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Industries and Economy of Dhule

Dhule is situated in the western part of India, and it is also a famous municipal corporation of the Dhule District, which is situated in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra. According to the records, Dhule belongs to the list of the nicely planned cities of India. Dhule is famous all over India mostly because of the elegant architecture and the urban design. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was the person who planned this city. The city has industrial areas, schools, colleges, shopping malls, hospital and very obviously, the residential areas. Dhule also has excellent communication infrastructure and transport facilities. Dhule has also started to emerge as the largest textile hub, power loom and edible oil in the state of Maharashtra. Dhule is situated at the joint of the three National Highways which include the NH-3, the NH-6, and the NH-211.

Industries of Dhule

Industries in Dhule

Dhule exports oil cake, ropes, fatty acids and edible oil. The city has started emerging as the largest textile hub, edible oil, and power loom in Maharashtra. The other industries of Dhule include the variety of agro products, forest products, plastic products and the oil based products in the city. All these industries have been undertaken by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.

According to the records, the MSME growth is expected to boost up not only in the District of Dhule but also around Dhule. The reason behind this is that Dhule is connected with the DMIC or the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project.

Dhule is very famous for the production of the purest form of milk ghee. The city also has the maximum amount of cultivable land available and produces groundnuts. It is considered to be the foremost in all the industries that are agro-based and is also the leading city when it comes to generating wind power.

The knitting units are spread all across the district of Dhule, and they are famous for knitting the blankets and the durries which are famous all over India. The dal mills and also the pressing and ginning industries, which are mostly the agro-based industries have started to flourish in the city to a great extent. The raw materials required for paper mill industry, the cotton mill industry, or the garment industry are available in this region.

The main crop of the district of Dhule is the groundnut. Dhule is known as the groundnuts’ major producer, and it also leads in Maharashtra. Other crops cultivated are the sorghum, cotton, sesame, green gram and spiked millet. Certain fruits like the guava, banana, melon, and papaya are cultivated to a great extent.

There are a handful of the sugar mills situated in places like Bhadane, Shivajinagar, Vikhroli, etc. The most important agricultural products include milk and all the other dairy products. The milk centers of milk chilling are located in Dhule, Nardana, and Shirpur.

The place Dondaicha is located in Shindkheda is mostly famous for all the chilli markets. A starch factory is also present here. Other than this, there are a number of cottage industries that are operational in the district of Dhule. These industries include pottery, beedi rolling, brick making, handloom, knitting sarees and extracting oil from the ground nuts and the sesame seeds. The units of wood cutting are generally operated in places like Dhule, Pimpalner, and Shirpur.

The most important street of the Dhule city is Aagra road where almost all important shops and businesses are located. The most important wholesale market for selling the vegetables and fruits is Paach-Kandil. Another very important vegetable market is Pat-bazaar which is situated near an ancient canal known as the Pat.

Dhule is famous for one of the largest wind power company in the world, the Suzlon Energy. Suzlon Energy has an extremely vast and undulating expanse. Once the power generation becomes 1000W, it will become the largest facilities of wind electricity generation across the globe.

Investment region of Dhule-Nardana

Under the proposal of the DMIC, the highly driven nodes of impact which include the Industrial Areas and the Investment Region are identified inside the corridor for providing the facility regimes that are not only investment friendly but also transparent. According to the propositions made, all these regions will have the industrial township that is self-sustained along with the best infrastructure in the world. This also includes the road and the railway facilities for easy movement to the ports and the logistics hubs. Air will also connect these areas along with power, infrastructure. All these are going to provide the best and most competitive environment in the world, to set up a business.

The investment regions will be a special region for the industries that have 20,000 hectares of area minimum. According to the decisions made by the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project or the DMIC, the DNIR region or the Dhule-Nardana Investment region is supposed to be located in proximity to the joining of the three highways, the NH-3, the NH-6, and the NH-211. This region is located strategically and is connected to the hinterland and the ports. The Maharashtra government has taken an important decision to develop the Textile Park of Nardana.

The raw materials along with the human resources are abundant here, and the region is perfect for the manufacturing of the textile products. This region has an extreme potential for the textile and all the agro-processing industries. The only problem with this region is that it is prone to drought and proper irrigation facilities are not available, which is the main cause of unemployment.

Reasons to select the Dhule-Nardana Investment Region


The main reasons to select the Dhule-Nardana Investment Region are as follows:

  • It is located very close to the junction of the three main national highways, and hence it is very well-connected to the hinterland and the ports.
  • The raw materials and the human resources are available here in abundance, and hence this region has a great potential for setting up textile production units.
  • The Dhule Airport is very close to the region that has been proposed for the Dhule-Nardana Investment Region.
  • The Tapi river forms the river basin here which is perfect for this region.

Other Industrial Areas in Dhule

The Brahman Wei Industrial Area has been developed by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, and the generation of wind energy has started from the year 2002. Wind energy projects have also been built by the MIDC on around 158 hectares of land. The most important technological and digital company present in the Dhule city is Walnut Solutions.

Dhule is well known for the industries and the economy that is based here. From the agro-based industries to the textile industries to generating wind and water power, the district of Dhule has almost everything. Apart from being an excellent tourist spot, Dhule is famous in and around India for all the industries that it has.


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