Hathrasहाथरस
15.6 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 15,64,708 (15.6 lakh)
- Area
- 1,752 km²
- Headquarters
- Hathras
₹5,355 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Hathras.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Hathras · PLP 2023-24
₹5,355 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,763 cr
MSME
₹1,183 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹689 cr
Housing
₹160 cr
Hathras district's 2023-24 credit plan sizes up about Rs 5,354.67 crore of lending potential. Farming is the backbone at roughly Rs 3,743.94 crore (about 70%), while small business (MSME) is the next big block at Rs 1,182.76 crore (about 22%), split fairly evenly between term loans and working capital.
A few clusters stand out. Dairy is the district's main money-earner, with over 5.1 lakh milch animals and Rs 308.29 crore of term-loan room. Potato is the leading cash crop, and the district already runs 155 cold stores, so cold-chain and food/agro processing (Rs 137.49 crore) are ready to grow. On the industry side, Hathras is known for readymade garments, moonga-moti (bead/pearl) jewellery, handloom, heeng (asafoetida) and perfumed itra, all with export potential. The finished Aligarh-Hathras-Agra highway (NH-93) and the Delhi-Agra (Yamuna) expressway now connect blocks like Mursan and Sadabad straight to the Delhi market, opening room for new units in food processing and MSME.
The plan is frank about what holds the district back: too little storage capacity, middlemen skimming crop value before it reaches farmers, and farmers unaware of daily prices. It also flags shortages of quality seed, fertiliser, nurseries, veterinary and hatchery services, and reliable power, plus sodic land, falling groundwater and weak marketing for non-farm goods. Suggested fixes include reviving milk routes with wholesale chilling units, breed improvement, micro-irrigation and rural haats.
What the plan promotes
- Dairy is the district's leading economic activity with 518,265 milch animals (27,149 crossbred cows, 38,842 indigenous cows, 214,048 buffaloes), 21 veterinary hospitals and 45 AI centres; dairy carries the biggest agri term-loan potential at Rs 308.29 cr.
- Potato is the dominant cash crop; the district has 155 cold storages (capacity 1.35 crore MT) plus 3 government and 16 cooperative food godowns (29,232 MT), and cold-chain/agro-processing (Rs 137.49 cr) is a thrust area.
- Industry is strong: 42.6% of people depend on industrial activity; exports flow from readymade garments, moonga-moti (beads/pearl) jewellery, handloom, heeng (asafoetida) and perfumed itra, with MSME potential of Rs 1,182.76 cr.
- The District Industries Centre can develop clusters for moonga-moti, silver ornaments and handloom, which have good export potential.
- Connectivity is a growth driver: completion of the Delhi-Agra (Yamuna) expressway links nearby Mursan and Sadabad blocks to the Delhi market, and the Aligarh-Hathras-Agra national highway (NH-93) is complete, boosting scope for MSME, food processing and agro investment.
- Farm mechanisation is a priority with Rs 180.82 cr potential; PLP targets doubling farmer income via post-harvest technology, small farm machinery through JLGs and FPOs, and market linkage.
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate storage/warehousing capacity, weak financing by banks, and middlemen capturing crop value before it reaches farmers, plus farmer unawareness of daily cash-crop prices, hold back a transparent marketing system.
- Shortage of key inputs: good-quality seed, fertiliser, nurseries, veterinary services, poultry hatchery units, cattle-feed units, reliable power supply and functioning milk routes.
- Sodic land and falling groundwater levels, poor forest cover, and weak marketing arrangements for non-agricultural produce constrain rural output.
- Plantation and horticulture development is unsatisfactory; demand is largely met from neighbouring districts and Uttarakhand, and the district has only one small government nursery with insufficient capacity.
- Suggested actions: restart old milk routes and set up wholesale milk-chilling units on them, provide paravet training and cattle breed improvement, integrated micro-irrigation and water harvesting, large-scale afforestation, rural haats, and skill/entrepreneurship development.
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What the plan promotes
- Dairy is the district's leading economic activity with 518,265 milch animals (27,149 crossbred cows, 38,842 indigenous cows, 214,048 buffaloes), 21 veterinary hospitals and 45 AI centres; dairy carries the biggest agri term-loan potential at Rs 308.29 cr.
- Potato is the dominant cash crop; the district has 155 cold storages (capacity 1.35 crore MT) plus 3 government and 16 cooperative food godowns (29,232 MT), and cold-chain/agro-processing (Rs 137.49 cr) is a thrust area.
- Industry is strong: 42.6% of people depend on industrial activity; exports flow from readymade garments, moonga-moti (beads/pearl) jewellery, handloom, heeng (asafoetida) and perfumed itra, with MSME potential of Rs 1,182.76 cr.
- The District Industries Centre can develop clusters for moonga-moti, silver ornaments and handloom, which have good export potential.
- Connectivity is a growth driver: completion of the Delhi-Agra (Yamuna) expressway links nearby Mursan and Sadabad blocks to the Delhi market, and the Aligarh-Hathras-Agra national highway (NH-93) is complete, boosting scope for MSME, food processing and agro investment.
- Farm mechanisation is a priority with Rs 180.82 cr potential; PLP targets doubling farmer income via post-harvest technology, small farm machinery through JLGs and FPOs, and market linkage.
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate storage/warehousing capacity, weak financing by banks, and middlemen capturing crop value before it reaches farmers, plus farmer unawareness of daily cash-crop prices, hold back a transparent marketing system.
- Shortage of key inputs: good-quality seed, fertiliser, nurseries, veterinary services, poultry hatchery units, cattle-feed units, reliable power supply and functioning milk routes.
- Sodic land and falling groundwater levels, poor forest cover, and weak marketing arrangements for non-agricultural produce constrain rural output.
- Plantation and horticulture development is unsatisfactory; demand is largely met from neighbouring districts and Uttarakhand, and the district has only one small government nursery with insufficient capacity.
- Suggested actions: restart old milk routes and set up wholesale milk-chilling units on them, provide paravet training and cattle breed improvement, integrated micro-irrigation and water harvesting, large-scale afforestation, rural haats, and skill/entrepreneurship development.
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About Hathras
Hathras district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. The city of Hathras is the district headquarters. Hathras district is a part of Aligarh division. The district occupies an area of 1,840 square kilometres (710 sq mi) and has a population of 1,564,708 as of the 2011 census.
Source: Wikipedia — Hathras district
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