Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Balarampur Shellac |
| 2 | Place | Balarampur |
| 3 | District | Purulia |
| 4 | State | West Bengal |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 123 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 1517 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs.1050 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Balarampur Khudra Lakksha Kutir Silpa Baybasayee Samity Chapra Byaparik Sabha |
| 9 | Major products | Seedlac Button Lac Handmade Shellac Shellac |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Divisional Forest Office ( DFO) District Rural Development Cell(DRDC) District Industries Centre (DIC) Lac Development office (LDO) Shellac Export Promotion Council (SEPC) Indian Lac Research Institute (ILRI) |
| 11 | Major markets | Domestic |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Lower range of local availability Seasonal production of raw material Compulsory procurement of raw material from local market. Lack of scientific method to determine the chouri parta content in stick lac Traditional method for production Low productivity Testing facilities are not available Inadequate storage infrastructure Major processors are financially weak Fluctuating, unstable and speculative market |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR prepared by DCSSI, Balarampur, 2007 |