Rajgarhराजगढ़
15.5 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 15,45,814 (15.5 lakh)
- Area
- 6,154 km²
- Headquarters
- Rajgarh
₹6,207 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Rajgarh.
Source: NABARD PLP 2024-25
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NABARD's plan for Rajgarh · PLP 2024-25
₹6,207 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹3,202 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹1,251 cr
MSME
₹767 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹526 cr
Rajgarh district's NABARD credit plan for 2024-25 sees about ₹6,207 crore of lending potential, up nearly 22% on last year. Farming dominates: roughly ₹5,197 crore (84%) is for agriculture and only ₹767 crore (about 9%) for small businesses (MSME), a sign of how little industry the district has.
The single biggest opportunity is crop loans at ₹3,202 crore — half the whole plan — built on soybean in the monsoon season and wheat in winter, with 82% of farmland irrigated. After that, the money to build and equip farms (term loans of ₹1,251 crore) is led by farm machinery (₹385 crore), irrigation/water works (₹328 crore) and dairy (₹202 crore), backed by 372 dairy cooperatives. Goat, sheep and pig rearing add ₹116 crore.
There is real room in food and agro processing (₹217 crore) and in rural godowns and market yards (₹152 crore) — Rajgarh grows plenty of pulses, oilseeds and vegetables but lacks places to process and store them.
The plan's own warnings: too few processing units, weak farm-advice services, and milk-collection gaps in villages the Sanchi dairy doesn't reach. It also flags missing cold storage, godowns, soil-testing labs, better roads and steady industrial power as things the district must fix to actually use this credit.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production is the single biggest opportunity at ₹3202.41 cr (49% of the plan); the district grows soybean in kharif and wheat in rabi, with 3.65 lakh ha (82% of net sown area) under irrigation.
- Farm mechanisation leads agri term lending at ₹384.88 cr, followed by water resources/irrigation at ₹328.30 cr.
- Dairy is the largest livestock opportunity at ₹201.75 cr — there are 372 dairy cooperative societies and milk output of 331.54 thousand litres/day; gaps remain where Sanchi (Bhopal Dugdh Sangh) does not yet collect milk.
- Sheep, goat and pig rearing carries ₹115.84 cr and poultry ₹28.94 cr of potential, backed by 1.88 lakh goats and 25 poultry hatcheries in the district.
- Plantation, horticulture and sericulture together hold ₹131.85 cr; pulses, oilseeds and horticulture output has grown strongly but lacks processing capacity.
- Food and agro processing offers ₹217.15 cr — the PLP urges small food-processing units under the Agriculture and Horticulture department schemes, with 4 food-processing units (25,000 MT) and 3 agro-processing units (12,000 MT) already operating.
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate food-processing capacity — pulses, oilseeds and horticulture output has risen but farmers do not get fair prices for want of processing units; the PLP recommends promoting small food-processing units under department schemes.
- Weak extension support and too few Krishi Mitras to give farmers agronomic advice.
- Milk-collection gaps — villages outside Sanchi (Bhopal Dugdh Sangh) reach lack panchayat-level milk collection centres; banks, the Animal Husbandry department and the milk union should set them up.
- Critical infrastructure shortfalls the state should fix: a soil-testing lab in every block, stronger extension networks, better farm machinery adoption, improved animal-health care, more milk routes, poultry/fish hatcheries and fish markets, road-network upgrades and reliable industrial power supply.
- Privately-financed infrastructure still missing — godowns, micro-godowns and cold storage need to be set up with bank financing taking an active role.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production is the single biggest opportunity at ₹3202.41 cr (49% of the plan); the district grows soybean in kharif and wheat in rabi, with 3.65 lakh ha (82% of net sown area) under irrigation.
- Farm mechanisation leads agri term lending at ₹384.88 cr, followed by water resources/irrigation at ₹328.30 cr.
- Dairy is the largest livestock opportunity at ₹201.75 cr — there are 372 dairy cooperative societies and milk output of 331.54 thousand litres/day; gaps remain where Sanchi (Bhopal Dugdh Sangh) does not yet collect milk.
- Sheep, goat and pig rearing carries ₹115.84 cr and poultry ₹28.94 cr of potential, backed by 1.88 lakh goats and 25 poultry hatcheries in the district.
- Plantation, horticulture and sericulture together hold ₹131.85 cr; pulses, oilseeds and horticulture output has grown strongly but lacks processing capacity.
- Food and agro processing offers ₹217.15 cr — the PLP urges small food-processing units under the Agriculture and Horticulture department schemes, with 4 food-processing units (25,000 MT) and 3 agro-processing units (12,000 MT) already operating.
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate food-processing capacity — pulses, oilseeds and horticulture output has risen but farmers do not get fair prices for want of processing units; the PLP recommends promoting small food-processing units under department schemes.
- Weak extension support and too few Krishi Mitras to give farmers agronomic advice.
- Milk-collection gaps — villages outside Sanchi (Bhopal Dugdh Sangh) reach lack panchayat-level milk collection centres; banks, the Animal Husbandry department and the milk union should set them up.
- Critical infrastructure shortfalls the state should fix: a soil-testing lab in every block, stronger extension networks, better farm machinery adoption, improved animal-health care, more milk routes, poultry/fish hatcheries and fish markets, road-network upgrades and reliable industrial power supply.
- Privately-financed infrastructure still missing — godowns, micro-godowns and cold storage need to be set up with bank financing taking an active role.
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 Rajgarh
Rajgarh district is a district of Madhya Pradesh in central India. The city of Rajgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district. The old name of Rajgarh was Jhanjhanipur. Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh is one of the aspirational districts selected by Government of India. The district has an area of 6,154 km2 and the population is 1,545,814. The district lies on the northern edge of the Malwa plateau, and the Parbati River forms the eastern boundary of the district, while the Kali Sindh River forms the western boundary. The district has seven tehsils, Rajgarh, Khilchipur, Jirapur, Biaora, Narsinghgarh, Sarangpur and Pachore. The district is bounded by Rajasthan state to the north, and by the districts of Guna to the northeast, Bhopal to the east, Sehore to the southeast, and Shajapur to the south and west. It is part of Bhopal Division. There are 1728 villages in Rajgarh.
Source: Wikipedia — Rajgarh district
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