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Contents
S. No. Topic Page No.
1. General Characteristics of the District 4-5
1.1 Location & Geographical Area 6
1.2 Topography 6-7
1.3 Availability of Minerals. 7
1.4 Forest 7

1.5 Administrative set up 8-11

2. District at a glance 12-13
2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Pithoragarh 13
3. Industrial Scenario Of Pithoragarh 14
3.1 Industry at a Glance 14
3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 14
3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In 15-16
The District
3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 17
3.5 Major Exportable Item 17
3.6 Growth Trend 17
3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 17
3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 17
3.9 Service Enterprises 17
3.9.1 Potentials areas for service industry 17
3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 17
4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 18
5. General issues raised by industry association during the course 18
of meeting
. Steps to set up MSMEs 19-20
. Additional information if any 20

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 Brief Industrial Profile of Pithoragarh District

1. General Characteristics of the District

Pellentesque Mother Nature has been rather generous in the distribution of a very rich

hydrographic features of irresistible beauty to district Pithoragarh traditionally held to be the chosen

abode of the divine deities, cascading waterfalls, the splendid glaciers, natural reservoirs enclosed by

fantastic variety of vegetation, serene lakes and noisy flamboyant rivers are all a part of the rugged

charm that the district possesses to such a stupendous degree.

Once the bastion of the Chand rulers, Pithoragarh town is littered with temples and forts

belonging to that era. The town is set in a valley popularly known as and lies in the centre of four hills

Chandak, Dhwaj, Kumdar and Thal Kedar, and stretches in the southern flank to Jhulaghat

demarcated by the Kali river adjoining the barren peaks of Nepal Hills. It is snuggled in the folds of

four kots Bhatkot, Dungerkot, Udaikot and Unchakot.

Pithoragarh District having its entire northern and eastern boundaries being international,

assumes a great strategicsignificance and, obviously, is a politically sensitive district along the

northern frontier of India. Being the last district adjoining Tibbet, it has tremendous strategic

importance as the passes of Lipulekh, Kungribingri, Lampia Dhura, Lawe Dhura, Belcha and Keo,

open out to Tibbet. The breath taking beauty of Pithoragarh - Himalayas, wide expenses of grassy

meadow, perennial streams roaring down the zig-zag course, a stupendous variety of flora and fauna,

above all, pure nature yet unsullied, seem to beckon the beholder into their folds, into a charmed

world of virgin beauty.

It was in the wake of the Chinese aggression that on the 24th Feb. 1960, a sizeable section of

Almora district was carved into Pithoragarh district containing extreme border areas with its head

quarters in Pithoragarh town. On 15th September 1997, the Champawat Tehsil, hitherto under

Pithoragarh, was carved into Champawat district.

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 The details of the land utilization are given as below:

S.N. Particulars Area (in lakhs hac)

1. Land Utilization area 4.61

2. Land under Forest 2.15

3. Permanent pasture 0.54

4. Dry Land Area 0.53

5. Fallow Land 0.128

6. Total Cropped Area 0.793

7. Net Area Sown 0.50

8. Irrigated Area 0.05

9. Area Sown more tdan once 0.35

10. Kharif Area 0.468

11. Rabi Area 0.380

There are numerous gay spots to which the prospective tourist may plan excursions like

Chandak, Thal Kedar, Gangolihat (77 kms) famous for its kali temple, Patal Bhuvneshwar (99 kms) ,

Berinag (Tea Garden of Chaukori - 11 km away from Berinag), Didihat,Munsyari (base camp for traks

to Milam,Ralam and Namik Glacier), Dharchula(base camp for Kailas Mansarover Yatra, Adi Kailash

Yatra, Narayan Swami Ashram) and Jauljibi.

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1.1 Location & Geographical Area

The Pithoragarh town is located at a height of 1645 meters above sea level.The district lies
between 29.4° to 30.3° North latitude and 80° to 81° East longitude along the eastern and southern
part of the central Himalayas with Indo-Tibbetan watershed divide in the north and the Kali river
forming a continuous border with Nepal in the east. The Pithoragarh district is surrounded by the
national boundaries of Almora, Champawat, Bageshwar and Chamoli districts and extends over an
area of 7,217.7 sq. Kms.

1.2 Topography
The Pithoragarh town is located at a height of 1645 meters above sea level.The district lies between
29.4° to 30.3° North latitude and 80° to 81° East longitude along the eastern and southern part of the
central Himalayas with Indo-Tibbetan watershed divide in the north and the Kali river.

The entire district can be grouped into the following climatic zones:
Climatic Zone Elevation (in meters

1. Cool Temperature

a. Moist 600 - 1200

b. Dry 1000 - 2500

c. Sub Tropical Valley 600 - 1200

2. Cold Temperature

a. Cold Temperature in higher location 3000 - 3500

(snow bound) (5 - 6 month)

b. Cold Temperature (lower valley) 2000 - 3000

3. Alpine Zone

Perpetually snow covered area 3500 - above

4. Dry Climate

Trans Himalayan Alpine Valley of rain 2500 - 3500

shadow location

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Seasons: The entire district exhibits four broad seasons in the year

1. Winter or Cold weather (mid Dec. - mid March)

2. Summer or hot weather (mid March - mid June)

3. Season of general rains (South - West monsoon season)

4. Season of retreating monsoon (mid September to mid November)

Temperature: During the coldest month of January, tropical ridges and high location along the lesser

Himalaya record an average monthly temperature between 5.5°C and 8°C. By the March the

temperature begins to rise progressively till early June which is the hottest month everywhere.

Dharchula and Jhulaghat record an average temperature between 30 - 45°C.

1.3 Availability of Minerals

Availability of Mineral

S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL Availability

MAJOR MINERAL
1. Limestone 950 Million Metric Ton
2. Dolomite 200 Million Metric Ton
3. Magnetite 180 Million Metric Ton
4. Soap stone 160 Million Metric Ton
SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY.,

1.4 Forest

i) Forest cover 2006-07 Hectare 205239

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1.5 Administrative set up

The district has been divided into six tehsils viz. Munsyari, Dharchula, Didihat, Gangolihat, Berinag,
Pithoragarh and two sub-tehsils Dewalthal, Kanalichhina having its head quarter at Pithoragarh and
the Commissionery head quarter at Nainital.There are 8 Development Blocks, 3 Towns, 64 Nyaya
Panchayats and 644 Gram Panchayats in the district.There are 1672 villages out of which 1579 are
inhabited. As per 2001 census, total population of the district is 4,62,289 out of which 2,27,615 are
males and 2,34,674 females. Also the Total literacy rate of the district at present is 75.95.

S.No. Name of Tehsil Name of Blocks

1. Munsyari Munsyari

2. Dharchula Dharchula

3. Didihat Didihat, Kanalichina

4. Gangolihat Gangolihat

5. Pitdoragarh Bin, Munakote

6. Berinag Berinag

Email Address of Pithoragarh Administration

Sl.No. Name of Officer E-mail Address

1 District Magistrate dm-pit-ua@nic.in

3 SP sp-pit-ua@nic.in

4 Chief Development Officer

5 Project Director, DRDA

6 Chief Medical Officer cmo-pit-ua@nic.in

7 SDM Sadar, Pithoragarh

8 Chief Veterinary Officer cvo-pit-ua@nic.in

9 SDM, Gangolihat

10 Sr.Treasury Officer, Pithoragarh treas-pit-ua@nic.in

11 Sub Treasury Officer, Didihat treas-did-ua@nic.in

12 District Economics & Statistical Officer(DEStO) dsto-pit-ua@nic.in

13 District Youth Welfare Officer dywo-pit-ua@nic.in

14 District Excise Officer deopit-ua@nic.in

15 District Sports Officer dso-pit-ua@nic.

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Telephone Nos. of Government Offices in district Pithoragarh STD Code: 5964

Phone No. of
Designation of Officer Phone No. of Office
Residence
District Administration
District Magistrate 225301(Collec), 225001, 225395(FAX)
225201(Camp Off)
SDM Pithoragarh 225950 225372
SDM Didihat 232125
SDM Gangolihat 242440 242443
SDM Berinag 244116
SDM Dharchula 222207 222271
SDM Munsyari 222215 222201
225331
Sr. Treasury Officer
225236
Asstt. Election Officer

Development
Chief Development Officer 223218 225804,225336(FAX)
225097
District Development Officer
225104
Chief Agriculture Officer
Block Development Officer Bin 225427
Block Development Officer Munakot 266433
Block Development Officer Kanalichina 259032
Block Development Officer Didihat 232136
Block Development Officer Gangolihat 242433
Block Development Officer Berinag 244633
Block Development Officer Dharchula 222253
Block Development Officer Munsyari 222216
225275
District Horticulture Officer
223574
General Manager Distt. Industry Centre
25602
District Probation Officer
225143
District Economic & Statistical Officer
District Panchayat Raj Officer 223174
225319
Chief Veterinary Officer
225119
Potato Development Officer
225872
Project Officer Ureda
225329
A.D. Dairy Development
Assistant Registrar Coop. Societies Uttarakhand 225750

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 Engineering Departments
E.E. Provincial Division P.W.D. Pithoragarh 225115 225209
E.E. E/M Division P.W.D. Pithoragarh 225429 225429(FAX)
E.E. Irrigation Construction Division Pithoragarh 225139 225140
E.E. Provincial Division P.W.D. Didihat 232124
E.E. Construction Division P.W.D. Askot 238724 228730
S.E. Nirman Mandal U.K. Peyjal Nigam 225341 225492
Pithoragarh
E.E. Nirman Shakha U.K. Peyjal Nigam 225258
Pithoragarh
E.E. 2nd Nirman Shakha U.K. Peyjal Nig 225121
Pithoragarh
E.E. Nirman Shakha U.K. Peyjal Nigam Didihat 232140
E.E. Nirman Shakha U.K. Peyjal Nigam 242425
Gangolihat
Executive Engineer U.K. Jal Sansthan 225237
Pithoragarh
Executive Engineer U.K. Jal Sansthan Didihat 232359
E.E. Nirm. Shakha U.K. Peyjal San. Vik. & N.N. 225258
Pith

Education
District Education Officer 225227
225535
District Basic Shiksha Adhikari
226881
Expert Basic Shiksha Adhikari [SSA]

Police
Superintendent of Police 225539 225023
Dy. Superintendent of Police 225539 225410
225130
Police Station
225314
Fire Station
225402
Police Wireless Office
Police Lines 225130

Forest
Divisional Forest Officer 225234 225390
224187
Divisional Logging Manager

SSB & Other Central Government Offices

223544 225157
Area Organizer SSB
225292
Field Publicity Officer
225388
Income Tax Officer
225184
Commanding Officer SSB

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Commanding Officer Gref 225240 225346
225263
Commanding Officer NCC
225564
Agriculture Research Unit ( DARL )
225864
Agriculture Guest House(Chatkeshwar)
Commandant ITBP 225494 225136 225168
225211 225112 225210
Military PBX
225616
Geological Task Force
225714
Food Corp. Of India (Aincholi)
225426
Commander Eng. Works (Thuligarh)
224605 225606, 225607
Principal Army Public School
Principal Central School 225124 225939
District Informatics Officer [NIC] 224162 228017
Telegraph Office 225320 225148

Transport
Asstt. Regional Transport Officer 228222
I/C Uttaranchal Transport Corp. (Bus station) 225291
Asstt. Regional Manager Transport Corp. 225313

Health
Chief Medical Officer 225142 225504
Suptd. Lady Hospital 225703
District Hospital 225687
Sitapur Eye Hospital 225259
Veterinary Hospital 225159
District Ayurvedic & Unani Officer 226045

Other Important
225589
District Employment Officer
District Supply Officer 225283 225532
225355
Asstt. Commissioner Commercial Tax
Regional Tourist Officer 225527
AMA Zila Panchayat Pithoragarh 225235 225757
225549
District Information Officer
225649
District Library

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2. District at a glance
S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics
1 Geographical features
(A) Geographical Data
i) Latitude 29.4 30.3
ii) Longitude 80.0 81.0
iii) Geographical Area Hectares 7090
(B) Administrative Units
i) Sub divisions Nos. 08
ii) Tehsils Nos. 06
iii) Sub-Tehsil Nos. --
iv) Patwar Circle Nos. ---
v) Panchayat Simitis Nos. 02
vi)Nagar nigam Nos. ---
vii) Nagar Palika Nos. 01
viii) Gram Panchayats Nos. 644
xi) Revenue villages Nos. ---
x) Assembly Area Nos. 05
2. Population
(A) Sex-wise
i) Male 2001 227620
ii) Female 2001 234670
(B) Rural Population 2011 402460
3. Agriculture
A. Land utilization
i) Total Area 2006-07 Hectare 410638
ii) Forest cover 2006-07 “ 205239
iii) Non Agriculture Land 2006-07 “ 3867
v) cultivable Barren land 2006-07 “ 40798
4. Forest
(i) Forest 2006-07 Ha. 205239
5. Livestock & Poultry
A. Cattle
i) Cows 2007 Nos. Cow+buff.
89840
ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos.
B. Other livestock
i) Goats 2007 Nos. 32804
ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 151
iii) Dogs & Bitches others 2007 Nos. 18781
iv) Railways
i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms ---
V) Roads
(a) National Highway 2006-07 Kms ----
(b) State Highway 2006-07 Kms 243
(c) Main District Highway 2006-07 Kms 12
(d) Other district & Rural Roads 2006-07 Kms 471

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 (e) Rural road/ Agriculture 2006-07 Kms ---
Marketing Board Roads
(f) Kachacha Road 2006-07 Kms -----
(VI) Communication
(a) Telephone connection 2010-11 15712
(b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 318
(c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. ----
(d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 -----
person
(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. ---
(f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. ---------
(g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. -----
(h) Mobile 2010-11 No. ------
(VII) Public Health
(a) Allopathic Hospital 2006-07 No. 46
(b) Beds in Allopathic hospitals No. 56
(c) Ayurvedic Hospital No. --
(d) Beds in Ayurvedic hospitals No. --
(e) Unani hospitals No. ---
(f) Community health centers No. 18
(g) Primary health centers No. ---
(h) Dispensaries No. 04
(i) Sub Health Centers No. 154
(j) Private hospitals No. ---
(VIII) Banking commercial
(a) Commercial Bank 2006-07 Nos. 28
(b) rural Bank Products Nos. 21
(c) Co-Operative bank products Nos. 15
(d) PLDB Branches Nos. ---
(IX) Education
(a) Primary school Nos. 1349
(b) Middle schools Nos. 359
(c) Secondary & senior secondary Nos. 174
schools
(d) Colleges Nos. 04
(e) Technical University Nos. --

2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Pithoragarh

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

No. Ind. Area acquired developed Rate per of allotted Vacant Units in
plot Plots Plots Plots Production

1 Industrial 5000 5000 6.33 lakhs 08 08 -- 08

Area meter meter
Pitthoragarh

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3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF Pithoragarh

3.1 Industry at a Glance

Sr Head Unit Particulars
No
1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 2053
2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 2053
3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & LARGE NO. ----
UNIT
4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY NO. 4363
WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL
SCALE INDUSTRIES
5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND NO. ------
MEDIUM INDUSTRIES
6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO.
7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IN LACS 31.723
IND.
8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE IN LACS -----
SCALE INDUSTRIES

3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED

YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT
REGISTERED (lakh Rs.)
UNITS
Up to-2000 534 1013 585.00
2000-01 44 129 67.54
2001-2002 44 77 49.48
2002-03 42 86 22.05
2003-04 116 233 73.64
2004-05 195 377 126.93
2005-06 147 303 161.12
2006-07 126 214 139.64
2007-08 68 202 239.59
2008-09 62 165 170.82
2009-10 71 245 268.59
2010-11 85 345 546.00
2011-12 96 303 647.30
Total
Source: DIC ------

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3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT

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3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings
Large Scale Industries are not present in this district

3.5 Major Exportable Item

Exportable units are not present in this district.

3.6 Growth Trend

N/A

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry

Large industries are not present in the district hence vendors are not required here.

3.8. Medium Scale Enterprises

Medium Scale units are not present in this district.

3.9 Service Enterprises

3.9.1 Potentials areas for service industry
1. Tourism related service sector have scope in this District.
2. Local need based enterprises etc.

3.10 Potential for new MSMEs

Pithoragarh is a hilly district of Uttarakhand. Large industries are not present here.
This is not connected by rail link. Transport facilities are not appropriate. This district has
only one mini industrial area having land bank of 1.0 acre only. Presently all plots have been
allotted.
Pithoragarh has potential for food based enterprises. Malta is local fruit available in
huge quantity. Horticulture and floriculture based farming have potential in this district.
Tourism based industries also have scope in this district.
Mining/mineral based industries have potential in Pithoragarh.

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4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise
Industry based cluster is not present in Pithoragarh.

5. General issue raised by Industries Association

1. Lack of trained Manpower.
2. Availability of Power Supply is not proper & sufficient.
3. Pithoragarh is not connected by Rail hence transport cost is high.
4. Raw material cost is very high.
5. Financial assistance should be provided on low interest rates.
6. Industrial plots should be provided on subsidized rates.
7. Taxation & its process should be simplified.

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. 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 Industries Centre

( EM-1) & Permanent Registration Pitthoragarh
Certificate ( EM-II)
2. Identification of Project Profiles, techno- !. DIC Pithoragarh
economic and managerial consultancy 2.MSME-DI Haldwani
services, market survey and economic 3. NSIC, Dehradun
survey reports. 4. State Industrial Development
corporation of Uttarakhand
3. Land and Industrial shed DIC Pithoragarh
State Industrial Development
corporation of Uttarakhand
4. Financial Assistance Commercial Bank Pitthoragarh
SIDBI Rudrapur
State Industrial Development
corporation of Uttarakhand
5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply NSIC Dehradun
DIC Pithoragarh
6. Plant and machinery under hire / purchase NSIC Dehradun
basis. DIC Pithoragarh
MSME-DI Haldwani
7. Power/ Electricity Power Corporation Uttarakhand
Local office Pithoragarh
8. Technical Know –how !. DIC Pithoragarh
2.MSME-DI Haldwani
3. NSIC, Dehradun
9. Quality & Standard !. DIC Pithoragarh
2.MSME-DI Haldwani
3. NSIC, Dehradun
10. Marketing /Export Assistance 1. DIC Pithoragarh
2.MSME-DI Haldwani

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 3. NSIC, Dehradun
4. DGOFT Dehradun
11. Other Promotional Agencies Directorate of Industries,
Uttarakhand
GTZ Dehradun
NHB Dehradun
BIS Dehradun
IIE Dehradun
State Industrial Development
corporation of Uttarakhand

 . A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n :N/A

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