Lohardagaलोहरदग्गा
4.62 lakh people. Larger than Brunei, Iceland, or the Seychelles. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 4,61,790 (4.62 lakh)
- Area
- 1,491 km²
- Headquarters
- Lohardaga
₹531 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Lohardaga.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Lohardaga · PLP 2023-24
₹531 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹218 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹171 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹76 cr
Informal credit delivery system
₹25 cr
Lohardaga's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sizes up about ₹531 crore of lending potential across the district. Farming is the biggest piece at roughly 51% (₹270 crore), with small businesses (MSME) close behind at about 41% (₹218 crore) and home loans around 3% (₹15 crore). This is a small, largely tribal district where about 85% of people depend on farming.
The single largest opportunity is regular crop loans at ₹171 crore — mostly paddy, plus wheat, maize, pulses, oilseeds and a fast-growing vegetable trade (tomato, chilli, brinjal, French bean) that already ships to Ranchi, Rourkela, Kolkata and nearby states. On the term-loan side, the plan points to dairy (₹13.3 crore) built on eight bulk-milk-cooler plants and 67 collection centres, fisheries (₹15.2 crore), farm mechanisation (₹16.3 crore) and poultry (₹8.0 crore) run through the Kuru-block cooperative network. Horticulture (mango, guava, cashew) and upland millet also stand out — this being the International Year of Millets, madua cultivation could double. Fifteen active FPOs can cut input costs for members.
The plan's own flagged gaps: only about a quarter of cropped land is irrigated, there is no poultry-feed plant in the district, the laterite/acidic soil needs improvement, government nurseries are too small, and Kisan Credit Card coverage (35,578 farmers) needs widening.
What the plan promotes
- Vegetables are a major cluster: tomato, chilli, cauliflower, brinjal, French bean, pea etc. grown on a large scale and shipped to Ranchi, Rourkela, Jamshedpur, Kolkata and neighbouring states (Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal)
- Dairy: about 20,000 litres/day capacity across 8 BMC plants linked to 67 milk collection centres (MPPs) run by dairy societies; per-capita milk availability ~125 g/day (below the state 177 and national 394 g/day averages)
- Poultry: fast-growing state demand met through the cooperative network in Kuru block, promoting poultry hatchery at scale; most units in Kuru and Lohardaga blocks, but no poultry-feed plant exists in the district
- Fisheries: 3 private fish-seed raising centres with brood/breeding/hatchery pools (one run by Avirat Gramin in Maradih village, Kuru block); district produced 5100 MT of fish in 2021-22
- Horticulture on laterite/'tanr' upland: mango, guava, jackfruit, custard-apple plus cashew and tamarind; NGO MESO ran a tribal-women mango & guava plantation model under National Horticulture Mission
- Millet (ragi/madua): being the International Year of Millets, upland madua cultivation (755 ha in 2021-22) can be doubled
Gaps the plan names
- Only about 23% of the district's cropped area has irrigation (43% of total farmed land per district profile); irrigation is mainly from rivers, canals, wells and ponds and needs major expansion
- No poultry-feed plant exists in the district, hampering poultry expansion; farmer training arrangements are also inadequate
- Soil is largely red laterite and acidic; upland ('tanr') is stony/forest-covered, so soil quality must be improved (e.g. vermicompost) for reliable vegetable and crop yields
- Government nursery production capacity is low and needs to be raised to support commercial floriculture and horticulture expansion
- KCC coverage needs widening: only 35,578 farmers held Kisan Credit Card loans as on 31 March 2022
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What the plan promotes
- Vegetables are a major cluster: tomato, chilli, cauliflower, brinjal, French bean, pea etc. grown on a large scale and shipped to Ranchi, Rourkela, Jamshedpur, Kolkata and neighbouring states (Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal)
- Dairy: about 20,000 litres/day capacity across 8 BMC plants linked to 67 milk collection centres (MPPs) run by dairy societies; per-capita milk availability ~125 g/day (below the state 177 and national 394 g/day averages)
- Poultry: fast-growing state demand met through the cooperative network in Kuru block, promoting poultry hatchery at scale; most units in Kuru and Lohardaga blocks, but no poultry-feed plant exists in the district
- Fisheries: 3 private fish-seed raising centres with brood/breeding/hatchery pools (one run by Avirat Gramin in Maradih village, Kuru block); district produced 5100 MT of fish in 2021-22
- Horticulture on laterite/'tanr' upland: mango, guava, jackfruit, custard-apple plus cashew and tamarind; NGO MESO ran a tribal-women mango & guava plantation model under National Horticulture Mission
- Millet (ragi/madua): being the International Year of Millets, upland madua cultivation (755 ha in 2021-22) can be doubled
Gaps the plan names
- Only about 23% of the district's cropped area has irrigation (43% of total farmed land per district profile); irrigation is mainly from rivers, canals, wells and ponds and needs major expansion
- No poultry-feed plant exists in the district, hampering poultry expansion; farmer training arrangements are also inadequate
- Soil is largely red laterite and acidic; upland ('tanr') is stony/forest-covered, so soil quality must be improved (e.g. vermicompost) for reliable vegetable and crop yields
- Government nursery production capacity is low and needs to be raised to support commercial floriculture and horticulture expansion
- KCC coverage needs widening: only 35,578 farmers held Kisan Credit Card loans as on 31 March 2022
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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About Lohardaga
Lohardaga district is one of the twenty-four districts of the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district is named after the town of Lohardaga, the administrative headquarters of the district. The district was created from a portion of Ranchi district in 1983.
Source: Wikipedia — Lohardaga district
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