Saharanpurसहारनपुर
34.7 lakh people. Larger than Qatar, Jamaica, or Armenia. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 34,66,382 (34.7 lakh)
- Area
- 3,689 km²
- Headquarters
- Saharanpur
₹10,207 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Saharanpur.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Saharanpur · PLP 2023-24
₹10,207 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹5,132 cr
MSME
₹2,671 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹1,082 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹571 cr
Saharanpur's 2023-24 credit plan sizes the district's yearly lending opportunity at about ₹10,207 crore. Farming is the backbone: agriculture and allied activities make up roughly ₹7,013 crore (about 69% of the plan), while micro, small and medium businesses (MSME) account for ₹2,671 crore — of which working capital alone is ₹2,308 crore.
On the farm side, sugarcane is the money crop with ₹2,163 crore of credit potential across 120,193 hectares, followed by wheat (₹1,051 crore) and paddy (₹534 crore). Dairy leads the livestock opportunities at ₹368 crore, with poultry and goat/sheep rearing adding more. Six mandis — Saharanpur (e-NAM), Rampur Maniharan, Gangoh, Chhutmalpur, Chilkana and Deoband — handle marketing, and there is ₹229 crore earmarked for warehouses, cold storage and agri-processing.
Saharanpur's famous wood carving is its One District One Product, with an estimated export value above ₹970 crore, and the district runs an APEDA-approved mango pack house shipping to Europe, Japan and the Gulf.
The plan's own warnings: land holdings are small and fragmented, groundwater is over-drawn (extraction at 106%, four blocks over-exploited), rising farm-loan defaults worry banks, and MSME credit flow is still below what the district's biggest job-creating sector needs.
What the plan promotes
- Sugarcane is the biggest cash crop with credit potential of ₹2163.47 cr over 120,193 ha; wheat ₹1050.78 cr (123,621 ha) and paddy ₹534.32 cr (63,610 ha) are the leading foodgrains, with maize and groundnut as other key crops.
- Dairy is the single largest allied term-loan opportunity at ₹367.78 cr, followed by poultry ₹98.91 cr and sheep/goat/piggery ₹75.87 cr under animal husbandry.
- Saharanpur's wood carving is its One District One Product (ODOP); the wood-craft sector's annual export is estimated at over ₹970 crore, though overseas demand fell 40-50% after COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
- The district runs an APEDA-recognised mango pack house that grades and packs mangoes for export to Sweden, England, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Nepal, Korea and the UAE; mango export credit potential is ₹17.60 cr.
- Six APMC mandis anchor marketing — Saharanpur (e-NAM), Rampur Maniharan, Gangoh, Chhutmalpur, Chilkana and Deoband — supported by 162 seed, 136 fertiliser and 258 pesticide centres.
- Farm mechanisation carries ₹221.79 cr of credit potential, backed by the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation and drone-adoption subsidies of up to ₹10 lakh.
Gaps the plan names
- Fragmenting land holdings and highly unorganised land-use are slowing the commercialisation of agriculture; the plan calls for aggregating small and marginal farmers into FPOs to improve access to investment, technology and markets.
- Rising NPAs in the agriculture sector are a major problem for banks; farmers need to be made aware of KCC objectives and the importance of timely, regular loan repayment.
- Groundwater is over-exploited (annual extraction 106.45%) with 4 over-exploited blocks (Gangoh, Nakur, Nagal, Sarsawa) and 5 semi-critical blocks, restricting fresh groundwater-based schemes and pushing efficient drip/sprinkler micro-irrigation.
- The share of term (medium-term) credit in total agriculture lending is only about 26%, so capital formation through investment credit needs a strong push.
- Credit flow to MSME is not yet satisfactory even though it is the district's main job-creating sector, requiring a coordinated approach among stakeholders and a drive to register more units on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM).
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What the plan promotes
- Sugarcane is the biggest cash crop with credit potential of ₹2163.47 cr over 120,193 ha; wheat ₹1050.78 cr (123,621 ha) and paddy ₹534.32 cr (63,610 ha) are the leading foodgrains, with maize and groundnut as other key crops.
- Dairy is the single largest allied term-loan opportunity at ₹367.78 cr, followed by poultry ₹98.91 cr and sheep/goat/piggery ₹75.87 cr under animal husbandry.
- Saharanpur's wood carving is its One District One Product (ODOP); the wood-craft sector's annual export is estimated at over ₹970 crore, though overseas demand fell 40-50% after COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
- The district runs an APEDA-recognised mango pack house that grades and packs mangoes for export to Sweden, England, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, Nepal, Korea and the UAE; mango export credit potential is ₹17.60 cr.
- Six APMC mandis anchor marketing — Saharanpur (e-NAM), Rampur Maniharan, Gangoh, Chhutmalpur, Chilkana and Deoband — supported by 162 seed, 136 fertiliser and 258 pesticide centres.
- Farm mechanisation carries ₹221.79 cr of credit potential, backed by the Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanisation and drone-adoption subsidies of up to ₹10 lakh.
Gaps the plan names
- Fragmenting land holdings and highly unorganised land-use are slowing the commercialisation of agriculture; the plan calls for aggregating small and marginal farmers into FPOs to improve access to investment, technology and markets.
- Rising NPAs in the agriculture sector are a major problem for banks; farmers need to be made aware of KCC objectives and the importance of timely, regular loan repayment.
- Groundwater is over-exploited (annual extraction 106.45%) with 4 over-exploited blocks (Gangoh, Nakur, Nagal, Sarsawa) and 5 semi-critical blocks, restricting fresh groundwater-based schemes and pushing efficient drip/sprinkler micro-irrigation.
- The share of term (medium-term) credit in total agriculture lending is only about 26%, so capital formation through investment credit needs a strong push.
- Credit flow to MSME is not yet satisfactory even though it is the district's main job-creating sector, requiring a coordinated approach among stakeholders and a drive to register more units on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM).
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About Saharanpur
Saharanpur district is the northternmost district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Bordering the states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and close to the foothills of Shivalik Hills range, it lies in the northern part of the Upper Doab region.
Source: Wikipedia — Saharanpur district
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