| Geographical Area |
7,510 Sq.Km. |
| Normal Rainfall |
810* m.m. |
| Taluka |
6 |
| Per Capita Income(at Current Prices) |
Rs. 2,135 |
| Population (1991 Census)(Total ) |
1,276 |
|
Male |
659 |
|
Female |
617 |
|
Density |
168 Per Sq.Km |
| Live Stocks (Husbandry ) |
717 |
| Live Stocks (Poultry ) |
230 |
| Growth Centres |
Umarga |
| Literacy |
54.27% |
| Commercial Banks |
69 |
Transport & Communication
| Railway Length |
30 Kms. |
| National Highway Length |
70 Kms. |
| State Highway Length |
463 Kms. |
| Post & Telegraph Offices |
376 |
Industry
| Sugar Factories |
2 |
| Spinning Mills |
1 |
| Registered Factories |
37 |
| Number of Industrial Estates Established |
1 |
| Registered Small Scale Units (as on 31-03-93) |
966 ** |
| No. of Joint Stock Companies |
10 |
Major Industrial Areas in Osmanabad District as on 30.06.1993
| Name of the Area |
Area Planned Hac. |
Total Plots No. |
Plots Alotted No. |
Plots In Prdn.No. |
Plots Under Const. No. |
Sheds Built Up No. |
Sheds Alloted No. |
| Osmanabad |
101.96 1 |
09 |
73 |
29 |
10 |
20 |
12 |
Industrial Opportunities:
The district has good dvelopment potential, which is yet to be fully
exploited. It therefore, needs special attention for its industrial progress. Industry
groups indicated below have good scope for development in this district:
- Food Products;
- Cotton Textiles;
- Paper and Paper Products, Printing, Publishing and Allied Industries;
- Non-Metallic Mineral Industries;
- Electricity; and
- Repair Services.
Specific industries having good potential for growth include: Dairy,
goat and sheep rearing, wood processing, tanning, leather products, food and fruits
processing, cattle feed, sugar and by-products, distillery, khandsari, oil mills, cotton
ginning and pressing, rice mills, flour mills, fertilizer, pesticides, phenyle, solvent
extraction, agricultural implements,engineering, ancillaries electrical goods and service
industries. The district has good cash crops like cotton, sugarcane and groundnut.
Development of Industrial units in MIDC Industrial AReas in the
district as on 31-03-93
No. of Areas:
| Major |
1 |
| Mini |
2 |
| Growth Centre |
1 |
No. of Plots:
| Developed |
131 |
| Alloted |
87 |
| Available |
44 |
Industries Set up
| No . |
27 |
| Investment |
(Rs. mln) 12.5 |
| Employment |
150 |
Incentives
| Category of Incentive |
Talukas eligible |
| Group D |
Talukas other than Umerga and Tuljapur. |
| Group D+ |
Umerga, Tuljipur. |
Fisheries
| Coastline |
NIL Kms. |
| Production |
727 Tonnes |
Medical Facilities
| Hospitals |
15 |
| Primary Health Centres |
41 |
| Sub Centres |
204 |
| Dispensaries |
50 |
Educational Facilities
| Primary Schools |
862 |
| Secondary Schools |
172 |
| Higher Secondary Schools |
23 |
| Colleges |
13 |
| Industrial Technical Instt. |
6 |
| Engineering Colleges |
2 |
* Combined figures of Latur & Usmanabad.
** Includes Provisionally registered SSIs.
i) Directorate of Economics & Statistics;
ii) Economic Survey of Maharashtra 1993-94;
iii) Growth Centres in Maharashtra-Industrial Opportunities and challenges, MEDC.
N.B.: AS ON MARCH 31, 1998
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