Khandwaखांडवा
13.1 lakh people. Larger than Mauritius, Fiji, or Cyprus. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 13,10,061 (13.1 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Khandwa
₹3,950 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Khandwa.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Khandwa · PLP 2023-24
₹3,950 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,724 cr
MSME (micro, small & medium enterprises)
₹873 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹746 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹202 cr
Khandwa's 2023-24 NABARD credit plan sizes up about ₹3,949.54 crore of lending potential. Farming is the engine: agriculture and allied activities make up roughly ₹2,873 crore (about 73%), while micro, small and medium businesses (MSME) account for ₹872.50 crore (about 22%).
The biggest pool is everyday crop loans — ₹1,723.88 crore — for soybean, wheat, cotton, maize, gram and pigeon-pea grown across the district's 3.13 lakh hectares of kharif and 2.54 lakh hectares of rabi land. Dairy is the largest term-loan opportunity at ₹212 crore, followed by drip and sprinkler irrigation (₹206 crore), helped by new lift-irrigation projects in Harsud and Chhegaon Makhan and the Omkareshwar canal. A clear cluster is agro-processing (₹110.59 crore) — the district already runs 32 wheat, 28 soybean, 17 cotton-ginning and 8 dal units, and the plan points to soya milk, soya paneer, besan, spice powder and bakery lines, with one 148.74-hectare industrial estate at Ruddhi Bhavsinghpura. Omkareshwar (a Jyotirlinga) and Asia's first man-made island, Hanumantiya, add tourism upside.
The plan's own warnings: weak cold storage, grading and packing; poor-quality seed; no local poultry hatcheries and thin milk-collection routes (eggs come from Hyderabad and Ajmer); a serious lack of onion godowns; and many farmers still without Kisan Credit Cards.
What the plan promotes
- Crop credit of ₹1723.88 cr drives the plan — soybean, wheat, cotton, maize, gram and pigeon-pea on 3.13 lakh ha kharif and 2.54 lakh ha rabi, with 2.80 lakh ha under net irrigation.
- Dairy is the single biggest term-loan line at ₹212.01 cr; district livestock census shows ~2.05 lakh crossbred + 3.73 lakh indigenous cattle, plus goats and sheep.
- Lift-irrigation projects in Harsud and Chhegaon Makhan blocks plus Omkareshwar canal aim to add ~90,541 ha; NABARD wants banks to fund drip/sprinkler so farmers can double incomes (water-resources potential ₹206.22 cr).
- Agro-processing cluster opportunity worth ₹110.59 cr — 32 wheat, 28 soybean, 17 cotton (ginning), 8 dal and 1 dairy unit already run; PLP flags soya milk, soya paneer, soya badi, besan, maida, spice powder, bakery and confectionery units.
- NABARD has promoted 3 FPOs under PODF plus 2 more under the central scheme, with approval for 7 more; Satpura FPO has drawn working capital from NABKisan.
- Tribal Wadi project covered 200 tribal families this year with mango, custard-apple, lime and ber-on-kather horticulture plantings under SRIJAN.
Gaps the plan names
- Weak post-harvest infrastructure — shortage of grading, packing and cold-storage facilities and inadequate crop-protection services holds back the farm sector.
- Poor-quality seed; PLP urges strengthening farmer producer organisations to supply good-quality seed and provide extension services so input costs fall.
- No local poultry hatcheries and insufficient milk-collection/marketing (milk-route) infrastructure — eggs are imported from Hyderabad and Ajmer, and the PLP calls for promoting private fish and poultry hatcheries with easy bank finance.
- Severe shortage of onion storage/godowns; the horticulture department and others should incentivise storage so onion growers get fair prices.
- Many farmers still lack Kisan Credit Cards; banks and the agriculture department should issue land record pass-books and enrol the excluded; ACABC progress is slow (only 1,307 of 3,346 trained candidates set up business).
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What the plan promotes
- Crop credit of ₹1723.88 cr drives the plan — soybean, wheat, cotton, maize, gram and pigeon-pea on 3.13 lakh ha kharif and 2.54 lakh ha rabi, with 2.80 lakh ha under net irrigation.
- Dairy is the single biggest term-loan line at ₹212.01 cr; district livestock census shows ~2.05 lakh crossbred + 3.73 lakh indigenous cattle, plus goats and sheep.
- Lift-irrigation projects in Harsud and Chhegaon Makhan blocks plus Omkareshwar canal aim to add ~90,541 ha; NABARD wants banks to fund drip/sprinkler so farmers can double incomes (water-resources potential ₹206.22 cr).
- Agro-processing cluster opportunity worth ₹110.59 cr — 32 wheat, 28 soybean, 17 cotton (ginning), 8 dal and 1 dairy unit already run; PLP flags soya milk, soya paneer, soya badi, besan, maida, spice powder, bakery and confectionery units.
- NABARD has promoted 3 FPOs under PODF plus 2 more under the central scheme, with approval for 7 more; Satpura FPO has drawn working capital from NABKisan.
- Tribal Wadi project covered 200 tribal families this year with mango, custard-apple, lime and ber-on-kather horticulture plantings under SRIJAN.
Gaps the plan names
- Weak post-harvest infrastructure — shortage of grading, packing and cold-storage facilities and inadequate crop-protection services holds back the farm sector.
- Poor-quality seed; PLP urges strengthening farmer producer organisations to supply good-quality seed and provide extension services so input costs fall.
- No local poultry hatcheries and insufficient milk-collection/marketing (milk-route) infrastructure — eggs are imported from Hyderabad and Ajmer, and the PLP calls for promoting private fish and poultry hatcheries with easy bank finance.
- Severe shortage of onion storage/godowns; the horticulture department and others should incentivise storage so onion growers get fair prices.
- Many farmers still lack Kisan Credit Cards; banks and the agriculture department should issue land record pass-books and enrol the excluded; ACABC progress is slow (only 1,307 of 3,346 trained candidates set up business).
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 Khandwa
Khandwa district, formerly known as the East Nimar district, is a district of the Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Khandwa is the administrative headquarters of the district. Other notable towns in the district include Mundi, Harsud, Punasa, Pandhana and Omkareshwar.
Source: Wikipedia — Khandwa district
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