DIP - District Industrial Report - Palakkad
DIP - District Industrial Report - Palakkad
DIP - District Industrial Report - Palakkad
Ministry of MSME
Carried out by
MSME – Development Institute, Thrissur
Ayyanthole P.O., Kanjani Road, Kerala – 680003
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.msmsedithrissur.gov.in
Phone: 0487-2360536, Fax: 0487-2360216
FOREWORD
MSME-DI, Thrissur, as part of its activities has prepared the District Industrial Profile
of Palakkad District during 2016-17. The objective to prepare the Industrial Profile of
Palakkad is to make the information readily available in respect of general
characteristics of the district, administrative set up, industrial scenario, potential for
new MSMEs, details of existing clusters and general issues raised by industry
associations etc. to the existing as well as prospective entrepreneurs.
It is expected that this Industrial Profile will be useful for Governmental & Non-
Governmental organizations, Promotional & Developmental Agencies engaged in
promotion & development of MSME sector in Palakkad District and also for
academicians / research scholars.
Thrissur
31.03.2017
Contents
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1 General Characteristics of the District 4
1.2 Topography 4
1.4 Forest 5
Palakkad or Palghat is the land of Palmyrahs and Paddy fields. Along with Kuttanadu, Palakkad
is a major Paddy growing area of the state. It is often called as the “Gateway of Kerala”. The district is
bounded on the North by Malappuram District, in the East by Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu, in the
south by Thrissur district and in the west by Thrissur and Malappuram districts.
Palakkad District came into existence as an administrative unit on the 1st January, 1957.
Presently Palakkad is the largest District in Kerala. Situated at the foot of the Western Ghats, this is the
gateway to Kerala from North. It is bounded on the east by the Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu, on
the north and the north-west by Malappuram District and on the South by Thrissur District. It lies
between 10º 20' and 11º 14' north latitude and between 76º 20' and 76º 54' east longitudes. The area
of Palakkad District is 4480 sq.km. Palakkad is one among the five Districts in Kerala not having a sea
coast. Palakkad District accounts for 11.21 per cent of the total area of the State.
1.2 Topography
The District is divided into two natural divisions viz. Midland and Highland based on the
physical features. The Midland region consists of valleys and plains. The eastern region of this District
has high mountains, extensive ravines and dense forests. The Western Ghat mountain ranges
dominate the District. The entire area lies either in the Midland 8080 metres or in the Highland (above
80 metres). Land slopes up from West to North and North-East to South. The altitude varies between
15 metres in the west and 2500 metres in the north-east which contain high mountain peaks, long
spurs, extensive dense forests and tangled jungles. While Ottappalam Taluk lies completely in the
Midland region, all other Taluks in the District lie in the Midland and Highland regions.
The land of the District is classified as undulating region (western part of the plateau), gorge
region (central part of the land) and plain (at the foot of the Ghats). The following table shows the
production of minerals in the district. The major mineral is granite building stone.
Table 1: Production of Minerals 2016-17
Sl No Name of Mineral Production in Tons
MAJOR MINERAL
1 Granite Building Stone 3521892
MINOR MINERAL
1 Lime Stone 410538
2 Ordinary Earth 287371
3 Laterite 150981
4 Ordinary Sand 11251
5 Brick Clay 157888
Source: Department of Mines and Geology
1 .4 Forest
The woods of the District can be classified as temperate forests, tropical wet evergreen forests
(shola), tropical moist deciduous forests. Of these temperate forests are seen in the Silent Valley and in
some blocks of Attappady reserves at an elevation of 1500 metres. The shola forests, characterised by
the great luxuriance of vegetation having lofty trees of 46 metres often with plank buttresses at the
base and shrubby undergrowth are found in higher areas of Attappady valley. The tropical moist
deciduous forests grow in the plains upto 500 metres on westerly or southerly slopes of Chanet Nair
Reserve, Puliampulli Reserve and the Kumrid slopes in Attappady block I and II.
The forest covers an area of 1628 sq.km including open forest also, which is 36.34 per cent of
the total geographical area of the district. The forest of the district is spread over the north eastern
portion of the district. The forest area of the district is administered by the Circle Office of the Forest
Department at Olavakkode.
There are two systems of administrative set up in the District – Revenue and Local Self
Government. Under the revenue system a District is divided into Revenue Divisions, Taluks and
Villages. However, for Local Administration, a District is divided into Statutory Towns and Panchayats.
For the implementation of development activities Panchayats are grouped under Community
Development Blocks. Therefore all these units viz. Taluks, Villages, Panchayats, Panchayat wards,
Statutory Towns and Community Development Blocks have their own relevance and importance.The
District now consists of two Revenue Divisions of Ottappalam, comprising of Ottappalam and
Mannarkad Taluks (66 Villages) and Palakkad, comprising of Palakkad, Chittur and Alathur Taluks (90
Villages). There are 5 Taluks and 156 Villages in the District. Under the Local Self Government System,
the District is divided into 4 statutory Towns and 13 CD Blocks consisting of 91 Panchayats. Palakkad
Municipality is one among the oldest Municipalities of the state have completed 130 years. Other
Municipal towns are Ottappalam, Shornur and Chittur Tathamangalam.
2 District at a glance
The following table comprises the information about geographical, administrative,
demographical, etc of the district. It will also provide brief idea education, land use pattern and
infrastructural facilities of the district.
2 Population
Sex-wise
i) Male 2011 Nos. 1359478
3 Agriculture
Land utilization
4 Forest
B Other livestock
XI) Education
3.52(interna
3 DP Kappur 18.26 16.85 6535 27 27 11
l dispute)
4.67(vacant
4 DP Shornur 17.31 16.71 22699 3 3 plot for 3
common
amenities
5 DP Koppam 9.3 9.3 NA 1 1 0 NA
Total 711.82 686.47 38307 357 357 8.19 246
Source: District Industries Centre, Palakkad
3.1.Industry at a Glance
Table 4: Industry at a Glance (as on 31.03.2017)
3.3. Details of Existing Micro and Small Enterprises and Artisan Units in the District
Table 6: Details of Existing Micro and Small Enterprises and Artisan Units in the District
(as on 31.03.2017)
NIC CODE Investment (Lakhs
Type of Industry No of Units Employment
No Rs.)
20 Agro based 1686 35813.2 11018
22 Soda water 101 1394.5 500
23 Cotton textile 13 44.9 71
Woollen, silk & artificial Thread
24 based clothes 497 2655.2 3629
25 Jute & jute based 71 1305.6 567
The following table shows the Large Scale Industries and PSUs in Palakkad and nearby area
12 M/s. Empee Distilleries Ltd, NIDA, Kanjikode- Indian made Foreign Liquor
Control Valves, safety relief
M/s. Instrumentation Ltd, Kanjikode, Palakkad – valves, Cylinders and allied items
13
678623
M/s. Agni Steels Ltd, (Unit-C) Nattukal,
14 Kozhinjanpara, Chittur, 678554 Steel Ingots
M/s. Agni Re-rollers (P) Ltd, Nattukal,
15 Kozhinjanpara-678554 Steel Ingots
M/s. Rubfila International Ltd, NIDA, Kanjikode- Heat Resistant Latex Rubber
16 678621 Thread
M/s. Prince Rollings (P) Ltd, Mannayamkode,
17 Karinkanadu, Koppam, Pattambi, Ottapalam MS Ingots
M/s. Prince Alloys (P) Ltd, Mannayankode,
18 Karinkanadu, Koppam,Pattambi, Ottapalam MS Ingots
M/s. Kerala Electrical & Allied Engineering Co. Ltd(KEL), Switch fuse, HRC fuse, panel
42 Industrial Estate, Pudupariyaram, Palakkad board
Sl No
Name of the Unit Sector(Public/PVT) Employment
1 St. Mary’s Institute of Technical Studies Others 66
The potential areas for new MSMEs in the District are as follows:
a. Textile Industry
b. Light Engineering
c. Food and Beverages
d. Wood base industry
e. Plastic based
f. Paper based
The District is having only one identified cluster and it is Shornur Agricultural Implements
Consortium Ltd
The following table show the existing status of identified cluster in the District.
Name of the Cluster - Shornur Agricultural Implements Consortium (SAICO)
Following are the brief description of different agencies for rendering assistance to the enterprises.
Table 8 Type of Assistance and Agencies
Sl Type of assistance Name and address of agencies
No:
1 Registration of Units under Micro small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute
UAM (MSME-DI) Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India
Kanjany Road, Ayyanthole P.O.
Thrissur-680 003 (Kerala)
Email: [email protected],
website: www.msmedithrissur.gov.in
Ph. 0487-2360536/0487-2360686