Kaushambiकौशाम्बी
16.0 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 15,99,596 (16.0 lakh)
- Area
- 1,837 km²
- Headquarters
- Manjhanpur
₹828 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Kaushambi.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Kaushambi · PLP 2023-24
₹828 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹488 cr
MSME
₹148 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹122 cr
Informal credit delivery system
₹20 cr
Kaushambi's NABARD plan for 2023-24 sees a total credit potential of Rs 828.21 crore. Farming and its allied lines make up about 77% of that (Rs 641.84 cr), while small businesses (MSME) come second at Rs 147.82 cr in this largely agricultural, industrially backward district east of Prayagraj.
The biggest single opportunity is plain crop lending at Rs 488.10 cr for paddy, wheat, pulses, potato, tomato and vegetables across all 8 blocks. A standout niche is banana: about 2,245 hectares of the Ganga's silt soil grow bananas that are shipped to other cities alongside vegetables. On the investment side, farm mechanisation leads at Rs 45.12 cr (the district already runs 18,697 pumpsets and 2,278 tractors), followed by dairy (Rs 27.38 cr) and poultry (Rs 9.68 cr). There is also room in food & agro processing (Rs 14.15 cr) and in storage and cold-chain infrastructure (Rs 12.90 cr).
The plan is candid about what holds the district back: too little storage, weak bank financing, and middlemen who buy up produce before farmers can sell it. It also flags the missing transparent price system, shortages of quality seed and veterinary and hatchery services, patchy power supply, and the lack of bulk milk-chilling units on dairy routes. Yearly Ganga floods and heavy fertiliser use have hurt the soil, so organic farming needs wider promotion.
What the plan promotes
- Crop lending dominates at Rs 488.10 cr: paddy, wheat, pulses, potato, tomato, green vegetables, banana and guava are the mainstay crops grown across all 8 blocks
- Banana cluster on the Ganga's alluvial silt: 2,245 ha under banana (2,081 ha irrigated, 164 ha rain-fed); the district ships bananas and vegetables to other cities
- Paddy and wheat volumes: wheat sown on 75,587 ha (yield ~32.13 q/ha, output ~23.08 lakh MT) and paddy on 45,287 ha (yield ~26.64 q/ha, output ~11.46 lakh MT)
- Farm mechanisation is the biggest investment-credit line at Rs 45.12 cr, with 18,697 agri pumpsets, 2,278 tractors and 15,321 power tillers already in use
- Dairy and poultry are thrust areas (dairy Rs 27.38 cr, poultry Rs 9.68 cr); animal husbandry and fisheries flagged for expansion
- Storage & marketing infrastructure of Rs 12.90 cr targeted for warehouses, godowns, market yards, silos and cold-storage chains (14 godowns, 7 cold stores exist)
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate storage capacity and insufficient bank financing hold back credit uptake; middlemen intercept farmers' produce before it reaches them
- Lack of a transparent marketing system, so farmers stay unaware of daily prices for cash crops
- Shortage of quality seed, nurseries, veterinary services and poultry hatchery units; scarcity of good-breed animals and animal-feed units
- Unreliable power supply and inadequate provision of minor irrigation constrain the rural economy
- Insufficient milk routes and no bulk milk chilling units on existing routes; poor forest cover and weak fertiliser supply
See the plan's recommendations
What the plan promotes
- Crop lending dominates at Rs 488.10 cr: paddy, wheat, pulses, potato, tomato, green vegetables, banana and guava are the mainstay crops grown across all 8 blocks
- Banana cluster on the Ganga's alluvial silt: 2,245 ha under banana (2,081 ha irrigated, 164 ha rain-fed); the district ships bananas and vegetables to other cities
- Paddy and wheat volumes: wheat sown on 75,587 ha (yield ~32.13 q/ha, output ~23.08 lakh MT) and paddy on 45,287 ha (yield ~26.64 q/ha, output ~11.46 lakh MT)
- Farm mechanisation is the biggest investment-credit line at Rs 45.12 cr, with 18,697 agri pumpsets, 2,278 tractors and 15,321 power tillers already in use
- Dairy and poultry are thrust areas (dairy Rs 27.38 cr, poultry Rs 9.68 cr); animal husbandry and fisheries flagged for expansion
- Storage & marketing infrastructure of Rs 12.90 cr targeted for warehouses, godowns, market yards, silos and cold-storage chains (14 godowns, 7 cold stores exist)
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate storage capacity and insufficient bank financing hold back credit uptake; middlemen intercept farmers' produce before it reaches them
- Lack of a transparent marketing system, so farmers stay unaware of daily prices for cash crops
- Shortage of quality seed, nurseries, veterinary services and poultry hatchery units; scarcity of good-breed animals and animal-feed units
- Unreliable power supply and inadequate provision of minor irrigation constrain the rural economy
- Insufficient milk routes and no bulk milk chilling units on existing routes; poor forest cover and weak fertiliser supply
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 Kaushambi
Kaushambi district is a district in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Manjhanpur is the district headquarters. The district was carved out of Prayagraj district on 4 April 1997. Manauri Bajar connects Prayagraj and Kaushambi districts by railway over a bridge on SH-95. Manjhanpur is south-west of Prayagraj on the north bank of the Yamuna river, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the city. It is surrounded by Chitrakoot district on the south, Pratapgarh district on the north, Prayagraj district on the east and Fatehpur district on the west. Kaushambi is part of Prayagraj division. The nearest railway station, in Bharwari, connects with Delhi, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Gaya and Kanpur. Kaushambi district have two river like yamuna ganga.
Source: Wikipedia — Kaushambi district
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