Major Industries and its Centres

Major Industries and its Centres

Cotton Textiles Mumbai, Sholapur, Nagpur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Indore; Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore, Kanpur and Kolkata. Jute Textiles West Bengal, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, U.P. and M.P. Silk Textiles Asom, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Orissa, U.P., M.P., W. Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra and Punjab. Woollen Textile The chief centres of woollen textiles are Punjab, U.P., Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal. Sugar Industry U.P., Bihar and some centres are there in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Punjab. Cement Industry Jharkhand, M.P., Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana, U.P. and Orissa have some factories also. Paper Industry West Bengal, Maharashtra, U.P., Bihar, Orissa, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. Iron and Steel Industry Jamshedpur, Bokaro (Jharkhand), Bhilai (Chattisgarh), Durgapur, Hirapur, Kulti, Burnpur (West Bengal), Rourkela (Orissa), Bhadrawati (Karnataka), Rourkela (Orissa) and Neyveli (Tamil Nadu). Leather Industry Chennai, Agra, Kolkata, Delhi, Kanpur, Mumbai, Deonaar, Deevaghat. Aluminium Alwaye (Kerala), Muri (Jharkhand), Hirakud (Orissa), Renukoot (U.P.), Bailur (W. Bengal), Koyna Mettur (Tamilnadu) and Hirakud (Orissa). Matches Bareilly, Kolkata, Chennai, Gwalior and Hyderabad. Photo Film Industry Ootacamund (Tamil Nadu). Glass Ferozabad, Shikohabad, Bahjoi, Naini, Haorah, Bangalore and Belgaon. Chemical Industry Delhi, Pimpri, Pune, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Rishikesh, Bangalore and Amritsar. Rubber-Goods Industry Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ballabhgarh, Shahaganj, Chamanacheri and Ambatoor. Locomotive Industry Chittaranjan (West Bengal), Varanasi in U.P., Perambur (Tamil Nadu). Automobile Industry Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Jamshed<%0>pur, Pune and Gurgaon. Antibiotic Industry Rishikesh, Pimpri and Delhi. Aircraft Manufacturing Industry Bangalore, Kanpur, Nasik, Koraput and Hyderabad. Fertilizers Industry Durgapur, Kanpur, Foolpur (Uttar Pradesh), Haldia, Namrup, Rourkela, Vadodara, Barauni, Vishakhapatnam, Gorakhpur, etc. Plastic Industry Mumbai, Kolkata, Amritsar, Kanpur, Hyderabad and Coimbatore. Petro-Chemical Industry Vadodara and Mumbai, Bongaigoan, Asom

Towns Associated with Industries Agra : Stoneware, leather, carpets and marbles. Ahmedabad : Cotton-textiles. Aligarh : Cutlery, locks and dairy-industries. Ambala : Scientific goods. Amritsar : Cloth-printing, carpets, woollen goods, shawls. Bangalore : Watches, telephone, aircraft industry. Bareilly : Rubber factory, match factory, wood work. Bhagalpur : Silk. Chennai : Integral coach factory, leather, cigarette, cotton. Mumbai : Chemicals, oil refineries, fertilizers, film, industry, woollen goods, cotton manufacturing. Chittaranjan : Electrical locomotives. Churk : Cement. Cochin : Coffee, coconut oil, ship-building. Dalmianagar : Cement. Darjeeling : Tea, orange. Delhi : Textiles, chemicals, electronics, sewing machines. Dhariwal : Woollen goods. Ferozabad : Glass-bangles. Hardwar : Heavy electricals. Jamshedpur : Iron and steel works, train coaches locomotives. Jallandhur : Sports articles and surgical goods. Jaipur : Ivory work, brass work, jewellery, pottery, cloth painting. Kolkata : Iron and steel, jute, paper, pottery. Kanpur : Leather, cotton, aircraft factories, woollen mills, soap, iron, flour mills. Kolar : Gold-fields. Lucknow : Embroidery, gold, silver, lac work. Ludhiana : Hosiery, cycle. Mirzapur : Carpet, pottery, stoneware and brass. Moradabad : Brassware, cutlery, enamel industry. Karnataka : Sandalwood oil, ivory work, silk goods. Renukoot : Hindustan Aluminium Works. Saharanpur : Paper mill. Srinagar : H.M.T. factory, woodwork, embroidery, paper machine, woollen shawls. Surat : Cotton textiles. Tarapur : Atomic power plant. Titagarh : Paper and jute. Trombay : Oil refineries, atomic-reactors. Varanasi : Diesel-locomotives, brass-wares, lac bangles. Vishakhapatnam : Ship-building.

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