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Bhilwara is now well known as " TEXTILE
CITY" . Before independence it was famous for its Mica, Soap Stone ,Sand Stone
mineral products at international level. In 1978 when D.I.C. was estalished,
only 1059 small scale industries were registerd .By 31.8.2001 this figure was
12484 .Now in Bhilwara besides textile ,Insulation Bricks, A.C. & ASCR
Conductors , Tractors & Compressor's , China Clay , 'Hozari' Products
,Fertilizers and 'Niwar' Industries are other main industries.
Textiles:
In the field of ,textile the district has a large number of units.Here 9284
powerlooms are established by which approximately 23.64 crore Mt.synthetic
cloth is being produced and 34252 employees are on the job.In Bhilwara ,at
present 22 process house are runnig.The capacity of these houses is round
3.5crore Meter per month .Total investment in the textile sector is around
Rs.812.00 crore.
Inland container
depot:
Bilwara also has dry port. The motto behind I.C.D.'s
establishment is, to accelerate the export .The industrialists of
Bundi,Chittor,Rajsamand and Ajmer will also be able accelerate their exports.
The main items which being exported from here are , Marble, Granite,
Handicrafts, Yarns ,Threads and textile products.Total quantity of export was to
the tune Rs. 176.0
Infrastructure
- Electricity
Bhilwara receives electricity from Kota, Beawar, Rana
Pratap Sagar and Nimbahera. All the 1,565 villages have been electrified.
- Water
The main rivers in the district are Banas, Beduch, Kothari,
Khari, Menaali, Unli and Meaj. The water table in the district is
comparatively high between 10 to 20 meters. The ground water is fresh and
potable. The district has about 86,600 wells and 56 tube-wells, providing
drinking water and irrigation facilities.
- Road Transport
State Hightway (Jaipur-Udaipur) passes through the
district. The total road length in the district is 3,883 kms as on 31 March
2000.
- Rail Transport
A meter gauge railway line measuring 84 kms., connects
Ajmer with Khandwa and passes through the district. A broad gauge line has
also been laid from Kota to Chittorgarh which passes through the district at
Mandalgarh.
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Air Transport
The nearest airport is at Udaipur (171 kms.)
- Communication Facilities
| (No.) |
| Post Offices |
391 |
| Telegraph Offices |
95 |
| Telephone exchanges |
71 |
| Public call offices |
1,180 |
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Banking
| Offices, Deposits and Credit
as of March 2001 |
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Offices |
Deposits |
Credit |
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(No.) |
(Rs. Lakh) |
(Rs. Lakh) |
| Scheduled Commercial Bank |
122 |
72,511 |
76,449 |
| Public Sector Banks |
72 |
54,943 |
63,061 |
| Regional Rural Banks |
34 |
7,994 |
4,942 |
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Educational Facilities/Institutions
| (No.) |
| Primary and Middle Schools |
2,009 |
| Higher Secondary and Secondary Schools |
212 |
| Under Graduate and Post Graduate Colleges |
7 |
| ITI, Textile Institute and others |
6 |
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Industrial Scenario
- No. of Large and Medium Scale Units: 38
- No. of Small Scale Units: 9,298
- No of Industrial Areas: 7
- Bigod
- Bhilwara � Phase I, II, III
- Extension Area
- Bhilwara
- Jahajpur
- Raila
- Transferred Area I.E.
- Main Existing Industries
Pressure pipes, basic metal and alloy units, bread and
biscuits, cardboard boxes, carpet and shoddy yarn, cattle feed, confectionary,
cotton ginning, cotton niwar and tape, cotton and synthetic yarn, cotton
mercising and doubling yarn, cotton textiles, electrical machinery and
instruments, dal mills, ice candy manufacturing, machinery and spare parts,
mica processing, oil mills, oxygen gas, power loom cloth, processing of
synthetic fibres, quartz grinding, rubber and plastic basee units, scented
tobacco and bidi, silica and sand grinding, soap stone purverising, suiting
and shirting, vanaspati solvent oil, woollen blankets.
- Export Items
Asbestos, polyster viscose and woollen blended cotton yarn
and fabrics, fabrics soddy yarn wool top, powerlooms parts and accessories,
polythene bags, PVC footwear, sodium sulphide, spinning mills, wooden packing
boxes, zinc oxide.
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