Government of India

Ministry of MSME

Brief Industrial Profile of Gadag District,

Karnataka State

Carried out by
MSME-Development Institute, Hubli
(Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,)
Phone: 0836 2330389, 2332334, 2335634
Fax: 0836 - 2330389
e-mail: msmedihubli@dataone.in
Web- http://www.msmedihubli.gov.in/
 Contents
S. No. Topic Page No.
1. General Characteristics of the District 2
1.1 Location & Geographical Area 2
1.2 Topography 2
1.3 Availability of Minerals. 2,3
1.4 Forest 3
1.5 Administrative set up 3
2. District at a glance 3,4,5,6
2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Gadag 6
3. Industrial Scenario Of Gadag 6
3.1 Industry at a Glance 6
3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 7
3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In The 8
District
3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 8
3.5 Major Exportable Item 9
3.6 Growth Trend 9
3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 9
3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 9
3.8.1 List of the units in Gadag & near by Area 9
3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 9
3.9 Service Enterprises 9
3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 9
3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 10
4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 10
4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 10
4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 10
4.1.2 Service Sector 10
4.2 Details of Identified cluster 10
5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of 11
meeting
6 Steps to set up MSMEs 12

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 Brief Industrial Profile of Gadag District

1. General Characteristics of the District:

Gadag district, the core area of Kalyani Chalukyas has many monuments
(mainly Shiva temples, Jain Basadis) Kalyani.
Chalukyas propagated Jainism and built temples (known for architectural
beauty). Gadag district has five taluks namely Gadag.
Betgeri, Ron, Shirhatti, Nargund and Mundargi. Gadag District was formed
in 1997, when it was split from Dharwad District. Gadag District is also
known for Wind Power Generation

1.1 Location & Geographical Area.

Gadag, a unique district located in the western part of northern Karnataka

lies between 14.52 North latitudinal parallels and 75.17 and 76.02 East
longitudinal parallels. The district is bounded by six districts namely
Dharwad on West, Belgaum on the North West, Bagalkot on the North,
Koppal on the East, Bellary on the South East and Havari on the
SouthWest. MalaPrabha River in the North and Tungabhadra in the South
from the natural Boundaries. The Total are of Gadag is 4,656 km2

1.2 Topography.

The average elevation of Gadag is 656 meters.

1.3 Availability of Minerals.

The major Mineral available in Gadag district are Quartz and Iron ore. Apart
from that O B Sand, O B Stone and O B Clay are readily available in this
district.

PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

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S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones
2010-2011
MAJOR MINERAL
1. Quartz -
2. Iron Ore -
MINOR
1. O B Stone 175311
2. O B Clay 941
3. O B Sand -
SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY.,

1.4 FOREST:

The District consists of 32614 hectares forest cover with any significant produce
worth mentioning.

1.5 Administrative set up:

The Dy. Commissioner is head of district and assisted by two Asst.

Commissioners, 5 Tahsildars pertaining to 5 Talukas. Gadag
comes under the administrative control of Belgaum division.

2. District at a glance
S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics
1 Geographical features

(A) Geographical Data

i) Latitude 2011 Max/Min 14º52'00"
ii) Longitude 2011 Max/Min 75º17'00"
76º02'00"
iii) Geographical Area 2011 Hectares 465715
(B) Administrative Units 2011
i) Sub divisions 2011 No's 2
ii) Tehsils 2011 No's 5
iii) Sub-Tehsil 2011 No's 6
iv) Patwar Circle 2011 No's 194
v) Panchayat Simitis 2011 No's -

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 vi)Nagar nigam 2011 No's 9
vii) Nagar Palika 2011 No's -
viii) Gram Panchayats 2011 No's 106
xi) Revenue villages 2011 No's 337
x) Assembly Area 2011 No's 5
2. Population
(A) Sex-wise
i) Male 2011 No's 538477
ii) Female 2011 No's 526758
(B) Rural Population 2011 No's 685450
3. Agriculture
A. Land utilization
i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare 465715
ii) Forest cover 2010-11 “ 32614
iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ 10481
v) cultivable Barren 2010-11 “ 3875
land
4. Forest
(i) Forest 2010-11 Hectare
5. Livestock & Poultry
A. Cattle
i) Cows 2007 Nos. 245296
ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 108787
B. Other livestock
i) Goats 2007 Nos. 199671
ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 13275
iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 36151
iv) Railways
i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms 52
V) Roads
(a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 122
(b) State Highway 2010- Kms 711
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(c) Main District Highway 2010- Kms 1482
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(d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms -
Roads

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(e) Rural road/ 2010-11 Kms -
Agriculture Marketing
Board Roads
(f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms -
(VI) Communication
(a) Telephone 2010-11 17409
connection
(b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 210
(c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 62
(d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 12.51
person
(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. 7.52
(f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. -
(g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. -
(h) Mobile 2010-11 No. -
(VII) Public Health
(a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 85
(b) Beds in Allopathic No. 1008
hospitals
(c) Ayurvedic Hospital No. 3
(d) Beds in Ayurvedic No. 18
hospitals
(e) Unani hospitals No. Nil
(f) Community health No. 9
centers
(g) Primary health No. 42
centers
(h) Dispensaries No. 49
(i) Sub Health No. -
Centers No.
(j) Private hospitals 29
(VIII) Banking
commercial
(a) Commercial Bank 2010 Nos. 59
(b) rural Bank 2010 Nos. 42
Products
(c) Co-Operative 2010 Nos. 7
bank products
(d) PLDB Branches 2010 Nos. 4
(IX) Education 2010

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 (a) Primary school 2010 Nos. 447
(b) Middle schools 2010 Nos. 514
(c) Secondary & senior 2010 Nos. 345
secondary schools
(d) Colleges 2010 Nos. 23
(e) Technical University 2010 Nos. -

2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Gadag

S. Name of Ind. Land Land Prevailing No No of No of No. of

No. Area acquired developed Rate Per of allotted Vacant Units in
(In (In Sqm Plots Plots Plots Production
hectare) hectare) (In Rs.)
1 Naraspur 55.03 55.03 4.00 149 149 - 13
Lakhs
2 Gadag 11.37 11.37 1270/- 52 52 - 40
3 Betageri 7.00 7.00 690/- 47 47 - 20
4 Mundargi 7.26 7.26 590/- 52 52 - 20
5 Gajindragela 5.00 5.00 230/- 43 43 - 32
6 Laxmusshwar 9.15 9.15 378/- 55 55 - 06
7 Ron 5.00 2.00 120/- 12 12 - 03
Total 99.81 96.81 410 410 - 134

3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF GADAG

3.1 Industry at a Glance

Sr Head Unit Particulars
No
1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 4255
2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. -
3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & LARGE UNIT NO. 7
4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY NO. -
WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL
SCALE INDUSTRIES
5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND NO. 2350
MEDIUM INDUSTRIES
6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO. 1
7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IND. IN LACS -
8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE IN LACS -
SCALE INDUSTRIES

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3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED
YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT
REGISTERED (lakh Rs.)
UNITS
Up to 1984-85 - - -
1985-86 - - -
1986-87 - - -
1987-88 - - -
1988-89 - - -
1989-90 - - -
1990-91 - - -
1991-92 - - -
1992-93 - - -
1993-94 - - -
1994-95 - - -
1995-96 - - -
1996-97 - - -
1997-98 - - -
1998-99 - - -
1999-2000 - - -
2000-01 - - -
2001-2002 - - -
2002-03 - - -
2003-04 262 578.635 915
2004-05 160 599.954 618
2005-06 201 333.25 756
2006-07 221 957.83 1639
2007-08 221 616.90 961
2008-09 221 975.78 1426
2009-10 242 1070.59 1241
2010-11 269 386.39 955
Total 1797 5519.329 8511
Source: DIC ------

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 3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND
ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT
NIC CODE
TYPE OF NUMBER INVESTMENT EMPLOYMENT
NO.
INDUSTRY OF UNITS (Lakh Rs.)
20 Agro based 998 1573.97 4392
22 Soda water 67 117.56 331
23 Cotton textile 530 297.97 3165
24. Woolen, silk & artificial Thread 48 540.05 743
based clothes.
25. Jute & jute based - - -
26. Ready-made garments & 356 87.57 1056
embroidery
27. Wood/wooden based furniture 418 236.52 1470
28. Paper & Paper products 127 496.81 673
29. Leather based 342 40.99 952
31. Chemical/Chemical based 146 69.10 578
30. Rubber, Plastic & petro based 65 193.76 250
32. Mineral based 53 116.54 244
33. Metal based (Steel Fab.) 42 54.93 187
35. Engineering units 98 105.91 413
36. Electrical machinery and transport 21 526 43
equipment
97. Repairing & servicing 209 116.06 695
01. Others 141 392.91 697
Kachori Making - - -
Total 3661 4966.65 15889
Source: DIC -------

3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings

List of the units in Gadag & Near By Area – 5 Nos.

1) The Gadag Co-operative Textile Mill Ltd., Hulkoti

2). The Farmer Co-operative Spinning Mill Ltd., Hulkoti
3). The Farmer Co-operative Oil Mill Ltd., Binkadakatti
4). Sri Someshwar Farmers Co-operative Spinning Mill Ltd., Laxmeshwar
5). The Vijayanagar Sugar Factory Pvt. Ltd., Gangapur, Mundargi

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3.5 Major Exportable Item

Nil

3.6 Growth Trend

10 % Increase in Spinning & Textile Mills.

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry

Spinning and Handloom textiles are having more scope.

3.8. Medium Scale Enterprises

Nil

3.8.1 List of the units in Gadag & Near By Area

The Karnataka OEM Nut Bolt & Spare Parts, Gadag

3.8.2 Major Exportable Item

Nil

3.9 Service Enterprises

Nil

3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry

Cold Storage & Cotton Ginning

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3.10 Potential for new MSMEs

Cold Storage, Cotton Ginning, Agro based Industries like Moong Polishing,
Decoration, Cement Bricks etc.

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise

Nil

4.1 DETAIL OF MAJOR CLUSTERS

Nil

4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector

Nil

4.1.2 Service Sector

Nil

4.2 Details for Identified cluster

Nil

Present status of clusters:- Recommendation to Head office (KCTU) for loan

sanction & Diagnostic study.

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5. General issues raised by industry association during the
course of meeting

1. Government Rules and regulations are threatening

factors to the existing/prospective entrepreneurs for
further investments (like labour law, taxation etc)
2. The understanding between the subcontractors (job
workers) and the traders are not satisfactory in this
sector.
3. No Brand Image conscious/ quality awareness is in
the existing cluster actors.
4. Adequate water supply, electricity and drainage
system must be provided to industrial
estates/areas.

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6. STEPS TO SET UP MSMEs

Following are the brief description of different agencies for rendering assistance
to the entrepreneurs.

S.No Type of assistance Name and address of

agencies

1. Provisional Registration Certificate District industrial

( EM-1) & Permanent Registration Centre, Gadag
Certificate ( EM-II)
2. Identification of Project Profiles, techno- MSME-DI, Hubli
economic and managerial consultancy
services, market survey and economic
survey reports.
3. Land and Industrial shed KSSIDC, Gadag

4. Financial Assistance Nationalized Bank,

KGB, DCRB
5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply NSIC, KSSIDC

6. Plant and machinery under hire / Open Market

purchase basis.

7. Power/ Electricity HESCOM

8. Technical Know –how. MSME-DI, Hubli

9. Quality & Standard BIS, ISI

10. Marketing /Export Assistance MSME-DI, Hubli

11. Other Promotional Agencies Lead Bank, NABARD,

DIC, KSSIDC, CEDOK

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