Cluster Profile
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)