Solapur textile cluster (Maharashtra)

Introduction

The city of Solapur, in Maharashtra, hosts a textile industry cluster that is famous for its cotton bed sheets (chaddars) and towels. There are about 600 units in the cluster; of these, around 350 units are of ‘integrated’ type, with all the facilities for processing the raw material (cotton yarn) to the final product, while the remaining 250 units have only weaving facilities, i.e., power looms.

Products manufactured

Cotton bed sheets (chaddars) and towels

Number of MSMEs

600

Main fuels

Wood and biomass; Electricity

Production & turnover

162 million metres of fabric annually

Total energy consumption (toe)

16600

Leading industry association(s)

• TSolapur Industries Association (SIA) http://solapurindustriesassociation.org/

Cluster profile

https://sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/Solapur_textile_cluster.pdf

Source: Data pertains to 2010-11, collected primarily under the BEE-SME program