Hooghly Industrial Belt | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Kolkata Industrial Belt | |
| Main Industry | Jute Industry, Textile, Heavy engineering, Leather Industry, IT Industry |
| Main City | Kolkata, Howrah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,000 km2 (800 sq mi) |
The Hooghly Industrial Belt[1][2] or Kolkata Industrial Belt is India's oldest and second largest Industrial area (Silpancalasilpancalati) the banks of the Hooghly river in the north to the south of Triveni-Kalyani, Uluberia-Biralapura 100 km long and 15–10 km wide zone to the industrial development of the Kolkata district and some part of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly district and Howrah district.
The industrial belt has 8,746 registered large factories (1989) besides 33,749 registered small factories (1990). Of the total 20 lakh industrial workers 12.7 lakh are engaged in transport and tertiary services, 2.4 lakh in jute industry, and 2.2 lakh in engineering and cotton textile industries. On the basis of the value of industrial output, transport and tertiary industry comes on the top (Rs. 1,327 million), followed by jute manufacturing (Rs. 1,323 million), manufacturing (Rs. 950 million), chemicals (Rs. 542 million), iron and steel (Rs. 444 million), non-jute textiles (Rs. 255 million), and food products (Rs. 168 million) (Bose, 1965).