Here below you can find the details of West Godavari District’s Key Statistics, Focus Sectors in West Godavari, Connectivity, Natural Resource Endowment, Agriculture & Aquaculture Highlights, Industry Highlights, Tourism Highlights, Narsapur Lace work
FACTS ABOUT ANDHRA PRADESH STATE
Key Statistics
Area : 7,700 sq. km
Population : 39.35 lakh
Literacy rate : 74.32%
District Domestic Product : USD 6.53 billion
Focus Sectors in West Godavari
- Textiles
- Ceramics
- Agro & Food processing
- Aquaculture
Connectivity
Proposed Narsapur port
Natural Resource Endowment
Rich in Minerals –
- Ball clay
- Limestone
- Quartz
- Building Stone Minerals
- Fire Clay
- Dolomite
- Road Metal
Agriculture & Aquaculture Highlights
Primarily an Agrarian district
Hub for agriculture-based industries
Known as ‘Granary of India’ due to almost 50% contribution to state’s rice production
Oil palm, Sugarcane, Corn, Mango, and Banana are produced in the district
Leader in Prawn export
Industry Highlights
Upcoming UAV/Missile cluster in the district
Home to –
- Ceramic units
- Oil refineries
- Sugar mills
- Carpet Industries
- Rice mills
- Lace Industries
Tourism Highlights
- Kolleru Lake
- Dwaraka Tirumala
Narsapur Lace work
Narsapur is famous for exquisite crochet lace products, and engages over 2 lakh women artisans
Cluster has around 50 exporters who export to major world markets in USA, Europe and Japan
Lace work done with thin threads and woven with thin stainless steel crochet needles of varying sizes
Thread used is twisted mercerized cotton yarn made out of superior grade cotton
Lace work available in different colours like pink, green and mustard, but being and white are most common
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