Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Chanderi Handloom
2 Place Chanderi
3 District Chanderi
4 State Madhya Pradesh
5 No of firms (by type) 3659 
6 No. of workers 10977 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) NA
8 Associations in cluster Madhya Pradesh Hastha Shilpa Vikas Nigam (MPHSVN)
Weaver Trade Unions
Chanderi Silk Club
SIDBI and the State Bank of Indore
The Government Training Centre
Weavers Service Center, Indore & Varanasi
Madhya Pradesh State Textile Corp
Madhya Pradesh State Handloom Weavers Federation
Madhya Pradesh Hastha Shilpa Vikas Nigam
Madhya Pradesh Laghu Udyog Nigam
9 Major products Pure silk,
Chanderi cotton,
Silk cotton
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) State Commissioner for Handlooms and Handicrafts, Bhopal
District Collector, Guna
Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Govt. of India
Acash, Hhec, Ccic
Nift & Nid
11 Major markets National
International
12 Major problems/prospects Lack of water and road infrastructure.
Absence of social security.
Unsystematic dyeing process being adopted by many.
Dearth of capital investment in the industry
Weaver is socially, financially and marketwise backward and vulnerable.
The industry is not well linked to the global markets and fashion dynamics
Poor gender sensitization: unpaid women workers with no social or medical security
13 Data source and updated on Diagnostic Study Artisan the Handloom Weaving Cluster Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh prepared under the Aegis of the Government of Madhya Pradesh & UNIDO Cluster Development Programme