Thursday, January 10, 2019

Major industrial centres in India

MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CENTRES IN INDIA
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Textile industry is the oldest industry of India. It produces cotton, silk, woollen and synthetic clothes. Textile industries are located in various cities of our country like Ahmedabad and Mumbai which are famous for cotton industries. Major silk textile mills are located in Bengaluru, Mysuru (Mysore), Varanasi, Titagarh and Howrah. Jute mills are located at Kolkata. Woollen textile industries are located at Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar.
CEMENT INDUSTRY
These are situated in Sindri, Satna and some places of Rajasthan.
India is the second largest producer of sugar in the world after Cuba. Sugar mills are located in the sugarcane producing states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
Railway locomotive or equipment industries are located in Kapurthala, Varanasi, Jamshedpur, Chittaranjan, Kolkata and Perambur.
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES
These are located in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Jabalpur, Sanand, Jamshedpur and Nashik.
ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES
These are located in Panchkula, Delhi, Lucknow, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai and Coimbatore.
SHIP-BUILDING INDUSTRIES
These are located at Kochi, Visakhapatnam, Marmugao, Mumbai and Kolkata.
IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES
It was started by Jamshetji Tata in India in 1907 at Jamshedpur. It was the most suitable site for iron and steel industry. Steel industries that manufacture a variety of machines and other goods are located in Bokaro(SAIL), Durgapur, Asansol, Chennai and Jamshedpur.
Aeroplanes and aircrafts are made by public sector units in India. These are situated in Bengaluru, Lucknow, Nashim, Hyderabad and Kanpur.
ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES
These industries manufacture tractors, lumps, cranes, telephone and other machinery are found in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Ranchi.
OIL REFINERIES
These are situated in Assam, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bihar. Reliance has set up an oil refinery in Jamnagar.


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