1 | Name Of Cluster | Cooch Behar Sital pati |
2 | Place | Cooch Behar |
3 | District | Cooch Behar |
4 | State | West Bengal |
5 | No of firms (by type) | 2000 |
6 | No. of workers | 8000 |
7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 120 Million |
8 | Associations in cluster | Ghughumari Pati Shilpa Co-Operative Societies Cooch Behar Block I Pati Shilpa Co-operative Society |
9 | Major products | Mobile Cover Make-up Box Water Bottle Purse Ladies Bag |
10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Cooch Behar KVIB, Cooch Behar B.C.K.V., Uttarbanga |
11 | Major markets | Domestic U.S , U.K |
12 | Major problems/prospects | Lack of qualitative output. Not Abundant supply of raw materials due to restriction on exp. of Mothra cultivation. No direct marketing for artisans. Non availability of outside capital investment Value addition possibilities not properly exploited. Shortage of Finance from the F.I.s . Lack of propaganda and advertisement. Rapid growth of intermediary level of marketing Competition from plastic mats. |
13 | Data source and updated on | DIC, Cooch Behar under Directorate of MSSE, Govt. of West Bengal. (June 2007) |