Siddharth Nagarसिद्धार्थनगर
25.6 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 25,59,297 (25.6 lakh)
- Area
- 2,751 km²
- Headquarters
- Navgarh
- Established
- 1988
₹4,297 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Siddharth Nagar.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Siddharth Nagar · PLP 2023-24
₹4,297 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,642 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹823 cr
MSME
₹519 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹100 cr
Siddharthnagar's 2023-24 credit plan estimates a total priority-sector opportunity of about Rs 4,297 crore. Farming and allied activities make up the bulk at Rs 3,618 crore (84%), while small businesses (MSME) account for Rs 519 crore (12%) and the rest goes to housing, education, exports and other lending.
This is a farm-first district: crop loans alone are worth Rs 2,642 crore, covering wheat, paddy, maize, sugarcane, pulses and mustard grown on nearly four in five acres of reported land, mostly by small and marginal farmers. Beyond crops, the biggest investment openings are farm machinery (Rs 284 crore) and dairy (Rs 254 crore), followed by irrigation/water works (Rs 131 crore), horticulture (Rs 40 crore), poultry, goat-rearing and fisheries. The district has been picked under the State Horticulture Mission to build commercial fruit and vegetable cultivation, post-harvest handling and marketing, and medicinal crops like ashwagandha and satawar are already spreading.
Storage is a mixed picture: 624 rural godowns and large warehousing exist, but both cold stores have closed, so there is no working cold chain. As an Aspirational District, Siddharthnagar also has room for Rs 519 crore of MSME lending.
The plan's own warnings for entrepreneurs: patchy power supply, weak farm-extension and advisory services, almost no private-sector presence, banks avoiding the Agri Clinic/Agri Business scheme, and roads, irrigation and other basics that still trail the state average.
What the plan promotes
- Agriculture-driven economy on 2,895 sq km; 79.16% of reported area is cultivated and 78.77% is irrigated, with main crops wheat, paddy, maize, sugarcane, pulses and mustard.
- Crop loans dominate the plan at Rs 2,642.38 cr, reflecting a farming base of 4.06 lakh holdings of which 95.76% are small and marginal.
- Selected under the State Horticulture Mission (one of 40 districts) to promote commercial cultivation, orchard rejuvenation, post-harvest management and marketing of horticulture produce.
- Vegetable, banana and medicinal-plant cultivation (bael, ashwagandha, satawar) is spreading across several development blocks.
- Dairy is the biggest livestock opportunity at Rs 253.50 cr, supported by a large bovine population across the district's 14 blocks and 2,336 villages.
- Farm mechanisation credit potential is high at Rs 284.30 cr as farmers adopt modern equipment and technology.
Gaps the plan names
- Unreliable and inadequate power supply constrains farmers and agro-based activity.
- Shortage of reliable information and weak agricultural extension services provided by government departments, worsened by staff vacancies in state departments.
- Negligible private-sector participation deepens the service and investment gap in the district.
- The Agri Clinic and Agri Business scheme has not gained popularity because banks are reluctant to finance it.
- Both of the district's cold storage units (one cooperative, one private) have shut down, leaving no functional cold-chain capacity.
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What the plan promotes
- Agriculture-driven economy on 2,895 sq km; 79.16% of reported area is cultivated and 78.77% is irrigated, with main crops wheat, paddy, maize, sugarcane, pulses and mustard.
- Crop loans dominate the plan at Rs 2,642.38 cr, reflecting a farming base of 4.06 lakh holdings of which 95.76% are small and marginal.
- Selected under the State Horticulture Mission (one of 40 districts) to promote commercial cultivation, orchard rejuvenation, post-harvest management and marketing of horticulture produce.
- Vegetable, banana and medicinal-plant cultivation (bael, ashwagandha, satawar) is spreading across several development blocks.
- Dairy is the biggest livestock opportunity at Rs 253.50 cr, supported by a large bovine population across the district's 14 blocks and 2,336 villages.
- Farm mechanisation credit potential is high at Rs 284.30 cr as farmers adopt modern equipment and technology.
Gaps the plan names
- Unreliable and inadequate power supply constrains farmers and agro-based activity.
- Shortage of reliable information and weak agricultural extension services provided by government departments, worsened by staff vacancies in state departments.
- Negligible private-sector participation deepens the service and investment gap in the district.
- The Agri Clinic and Agri Business scheme has not gained popularity because banks are reluctant to finance it.
- Both of the district's cold storage units (one cooperative, one private) have shut down, leaving no functional cold-chain capacity.
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About Siddharth Nagar
Siddharthnagar district is one of the 75 districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Siddharthnagar is the district headquarters. Siddharthnagar district is a part of Basti division. It was under the ancient Kosala kingdom and also the Shakya kingdoms.
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