18 Indian states Leather Industry in 2024
Welcome Reader in the blog post of ‘18 Indian states Leather Industry in 2024’. In this blog post we are going to discover leather production in India state wise. We are like to state economically; the leather industry has a special place in the Indian economy.
Where is leather industry in India?
The oldest manufacturing sector in India is the leather industry. This industry is high in employment generation and provides employment to approximately 4.4 million people. With consistently high export earnings, this industry is one of the top 10 foreign exchange earners of India. India is one of the best places for leather production as the raw material is available in abundance. About 11% of the world’s goat and sheep population and 20% of the world’s buffalo and cattle population are present in India, providing essential raw materials for this industry.
Leather producing states in India
Let’s take loop on State-wise leather industries centers in India.
Leather industry in Tamil Nadu
The states of Tamilnadu are a well known state for leather business.
Chennai, Ambur, Ranipet, Vaniyambadi, Vellore, Pernambut, Trichy, Dindigul and Erode; The north Arcot district (Vellore) of Tamil Nadu is the stronghold of leather industry. Right from the British period, Chennai was one of the important trading centers of leather work.
Much of the export of hides and skins was from this city. Out of 25 tanneries reported in India in 20th century, 14 were from Chennai. Government of Tamilnadu has introduced Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) norm for tannery for prevention of environmental degradation. Under this norm the industries are not allowed to discharge any liquid into rivers, lakes, drains and canals etc. for the mechanism is set in CETPs.
Leather industry in West Bengal
On the eastern edge of Kolkata, the Government of West Bengal has built a cutting-edge integrated leather complex that spans 1100 acres. Many tanneries that were previously located within the city precincts have relocated here, and new investment interest has been generated.
Leather industry in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, Bhimavaram, Cuddapah, Elluru, Karim Nagar Hyderabad and Nellore are the key leather centers. The State is a major producer of hides and skins in India, contributing about 19 million pieces per annum, which constitutes about 10 per cent of the country’s raw material. Most of this raw material goes to States like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for processing.
There are about 450 slaughterhouses in the State out of which about 34 large and medium tanneries that annually process about 40 million square feet of hides and skins.
In Andhra Pradesh, the major leather production hubs are Hyderabad and Nellore.
Leather Industry in Uttarpradesh
Saharanpur, Meerut, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Bulandshahar, Rae Bareli, and Kanpur , Agra in UP is considered to be the biggest footwear manufacturing units of the state. Agra in UP is considered to be the biggest footwear manufacturing units of the state. Their product demand is traced to the royal families of those times.
The training was given to the artisans by British who were to cater to their need of different kind of shoes. Agra had large concentration of traditionally skilled primary leather works estimated to be about 60,000(Kaul, 1984) that too working as unorganised workers. Besides, Agra, Kanpur, the Industrial capital of UP is the major centre for manufacture of slippers.
Which city is the highest producer of leather in India?
Kanpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, is a major production centre for saddler goods in India accounting for more than 95% of the total exports of saddler items from India.
Kanpur is the only location in the nation where harness leather, a key component of the saddlery industry, is produced. Other well-known products from Kanpur include hand-made Luknnow-Chappal and Chappal from the city of Kanpur.
Leather Industry in Karnataka
Bangalore is an important cluster for leather garments (contributing 15% of India’s capacity), with some small units engaged in production of shoe uppers.
Leather garments accounted for the largest share (51%) followed by leather footwear. Industry’s major concerns here are shortage of skilled manpower (mainly in leather cutting) and raw material availability.
Leather Industry in Maharashtra
The State of Maharashtra is where the majority of the leather industry in Western India is found. The production of leather shoes, sandals, and other leather goods is the main activity of the leather clusters in Kolhapur, Bhiwandi, and Andheri (East), Mumbai. Maharashtra accounts for 32% of the country’s production capacity of leather sandals and 15% of leather goods. Production in these clusters is highly seasonal with lean season in the period from June to August, a result of the monsoons.
Ahmadnagar Distict – Artisitc Chappal by hand, Aurangabad- Artisitc Chappal by hand
Jalana Distict – Artisitc Chappal by hand
Kholhapur Distict – Artisitc Chappal by hand; Pune- Artisitc Chappal by hand, Sangli Distict – Artisitc Chappal by hand, Satara- Artisitc Chappal by hand, Thane Distict – Artisitc Chappal by hand
Leather industry in Odisha
Odisha’s position in industrial growth is not very remarkable and leather and footwear units have not developed substantially. The major clusters are Bhubhneshwar, Beharmpur, Cuttack, Jatni, etc. Footwear industries are concentrated in cottage and small scale sector in this State, in case of footwear component industry, there is no unit established in the State.
Leather industry in Punjab
Jalandar Distict
Leather craft, especially the ‘Jootis’ or soft leather shoes, is a unique product form Punjab. These light slip-ons used to be embroidered in gold and silver thread, but are now embellished with coloured threads. Punjabi Jootis are being produced all over Punjab by artisans.
The major clusters are Patiala, Bhatinda, Muktsar, Malot, Abohar, Fazilka. Firozpur,Kotakpura, Gurdaspur& Amritsar
Products of each cluster have different characteristics in terms of shape, pattern, design and color.
Leather industry in Haryana
Ambala (Leather Footwear), Gurgaon, Panchkula, Karnal and Faridabad; Panipat (H)- Leather Other Footwear, Rewari-Leather Footwear
Leather industry in Bihar
The state of Bihar has a lot of high-quality, plentiful goat and cattle hides as well as a sufficient supply of human resources. Bihar is ranked third in the nation, behind only West Bengal and Rajasthan. As a result, the leather-based industry is a significant one with enormous potential. Three significant segments make up Bihar’s leather tanning industry. This business is run by (BLDC), its sister company (BFL), a few independent tanneries in Muzaffarpur, and the BATA tannery in Moghamaghat. Its units were all established after careful planning. All of these units ran efficiently and profitably until 1990, but they have been closed since 1993.
The major reason behind its closure was financial problem set in the form of working capital. Another problem faced is disposal of treated waste water.
After a long issue the state government agreed to adopt Tamilnadu model of CETP11. Artisanal units located in all urban and semi-urban centres, namely Muzaffarpur, Bettiah, Danapur, Patna etc. According to data from the industries department, there are about 1000 home and cottage footwear businesses in these locations that produce handmade chappals, sandals, and other footwear for the local wholesale and retail market using both leather and non-leather materials.
Leather industry in Himachal Pradesh
The leather industry in Himachal is located in Baddi, an industrial area which is upcoming mainly because of tax soaps and single window clearance given by the State Government for investment. Roughly 33 footwear units have registered themselves with the State’s Departments of Industries to set up production units in this region. In their leather chemical finishing factory at Baddi, Indian leather finishing chemical manufacturers C& E built a new plant in 2011 to produce PU binders for the leather industry. The absence of skilled labor, however, is a significant problem for the sector in this cluster. However a key issue facing the industry in this cluster is the lack of skilled manpower. An employment related rule in the State stipulates that 70% of the employment in any production unit (regular/Contractual/Sub-contractual/daily) is reserved for the local population. As a result of this, the industry has limited scope for trained migrant workers.
Leather industry in Uttaranchal
Uttaranchal offers a wide range of benefits in terms of tax exemption, interest incentives, financial assistance, subsidies and concessions as a result of which leading companies of footwear manufacturing have established their units in the State. The State has transformed into a hub of industrial activity.
Leather industry in Gujarat
The state of Gujarat is having shoe artisans in the Saurashtra region (also known as Kathiawar region due to the presence of Kathi people). No special product is being produced in the whole of Saurashtra except the traditional farmer’s shoe called Bharwadi Deshi Joda, which is made only in vegetable leather.
The districts are Producing nothing special except local shoes like simple Derby, Oxford, Mozadi and casual designs. Chappals & sandal are being made for ladies and gents. Out of the total shoes made in the region, 75% are open shoes. Tanneries are mostly producing Vegetable Tanned Leather.
Leather industry in Goa
Madagaon, Mapusa, Panaji, Zuari and Ponda are the important places for slaughter of animals in Goa. Madgao, a commercial city, which is 15 kms away from the capital city of Panaji, is the only place for raw hides and skins business. The Mandi is near Gandhi market. All the raw hides and skins move form Goa to Tamil Nadu by road.
Leather Industry in Madhya Pradesh
Dewas, Indore & Bhopal city famous for leather other
Leather Industry in Kerala
Kozhikode and Ernakulam / Cochin Districts
Leather Industry in Rajasthan
Rajasthan; Jaipur; Barmer (Rajastan)- Leather Footwear, Bharatpur- Leather Footwear, Leather other Articles
Jodhpur- Leather other Articles, Tonk- Leather other Articles
Leather in Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar – Leather other Articles
Leather Industry in Tripura
Dalai (Tripura) – Chappal by hand
West Tripura- Chappal by hand
Despite the industries many threats and weaknesses, India can advance if it places a constant emphasis on product development and design advancement.
Conclusion
In the leather work scenario of India all states are in abundance of leather with quality product manufacturing. In India Leather industry is labor intensive industry which provides employment to the socially & economically backward peoples & women mostly from villages. These SMEs lack of design information, product development knowledge, and information and needs to be applying up-to-date quality assurance techniques and productive technology. Indian state entrepreneurs have opportunity in Leather Industry ease of doing business of Indian states. Keep reading! Thank you.
You may like to read
Corporate Gifting Product Ideas
Dharavi: Slum of Mumbai Aspiration
Bhutan: Mysterious Nature and Culture
Buddhism in Business Ethics: Can teachings of Buddha that are valuable to business?
Bhutan: Call for entrepreneurs to avail the opportunity of business in 2023
