Kasaragodകാസർഗോഡ്
13.1 lakh people. Larger than Mauritius, Fiji, or Cyprus. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 13,07,375 (13.1 lakh)
- Area
- 1,992 km²
- Headquarters
- Kasaragod
- Established
- 1984
₹6,882 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Kasaragod.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Kasaragod · PLP 2023-24
₹6,882 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹3,101 cr
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹1,009 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹841 cr
Housing
₹731 cr
NABARD's Potential Linked Credit Plan for Kasaragod (2023-24) sizes the district's bankable opportunity at ₹6,881.61 crore. Agriculture and allied activities dominate at about 64% (₹4,422.41 crore), while MSME makes up around 15% (₹1,008.90 crore) and housing adds ₹731.12 crore.
For an entrepreneur, three clusters stand out. First, the plantation economy: coconut covers 42% of cropped land (65,999 ha) and the district leads Kerala in arecanut and ranks second in cashew - plantation and horticulture term lending alone is ₹348.24 crore, with clear openings in replanting senile palms, drying platforms for arecanut/coconut/rubber, and a ₹118.65 crore food and agro-processing line. Second, allied farming worth ₹187 crore across dairy, poultry and goat rearing, plus a fisheries play along the 80 km coast and 3,248 ha of brackish water (mussel farming is a local speciality). Third, MSME, where ₹637.60 crore of working capital and ₹371.30 crore of term loans await in an industrially backward district ripe for agro-based small units.
The PLP's own complaint: Kasaragod is Kerala's most water-stressed district, with four of six blocks under critical groundwater stress and 2-3 months of water shortage every year. It also flags missing cold storage and deep-freezing for fish and meat, too few hatcheries, weak agro-processing infrastructure, and RIDF gaps in irrigation, roads, drinking water and soil conservation.
What the plan promotes
- Coconut is the anchor crop, grown on nearly 42% of the gross cropped area (65,999 ha, 63,303 MT) - replanting and rejuvenation of old/senile palms plus intercropping and integrated farming are the PLP's flagged income-lifting opportunity.
- Kasaragod leads Kerala in arecanut (20,764 ha, ~21.7% of state area, 44,814 MT, yield 2127 kg/ha) and ranks second in cashew (7,027 ha) - plantation & horticulture term lending sized at ₹348.24 cr.
- Build on-farm drying platforms for arecanut, coconut and rubber, and set up hatchery units for poultry and fisheries - named thrust interventions in the executive summary.
- Food and agro-processing is a ₹118.65 cr opportunity in an industrially backward district with ample scope for agro-based small-scale units under AIF, AHIDF, PMFME and the One-lakh-MSME drive.
- Dairy, poultry and goat farming plus apiculture are the major allied activities; animal-husbandry term loans total ₹187 cr (dairy ₹136.88 cr, poultry ₹46.70 cr, sheep-goat-piggery ₹50.85 cr).
- Fisheries potential from an 80 km coast (Trikaripur to Bangara-Manjeswar), 3,248 ha of brackish water, 12 rivers and estuaries; mussel farming in the backwaters is a peculiar local strength (fish production 63,000 MT).
Gaps the plan names
- Severe water stress for 2-3 months a year despite 2300+ mm rainfall; Kasaragod block is 'Critical' and four of six blocks are critical/semi-critical on groundwater - the district is the most water-stressed in Kerala, so drip irrigation and water-resource development need priority.
- Inadequate storage and deep-freezing facilities for fish and meat products, and a shortage of on-farm drying platforms for arecanut, coconut and rubber.
- Lack of hatchery units for the poultry and fisheries sectors, constraining allied-activity expansion.
- District is industrially backward with weak agro-processing infrastructure, limiting value addition to its coconut, arecanut and cashew output.
- Critical state-level infrastructure gaps flagged under RIDF: irrigation, soil conservation, rural connectivity (roads), drinking water, health and education.
See the plan's recommendations
What the plan promotes
- Coconut is the anchor crop, grown on nearly 42% of the gross cropped area (65,999 ha, 63,303 MT) - replanting and rejuvenation of old/senile palms plus intercropping and integrated farming are the PLP's flagged income-lifting opportunity.
- Kasaragod leads Kerala in arecanut (20,764 ha, ~21.7% of state area, 44,814 MT, yield 2127 kg/ha) and ranks second in cashew (7,027 ha) - plantation & horticulture term lending sized at ₹348.24 cr.
- Build on-farm drying platforms for arecanut, coconut and rubber, and set up hatchery units for poultry and fisheries - named thrust interventions in the executive summary.
- Food and agro-processing is a ₹118.65 cr opportunity in an industrially backward district with ample scope for agro-based small-scale units under AIF, AHIDF, PMFME and the One-lakh-MSME drive.
- Dairy, poultry and goat farming plus apiculture are the major allied activities; animal-husbandry term loans total ₹187 cr (dairy ₹136.88 cr, poultry ₹46.70 cr, sheep-goat-piggery ₹50.85 cr).
- Fisheries potential from an 80 km coast (Trikaripur to Bangara-Manjeswar), 3,248 ha of brackish water, 12 rivers and estuaries; mussel farming in the backwaters is a peculiar local strength (fish production 63,000 MT).
Gaps the plan names
- Severe water stress for 2-3 months a year despite 2300+ mm rainfall; Kasaragod block is 'Critical' and four of six blocks are critical/semi-critical on groundwater - the district is the most water-stressed in Kerala, so drip irrigation and water-resource development need priority.
- Inadequate storage and deep-freezing facilities for fish and meat products, and a shortage of on-farm drying platforms for arecanut, coconut and rubber.
- Lack of hatchery units for the poultry and fisheries sectors, constraining allied-activity expansion.
- District is industrially backward with weak agro-processing infrastructure, limiting value addition to its coconut, arecanut and cashew output.
- Critical state-level infrastructure gaps flagged under RIDF: irrigation, soil conservation, rural connectivity (roads), drinking water, health and education.
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About Kasaragod
Kasaragod district (Malayalam: [kaːsɐrɡoːɖɨ̆] is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 9 km south to Ullal, which is the southernmost portion of the major port city Mangalore, on the southwestern Malabar coast of India.
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