprinkler covered just 232.34 ha in 2021-22
- No poultry-feed plant in the district, forcing poultry farmers to source feed from outside; proper farmer training in poultry also lacking
- Land is largely red laterite and shallow; tanr (upland) is covered with moram, forest and stone, so soil-quality improvement, dry-land farming, land levelling and water-conservation structures are needed
- Only 5 FPOs currently operate; market committees exist but need FPO outlets to help farmers market their produce
- Government nurseries need higher production capacity to support commercial flower and fruit cultivation; district is well placed on Lohardaga-Ranchi and Rourkela routes for supply
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Raw output sold cheap, value added elsewhere — each gap below is an opening for a local business.
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About Latehar
Latehar district is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India, and Latehar town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is part of Palamu division.
Source: Wikipedia — Latehar district
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