Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Barabanki Chikan Embroidery |
| 2 | Place | Dewa |
| 3 | District | Barabanki |
| 4 | State | Uttar pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 2500 Artisan Units. All are Micro and owned by women |
| 6 | No. of workers | 10000 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 100 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Barabanki Chikankari Cluster Vikas Evam Kriyanvayan Samiti |
| 9 | Major products | Traditional Chikankari |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Barabanki |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Northern States Export (Indirect) NA. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Highly upgradation Lengthy production time No designer input Over production of low quality goods No association among manufacturers No fixed time for return of goods from embroidery. Very less fund flow from financial institutions Very less use of modernized facilities such as computer, internet etc. Products mainly treated as seasonal summer garments. Lack of Backward and forward linkage Dependency on contractors from Lucknow. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | Industries Deptt. Government of UP + (February, 2009) |