Khargoneखरगोन
18.7 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 18,73,046 (18.7 lakh)
- Area
- 8,030 km²
- Headquarters
- Khargone
₹8,565 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Khargone.
Source: NABARD PLP 2024-25
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NABARD's plan for Khargone · PLP 2024-25
₹8,565 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹4,641 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹1,508 cr
MSME
₹1,003 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹768 cr
Khargone district's 2024-25 credit plan sizes total priority-sector lending at about ₹8,565 crore. Farming dominates: agriculture and allied activities make up roughly ₹7,246 crore (about 85%), while small businesses (MSME) account for ₹1,003 crore. The rest is housing (₹219 cr), renewable energy (₹41 cr), social infrastructure (₹39 cr), and smaller amounts for education and exports.
The single biggest opportunity is ordinary crop loans — ₹4,641 crore, just over half the farm plan — for cotton, wheat, maize, chilli and gram on land that is already over 90% irrigated. Among longer-term farm investments, minor irrigation and water projects (₹792 cr) lead, helped by large NABARD-funded schemes set to water more than 3 lakh hectares. Dairy (₹313 cr) is a named focus area, with strong cattle and buffalo numbers and 322 dairy cooperatives. Farm mechanisation (₹180 cr) and warehousing/marketing (₹240 cr) round out the bigger lines, and Maheshwar's famous handloom weavers (500 organised into a producer body) point to a craft cluster worth backing.
The plan flags clear gaps for anyone investing here: too few extension and post-harvest facilities, a shortage of good milch animals and planting material, and — importantly for chilli growers — not enough cold storage and processing (just 4 cold stores today). Banking is thin in the Jhirniya and Bhagwanpura blocks, where new branches are planned.
What the plan promotes
- Cotton is the dominant cash crop alongside wheat, maize, chilli and gram; Khargone has 160 food-processing units and 123 agri-allied processing units to build value chains on.
- Crop loans alone carry ₹4640.90cr of credit potential (54% of the farm plan), with 91.72% of net sown area already irrigated.
- Water resources / minor irrigation is a ₹792.07cr term-loan opportunity, backed by NABARD's RIDF (₹3059cr) and LTIF (₹645cr) irrigation projects expected to bring water to ~1.70 lakh and ~1.50 lakh hectares.
- Dairy development is a thrust area with ₹313.09cr potential; the district has ~6.24 lakh indigenous and 14,427 crossbred cattle plus 2.74 lakh buffaloes, and 322 dairy cooperatives.
- Maheshwar is a noted handloom centre — NABARD's KCS-Po has organised 500 weavers of Maheshwar into a producer organisation.
- Farm mechanisation offers ₹180.40cr of term-loan potential as farmers modernise.
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate agricultural extension services across the district, limiting adoption of better practices and new technology.
- Lack of post-harvest handling facilities, quality seed and chemical fertiliser supply, and weak animal-health services constraining yields.
- Shortage of quality milch animals, calf-rearing and good planting material is holding back the untapped potential of the dairy, fruit and horticulture sectors.
- Insufficient cold storage and processing infrastructure for chilli (Mirchi) marketing, so farmers cannot capture fair value.
- Weak banking network in the two aspirational blocks (Jhirniya and Bhagwanpura), low credit-deposit ratios at SBI (47.40%) and PNB (48.90%) — these large banks must lift credit flow.
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What the plan promotes
- Cotton is the dominant cash crop alongside wheat, maize, chilli and gram; Khargone has 160 food-processing units and 123 agri-allied processing units to build value chains on.
- Crop loans alone carry ₹4640.90cr of credit potential (54% of the farm plan), with 91.72% of net sown area already irrigated.
- Water resources / minor irrigation is a ₹792.07cr term-loan opportunity, backed by NABARD's RIDF (₹3059cr) and LTIF (₹645cr) irrigation projects expected to bring water to ~1.70 lakh and ~1.50 lakh hectares.
- Dairy development is a thrust area with ₹313.09cr potential; the district has ~6.24 lakh indigenous and 14,427 crossbred cattle plus 2.74 lakh buffaloes, and 322 dairy cooperatives.
- Maheshwar is a noted handloom centre — NABARD's KCS-Po has organised 500 weavers of Maheshwar into a producer organisation.
- Farm mechanisation offers ₹180.40cr of term-loan potential as farmers modernise.
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate agricultural extension services across the district, limiting adoption of better practices and new technology.
- Lack of post-harvest handling facilities, quality seed and chemical fertiliser supply, and weak animal-health services constraining yields.
- Shortage of quality milch animals, calf-rearing and good planting material is holding back the untapped potential of the dairy, fruit and horticulture sectors.
- Insufficient cold storage and processing infrastructure for chilli (Mirchi) marketing, so farmers cannot capture fair value.
- Weak banking network in the two aspirational blocks (Jhirniya and Bhagwanpura), low credit-deposit ratios at SBI (47.40%) and PNB (48.90%) — these large banks must lift credit flow.
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 Khargone
Khargone district, formerly known as West Nimar district, is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district lies in the Nimar region and is part of the Indore Division. The district headquarters is the city of Khargone, which lies south of the Indore metropolis, the headquarters of Indore district.
Source: Wikipedia — Khargone district
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