Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Lohta |
| 2 | Place | Lohta |
| 3 | District | Varanasi |
| 4 | State | Uttar pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | NA |
| 6 | No. of workers | 40000 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 4000 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | NA |
| 9 | Major products | Dress material Furnishing fabric Fashion accessories, eg, stole, scarves |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
NA |
| 11 | Major markets | Domestic |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Dependency on one product Highly unorganized cluster Over work force Products are relatively costly because of use of costly yarn Need of Dry Cleaning Inferior quality of dying Low credit from financial institutions City infrastructure is bad Brand Equity of product is declining Decline in wages of weavers No regular work for weavers |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR prepared by EDII, Varanasi |