Tikamgarhटीकमगढ़
14.5 lakh people. Larger than Estonia, Mauritius, or Fiji. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 14,45,166 (14.5 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Tikamgarh
₹1,032 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Tikamgarh.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Tikamgarh · PLP 2023-24
₹1,032 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹410 cr
MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)
₹309 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹172 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹84 cr
Tikamgarh's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sizes the total lending opportunity at about ₹1,032 crore. Farming dominates: roughly ₹683 crore (about two-thirds) sits in agriculture and allied lines, while small businesses (MSME) account for ₹309 crore (about 30%), and the rest goes to housing, education, renewable energy and social infrastructure.
The biggest single opportunity is everyday crop loans for growing, storing and selling produce — ₹409.55 crore (39.68% of the whole plan) — built on wheat, which covers 215,057 hectares (93% of the winter-sown area), alongside gram, urad, soybean, sesame, mustard and groundnut. After that come orchards and equipment: fruit, horticulture and silk-rearing at ₹57 crore, farm machinery at ₹45 crore, and irrigation and water works at ₹28.72 crore. Livestock adds up too — poultry ₹14.94 crore, dairy ₹13.28 crore and fisheries ₹4.71 crore. On the business side, MSME demand leans towards term/capital loans (₹220.56 crore) over working capital (₹88.22 crore), notable for a district counted among India's 250 most backward.
The plan is candid about what holds Tikamgarh back: too few farmers hold Kisan Credit Cards, there is not enough crop storage, every block still needs a soil-testing lab, milk routes and fish/poultry hatcheries are missing, power to industry is unreliable and the road network is patchy. It urges banks to tie their lending to government schemes to actually unlock this potential.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing is the single biggest credit line at ₹409.55 cr (39.68% of the plan); Tikamgarh sits in the Bundelkhand belt with 4 blocks, 682 villages and gross cropped area ~456,450 ha, where wheat alone covers 215,057 ha (93% of rabi area) at 2,995 kg/ha and an MSP of ₹1,925/quintal.
- MSME is the second-largest sector at ₹308.78 cr (29.91% of the plan), weighted heavily towards capital/term loans (₹220.56 cr) over working capital (₹88.22 cr) — important in a district officially listed among India's 250 most backward (since 2006).
- Plantation, horticulture and sericulture (silk) carry ₹57.01 cr of term-loan potential — the largest allied line — built on guava (amrood), amla and ginger, which the PLP flags as thrust crops to diversify away from grain.
- Farm mechanisation (₹45.06 cr) and water resources/irrigation (₹28.72 cr) are large term-loan opportunities; ~61.57% of net sown area is irrigated, leaving headroom for pump/borewell, drip and equipment finance.
- Livestock lending spans poultry ₹14.94 cr, dairy ₹13.28 cr, fisheries ₹4.71 cr and sheep-goat-piggery ₹3.15 cr; the district has ~223k cattle, ~230k buffalo and ~245k goats, and dairy plus goat-rearing are named priority plans.
- Food and agro processing has ₹10.29 cr of potential, supporting value-addition on wheat, pulses (gram, urad), oilseeds (soybean, sesame, mustard, groundnut) and the district's fruit and vegetable output (onion, potato).
Gaps the plan names
- Low Kisan Credit Card crop-loan coverage — the PLP pushes to enrol all farmers under KCC so short-term crop credit actually reaches them.
- Inadequate crop-storage and warehousing capacity, with rural godowns, small godowns and cold storage flagged for private-investment-led bank finance.
- No soil-testing laboratory in every block — the plan calls for setting up block-level soil-testing labs and strengthening the agricultural extension network.
- Too few milk routes and missing poultry/fish hatcheries and fish markets, holding back dairy and allied livestock expansion.
- Weak rural power supply to industries and a patchy road network that the state is urged to upgrade to unlock credit potential.
See the plan's recommendations
What the plan promotes
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing is the single biggest credit line at ₹409.55 cr (39.68% of the plan); Tikamgarh sits in the Bundelkhand belt with 4 blocks, 682 villages and gross cropped area ~456,450 ha, where wheat alone covers 215,057 ha (93% of rabi area) at 2,995 kg/ha and an MSP of ₹1,925/quintal.
- MSME is the second-largest sector at ₹308.78 cr (29.91% of the plan), weighted heavily towards capital/term loans (₹220.56 cr) over working capital (₹88.22 cr) — important in a district officially listed among India's 250 most backward (since 2006).
- Plantation, horticulture and sericulture (silk) carry ₹57.01 cr of term-loan potential — the largest allied line — built on guava (amrood), amla and ginger, which the PLP flags as thrust crops to diversify away from grain.
- Farm mechanisation (₹45.06 cr) and water resources/irrigation (₹28.72 cr) are large term-loan opportunities; ~61.57% of net sown area is irrigated, leaving headroom for pump/borewell, drip and equipment finance.
- Livestock lending spans poultry ₹14.94 cr, dairy ₹13.28 cr, fisheries ₹4.71 cr and sheep-goat-piggery ₹3.15 cr; the district has ~223k cattle, ~230k buffalo and ~245k goats, and dairy plus goat-rearing are named priority plans.
- Food and agro processing has ₹10.29 cr of potential, supporting value-addition on wheat, pulses (gram, urad), oilseeds (soybean, sesame, mustard, groundnut) and the district's fruit and vegetable output (onion, potato).
Gaps the plan names
- Low Kisan Credit Card crop-loan coverage — the PLP pushes to enrol all farmers under KCC so short-term crop credit actually reaches them.
- Inadequate crop-storage and warehousing capacity, with rural godowns, small godowns and cold storage flagged for private-investment-led bank finance.
- No soil-testing laboratory in every block — the plan calls for setting up block-level soil-testing labs and strengthening the agricultural extension network.
- Too few milk routes and missing poultry/fish hatcheries and fish markets, holding back dairy and allied livestock expansion.
- Weak rural power supply to industries and a patchy road network that the state is urged to upgrade to unlock credit potential.
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 Tikamgarh
Tikamgarh district is one of the 55 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. Tikamgarh town is the district headquarters. The district is part of Sagar Division.
Source: Wikipedia — Tikamgarh district
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