Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Sankrail Zari Embroidery |
| 2 | Place | Sankrail |
| 3 | District | Howrah |
| 4 | State | West Bengal |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 250 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 800 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 136.3 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Sankrail Zari Unnayan Samity |
| 9 | Major products | Sari, Salwar Kameez, Lahenga / Ghagra, Punjabi (Kurta), Churidar, Scarves, Rakh etc. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
NIFT, IIST, Shibpur NID, DIC, Sankrail and Districe Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Howrah & Block Development Office (BDO), Sankrail |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Rajasthan, UP, Gujarat, West Bengal Middle East Export Middle East Countries. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Traditional technology, low productivity. Lack of awareness regarding modern technology. Absence of Modern Machinery. Absence of design development/ introduction of new design. No training on quality control. Low standardization. No diversification of product. Lack of common work shed. No direct purchase of raw material from manufactures. No direct linkage with national / global market. Absence of market survey. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DIC, Howrah under Directorate of MSSE, Govt. of West Bengal. (February 2011) |