Brief Industrial Profile of Sonepat District - DCMSME

1 Government of India Ministry of MSME. Brief Industrial Profile of Sonepat District Our Strength -- gekjh kfDr MSME-Development Institute , Karnal (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,). Phone :- 0184-2230882. Fax: - 0184-2231862. E-mail: Website: 1. Contents S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 03. Location & Geographical Area 03. Topography 04. Availability of Minerals. 05. Forest 5-6. Administrative set up 6-9. 2. District at a glance 9-12. Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Sonepat 13. 3. Industrial Scenario of Sonepat 14. Industry at a Glance 14. Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 14. Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units 15-16. In The District Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 16-19. Major Exportable Item 20.

2 Growth Trend 20. Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 20. Medium Scale Enterprises 20. List of the units in ------ & near by Area 20. Major Exportable Item 20. Service Enterprises 20. Coaching Industry 20. Potentials areas for service industry 20. Potential for new MSMEs 21. 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 21. Detail Of Major Clusters 21. Manufacturing Sector 21. Service Sector 21. Details of Identified cluster 21. Welding Electrodes 21. Stone cluster Chemical cluster Fabrication and General Engg Cluster 5 Kota Doria: 5. General issues raised by industry association during the course 23. of meeting 6 Steps to set up MSMEs 24. 7. Additional information if any 24. 2. Brief Industrial Profile of Sonepat District 1. General Characteristics of the District : Sonipat also spelled as Sonepat , is an ancient town and a municipal council in Sonipat District in the state of haryana , India.

3 It is believed that it was founded as Suvarnaprastha by the five Pandava brothers during the times of Mahabharata. Another legend ascribed it to Raja Soni, the thirteenth descendent of Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers. Sonipat District is a part of the Eastern haryana Plain. The name of the District is derived after its headquarters town, Sonipat. It is often believed that Sonepat (now spelt as Sonipat) was one of the five Preasthas or towns demanded by Yudhisthira from Duryodhana as the price of peace. Another tradition ascribes its foundation to Raja Soni, thirteenth in descent from Arjuna, a brother of Yudhishthira. Both the traditions are without substance. There is no mention of Sonipat in the Mahabharata, although it has been noted much earlier by the great grammerian Panini in his celebrated Ashtadhyayi.

4 The town was therefore already in existence around 600 Sonipat District came into existence on December 22, 1972. It was carved out of Rohtak District to which Sonipat tahsil was attached since 1912. By taking 69 villages from Sonipat tahsil, Ganaur as a sub-tahsil was created in February, 1980. Kharkhauda with 38. villages was created as a sub-tahsil on March30, 1982. The sub-tahsil of Ganaur was upgraded to the level of tahsil on April 19, 1982. Gohana sub-division of Sonipat District was included in Rohtak district1. The position as on December 31, 1990 is as under: 2. sub-divisions (Sonipat and Ganaur); 2 tahsils (Sonipat and Ganaur) and Kharkhauda as a sub- tehsil. The District headquarter is situated in Sonipat. Other smaller towns are Gohana, Ganaur, Mundlana, Kharkhoda and Rai.

5 The total area of Sonipat District is 2,260 sq km and its population is 10, 64,000 nos. Sonipat is bordered by the states of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh as well as the districts of Rohtak, Jind and Panipat. The River Yamuna runs along the eastern boundary of the Sonepat comprises of 3 sub-divisions namely Ganaur, Sonepat and Gohana and seven blocks (Ganaur, Sonipat, Rai, Kharkhoda, Gohana, Kathura and Mundlana) has been carved out of Rohtak and made a full fledged District on 22 December 1972. Sonepat is the largest tehsil followed by Gohana. Location & Geographical Area. Sonepat is a town and a municipal council in the Sonepat District in the state of haryana , (India). It comes under the National Capital Region and is also known as a education city in the India. It is 20 kms north from Delhi.

6 And a municipal council in the Sonipat District in the state of haryana , India. It comes under the National Capital Region . The Yamuna River runs along the eastern boundary of the District . Sonipat comprises 3. sub-divisions namely Sonipat, Ganaur and Gohana and seven blocks (Sonipat, Ganaur, Rai, Kharkhoda, Gohana, Kathura and Mundlana). It has been carved out of Rohtak and made a full fledged District on 22 December 1972. It's believed that Sonipat was founded as Swarnaprastha by the five Pandava brothers during the times of Mahabharata. Its one of the five Preasthas or towns demanded by Yudhisthira from Duryodhana as the price of peace. Another legend ascribed it to Raja Soni, the thirteenth descendent of Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers. Both the traditions are without substance.

7 There is no mention of Sonipat in the Mahabharata, 3. although it has been noted much earlier by the great grammarian Panini in his celebrated Ashtadhyayi. The town was therefore already in existence around 600 Sonipat is located at N E.[1] It has an average elevation of meter above the sea level ( ft). haryana a main water system in the District comprises of River Yamuna and the irrigation canals flowing out of it. There is no perennial river in the District . The underground water resources differ from area to area. The depth of the water table is the lowest in the Khader area along the Yamuna, where it is below 10 ft. It increases to 30 to 40 ft. in some of the western and south eastern part of the District . The ground water in some areas is saline and brackish. The ground water conditions indicate that the District faces the problem of occurrence of brackish water and water logging in eastern parts of the District .

8 Broadly speaking, the District is a continuous part of the haryana -Punjab plain, but the area is not leveled in some parts. Over most of the District , the soil is fine loam of rich color. However, some areas has sandy soil and others are comprised of Kallar. The plain has a gradual slope to the south and east. The District may be roughly divided into three regions: Topography: Topographically Sonipat District is divided into three regions - Khadar, Upland Plain and Sandy Region. Sonipat city is lying on upland plains, which is covered with old alluvium, which if properly irrigated, is highly productive. Extensive farming of crops, oilseeds, horticultural plants, vegetables and flowers, is undertaken in this region. Broadly speaking, the District is a continuous part of the haryana -Punjab plain but the area is not levelled in some parts.

9 Sonipat District has fine loamy soil with rich color. However, some areas have sandy soil. Sonipat borders Delhi (National Capital) in south, Panipat District in the north, Uttar Pradesh state in the east and Rohtak District in the west. The total area of Sonipat District is 2,260 sq. km. 4. Availability of Minerals. PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION (in tones). 2010-2011. MAJOR MINERAL. 1. Yamuna sand is the only mineral available in the District Sonepat MINOR- The details of month wise production of Yamuna sand in the District Sonepat is as under- 1. April 2010 156848. 2. May 2010 406456. 3. June 2010 362540. 4. July 2010 NIL. 5. August 2010 31033. 6. September 2010 192598. 7. October 2010 185748. 8 November20120100 181706. 9 December2010 185971. 10. January2011 291259.

10 11 February2011 346845. 12 March2011 329050. SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY. Sonepat , FOREST: haryana is primarily an agriculture state with almost 80% of its land under cultivation. The geographical area of the state is 44212 sq. km which is of India's geographical area. It 5. is not bestowed with bounty of natural forests and only of its geographical area is under notified forests. The rest extends as tree cover in village common lands, community lands, institutional lands and agricultural farms, making the area under forest and tree cover to percent. (India State of Forest Report, FSI, 2009) Forestry activities in the state are dispersed over rugged Shivalik Hills in north, Aravalli hills in south, sand dunes in west and wastelands, saline-alkaline lands and waterlogged sites in the central part of the state.