Bankuraবাঁকুড়া
36.0 lakh people. Larger than Mongolia, Qatar, or Jamaica. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 35,96,674 (36.0 lakh)
- Area
- 6,882 km²
- Headquarters
- Bankura
₹10,635 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Bankura.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Bankura · PLP 2023-24
₹10,635 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹4,325 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹3,622 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹948 cr
Informal credit delivery system (micro credit)
₹935 cr
Bankura's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 pegs the district's total priority-sector lending potential at about ₹10,635 crore. Farming and allied work make up roughly half of that (₹5,144 crore, ~48%), and small business (MSME) accounts for ₹4,325 crore more, so agriculture and enterprise are almost neck-and-neck.
The biggest single opportunity is everyday crop finance at ₹3,622 crore, driven by paddy (grown on 82% of sown land) plus potato, mustard, maize and fruit like mango and watermelon. In livestock, poultry stands out at ₹417 crore, with dairy (₹126 crore) and goat/sheep rearing close behind. On the industry side, Bankura's famous craft clusters, Bishnupur's Baluchari silk and conch-shell work, Panchmura terracotta and dokra bell-metal, sit inside the large MSME pool. Post-harvest is a clear theme: ₹261 crore for fish and milk processing and ₹254 crore for cold storage, godowns and market yards. About ₹935 crore is earmarked to fund nearly 32,000 self-help groups.
The plan flags its own bottlenecks: weak processing and marketing of produce, poor uptake of post-harvest technology, tiny fragmented holdings, a shortage of animal feed and fodder, and no fish-insurance scheme combined with disputed ownership of water bodies, all of which choke bank credit.
What the plan promotes
- Paddy (Aman, Aus, Boro) grown on 82% of net sown area; short-term crop credit projected at ₹3621.96 cr, plus potato, onion, maize, mustard, summer til and horticulture crops (mango, watermelon, jackfruit, lime, sweet orange)
- Poultry is the single largest agriculture term-loan line at ₹417.18 cr, with commercial poultry moving to contract farming; dairy ₹126.00 cr and sheep/goat/piggery ₹93.46 cr also strong on the back of goat and sheep rearing
- MSME sector assessed at ₹4325.12 cr, anchored by Bankura's cottage & small-scale industry (~9% of district income): Swarnachuri & Baluchari silk of Bishnupur, conch-shell products, Panchmura terracotta, brass/bell-metal/dokra and wood-carved products
- Food & agro processing potential of ₹261.27 cr (fish and milk processing units); modern rice mills and oil mills are the main agro industries, with maize, groundnut and soyabean processing emerging
- Agriculture infrastructure ₹254.35 cr for cold storage, rural godowns, chilling plants, market yards and vermicomposting units (storage/marketing facilities ₹220.16 cr)
- NABARD implementing Adaptation Fund project 'Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Increasing Resilience of SF & MF' across 22 villages in Ghosher Gram and Jhunjka GP, Chatna Block, covering 3,500 households
Gaps the plan names
- Gap in potential and average productivity, unavailability of quality seed and planting materials and other agricultural inputs
- Insufficient processing and marketing of agriculture produce; non-commercialization of fruits and vegetables to the optimum level and poor adoption of post-harvest technologies
- Resource-poor farmers with low per-capita income, lowest per-capita land availability and small, fragmented land holdings; conversion of farm land for non-farm purposes
- Gap between requirement and availability of feed and fodder for livestock
- Absence of a fish insurance scheme and multiple ownership of water bodies hampering the flow of institutional credit to fisheries
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What the plan promotes
- Paddy (Aman, Aus, Boro) grown on 82% of net sown area; short-term crop credit projected at ₹3621.96 cr, plus potato, onion, maize, mustard, summer til and horticulture crops (mango, watermelon, jackfruit, lime, sweet orange)
- Poultry is the single largest agriculture term-loan line at ₹417.18 cr, with commercial poultry moving to contract farming; dairy ₹126.00 cr and sheep/goat/piggery ₹93.46 cr also strong on the back of goat and sheep rearing
- MSME sector assessed at ₹4325.12 cr, anchored by Bankura's cottage & small-scale industry (~9% of district income): Swarnachuri & Baluchari silk of Bishnupur, conch-shell products, Panchmura terracotta, brass/bell-metal/dokra and wood-carved products
- Food & agro processing potential of ₹261.27 cr (fish and milk processing units); modern rice mills and oil mills are the main agro industries, with maize, groundnut and soyabean processing emerging
- Agriculture infrastructure ₹254.35 cr for cold storage, rural godowns, chilling plants, market yards and vermicomposting units (storage/marketing facilities ₹220.16 cr)
- NABARD implementing Adaptation Fund project 'Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Increasing Resilience of SF & MF' across 22 villages in Ghosher Gram and Jhunjka GP, Chatna Block, covering 3,500 households
Gaps the plan names
- Gap in potential and average productivity, unavailability of quality seed and planting materials and other agricultural inputs
- Insufficient processing and marketing of agriculture produce; non-commercialization of fruits and vegetables to the optimum level and poor adoption of post-harvest technologies
- Resource-poor farmers with low per-capita income, lowest per-capita land availability and small, fragmented land holdings; conversion of farm land for non-farm purposes
- Gap between requirement and availability of feed and fodder for livestock
- Absence of a fish insurance scheme and multiple ownership of water bodies hampering the flow of institutional credit to fisheries
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About Bankura
Bankura district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman district and Paschim Bardhaman district in the north, Purulia district in the west, Jhargram district and Paschim Medinipur district in the south, and some part of Hooghly district in the east. Damodar River flows in the northern part of Bankura district and separates it with the major part of Burdwan district. The district head quarter is located in Bankura town.
Source: Wikipedia — Bankura district
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