The Indian state of West Bengal has multiple industries present in the state. The major industrial belts are Hooghly Industrial Region, Durgapur-Raniganj-Asansol Industrial Region, Haldia Industrial Region and Darjeeling-Jalpaiguri Industrial Region. Apart from these, many Industrial parks or areas are situated with planned townships. Majority of them are functioning with some of them being under construction.
State industries are mostly localised in the Kolkata region, the mineral-rich western highlands, and Haldia port region. Kolkata is noted as one of the major centres for industries like the IT, GCCs, ITes, jute, leather industry etc. There are numerous steel plants in the state apart from the Durgapur Steel plant and alloy steel plant at Durgapur and IISCO in Burnpur. There are major industries around petrochemicals in Haldia, heavy engineering in Durgapur Howrah, rail manufacturing in Chittaranjan and Titagath, heavy equipment manufacturing in kharagpur, power generation,chemicals and fertilisers across the state. Coal bed methane gas and shale gas is found in Durgapur Asansol region. Recently high grade petroleum has been discovered in Ashoknagar about 60 KMS from Kolkata and commercial production would begin soon. Natural resources like tea and jute in and nearby parts have made West Bengal a major centre for the jute and tea industries. West Bengal is at the forefronts of gems and jewellery, leather processing and leather goods manufacturing and has around 666 units producing leather and leather related goods. Currently, 22-25 percent of India's tanning activity is undertaken in Kolkata and its suburbs. Kharagpur has also numerous industries of various types such as iron works, cement, chemicals, etc.
Major industrial belts This list includes major economic industrial regions of West Bengal. Name Area Location Industry Major industrial Company/ companiesRef(s)Hooghly Industrial Belt2,000 km2.Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, Nadia, Serampore, Shyamnagar, Sodepur and other parts of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly district and Howrah district. Jute Industry, Textile, Heavy engineering, Leather Industry, IT Industry, manufacturing, chemicals, iron and steel and food productsGarden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Zaneti, Burn Standard Company Limited, Tribeni, Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals etc. Haldia Industrial Belt 350 km2.Haldia, Purba MedinipurPetrochemicals, Chemical Industry, Oil Refinery, Fertilizer Haldia Petrochemicals, IPPL-IndianOil Petronas, Indian Oil Corporation, Tata Steel, South Asia Petrochemical, Hindustan LiverDurgapur- Raniganj- Asansol industrial Belt1,600 km2.Durgapur, Asansol, Raniganj, Raniganj Coalfield, Andal, ChittaranjanSteel, coal industry, coal bed methane gas, hydel power, fertilizers, refractory industries, cement, coal washery, boiler manufacturing, paints, alloy and special steel plant, a coal-mining machinery plant, brick and tile manufacturing, and large thermal power unitsEastern Coalfields Limited, Shyam Steel, Indian Iron and Steel Company Limited, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Durgapur Steel Plant GE heavy engineering, Durgapur Thermal, Damodar Valley, Esser Gas, Great Eastern Shale gas, Matix fertilizers, Jai Balaji, Durgapur Cements etcDarjeeling-Jalpaiguri Industrial Belt 1,300 km2.Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar Tea industry, tourism industry, wood industry Terai Company Pvt Ltd
Industrial parks/areas/towns This list includes industrial parks, areas, towns, hubs, belts etc.
+Key cells denote which are under construction or planning and operations have not started (As of 2023) Name Area Location Industrial Company/ companies Industry Ref(s)Panagarh Industrial Park 1458 Acres Panagarh, Burdwan District Emami, Valve, Acer, Matix Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., H&R Johnson (India), HPCL, Globus Spirit Ltd., IOCL etc.Cement, chemical fertilizers, Ammonia Plant, Urea Plant, bottling plant, Ceramic Tiles Manufacturing, distillery etc. Vidyasagar Industrial Park 1167 Acres Kharagpur, West Medinipur Tata-Hitachi, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Orissa Aloy Steel private limited, Godrej Agrovet, Nutricraft India, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Megatherm Induction Machinery, steel, oil Barzora Industrial Park 432 Acres Barzora, Bankura DistrictAnandabazar Patrika, Pratyaha Newspaper, X Pro India, Timespac, Nilkamal Plastics, Surya Alloy Industries, Tulip Fabrics, Steelex Electrocast, HP Ispat, Jain Spun Industries, Maan Concast, Lalwani Industrie, Embee Ferro Alloy, Jai Ambey Metals, Royal Touch Fablon etc. Steel, plastic, newspaper, fabric, metals etc. Haldia Industrial Park 334 Acres Haldia, East Medinipur Mitsubishi Chemicals Ltd., South Asian Petrochemicals Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Exide, Shaw Wallace, Tata Chemicals, Haldia Petrochemicals, Hindustan Lever Limited etc. South Asia Petrochemical, Hindustan Liver Petrochemicals, Fertilizers Raghunathpur Steel & Allied Industrial Park 1924 Acres Raghunathpur, Purulia District Damodar Valley Corporation, Shyam Steel Industries Limited, Shree Cement, DPSC limited Thermal power, steel, cement Shalbani Industrial Park 4300 Acres Salboni, West Medinipur JSW Group Cement, paint, steel, solar power unit,Sankrail Rubber Park170 Acres Sankrail, Howrah DistrictRishi Bankim Silpaudyan97 Acres Naihati, North Twenty Four ParganasWimplast, Suguna Foods Limited, DTL Ancillary Limited, New Hope Animal Celesty Food Products, Syanchro Pack etc.Kharagpur cycle park20 Acres Kharagpur, West MedinipurCycle production Goaltor Industrial Park 950 AcresGoaltor, West MedinipurNabadiganta Industrial Township 430 AcresBidhannagar, North 24 ParganasSee list of companies having tech park hereIT, ITeS Budge Budge Garment Park 10 AcresBudge Budge, South 24 ParganasGarments and clothing Paridhan Garment Park Beliaghata, KolkataGarments and clothing Shilpangan Light Engineering Park Bidhannagar, North 24 Parganas Light engineering West Bengal Hosiery Park 125 Acres Howrah districtGarments and clothing Regent Garments and Apparel Park 55 Acres Barasat, North 24 Parganas Garments and clothing EIGMEF Apparel Park 13 Acres Bidhannagar, North 24 Parganas Garments and clothing Kona Integrated Garment Prak 21 Acres Unsani, Howrah district Garments and clothing Sudha Das Food Park, Sankrail 50 Acres Sankrail, Howrah Food and processing Kandua Food Park 54 Acres Sankrail, Howrah Food and processing Sankrail Food Park- III 34 Acres Sankrail, Howrah Food and processing Sankrail Poly Park 60 Acres Sankrail, HowrahMegaflex Plastics, Elkos Pens, Weilburger Coatings, W.Hunger Hydraulics, Rollx Technologies, Tenty Marketing, Accurate Polymers, Techcon India Polymer production Gems & Jewelry Park 6 Acres Ankurhati, Howrah Senco Gold Limited, Calcutta Gem & Jewellers Welfare Association, Jain Jewellers Jewelry production Haringhata Industrial Park 358 Acres Nadia Kharagpur General Industrial Park 205 Acres Kharagpur, West MedinipurTata Metaliks, Flender McNeil etc. Fulbari Industrial Park 32 Acres Fulbarigram, Jalpaiguri district Dabgram Industrial Park 107 Acres Dabgram, Jalpaiguri district Shilpobroto Industrial Park 25 Acres Binnaguri, Jalpaiguri district INDUS Balram Industrial Park Jalpaiguri district South City Anmol Infra Park 48 AcresHowrah district Amtala Food Park 125 Acres Amtala, South 24 Parganas Regent SME Industrial Park 21 Acres Ankurhati, Howrah Srijan Industrial Logistic Park 24 Acres Ankurhati, Howrah Jalan Complex 2000 Acres Ankurhati, Howrah Amta Industrial Park Uluberia Industrial Park Ranihati Foundry Park Dankuni Industrial Park Bagnan Industrial Park
Cities with major industries No. Place Significance 1 Kolkata IT, BPO, GCCs, Manufacturing, Cotton textile, Leather, Food processing, Hospitality, Tourism 2 Durgapur Iron and steel, coal, CBM gas, graphite, power, cement, chemicals, heavy engineering, Fertilizers, IT 3 Kharagpur Chemicals, machinery, heavy metals, automobiles, railways, cement 4 Haldia Petrochemical, refinery, industrial chemicals 5 Darjeeling Tea 6 Chittaranjan Electric locomotives (CLW) 7 Rupnarayanpur Cables 8 Howrah Jute, light engineering 9 Dankuni Warehouse, locomotives, heavy engineering, milk and beverages, biscuits 10 Rishra Textile, jute, cotton, heavy engineering 11 Champdani Jute, cotton, heavy engineering 12 Bhadreswar Jute 13 Tribeni Tissue paper 14 Kalimpong Tea, wood 15 Siliguri Tea, timber, IT 16 Dalkhola Maize 17 Raiganj Rice 18 Malda Mango 19 Rampurhat Mining, stone crushing, rice 20 Suri Rice, silk, furniture 21 Shantiniketan Handicrafts, rice 22 Baharampur Silk, sarees, ivory, sholapith, metal, Brass 23 Jangipur Tobacco, mulberry 24 Kalyani Heavy engineering, pharmaceutical, bio-technology, meat processing, rice 25 Katwa Rice, jute, mustard 26 Bardhaman Rice, brick, food processing, potato 27 Asansol Coal, Iron and steel, Locomotives, heavy engineering, cement, cables 28 Budge Budge Petroleum, jute, power 29 Kanchrapara Electrical locomotives and workshop, railway coaches, furniture 30 Halisahar Jute, pulp, paper 31 Naihati Jute, paint 32 Bhatpara Jute, paper, battery, heavy engineering 33 Barrackpore Jute, rifles, aeronautical, heavy engineering, dry cells, cables 34 Titagarh Jute, wagons, paper, steel, heavy engineering 35 Khardah Jute, heavy engineering 36 Panihati Jute, chemical, heavy engineering, tractor, tobacco 37 Kamarhati Jute, paper, heavy engineering, matches, ceramics 38 Dum Dum Heavy engineering, guns, bullets, railway wagon, construction equipment 39 Jangal Sundari Karmanagari
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