Kozhikode

    Kozhikode District.... Once the capital of the powerful Zamorins and a prominent trade and commerce Centre


    Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is a district on the southwest coast of Kerala. City of Kozhikode is the district headquarters. The district boasts of 18,104 MSME units registered with a total investment of INR 2, 59, 800 lakhs. These units have provided employment to 75,347 persons. The major industries sectors in the district are Agro & Food based, Readymade Garments, Wood based, Footwear, Light Engineering and Paper and Paper Products. There are 7 Public Sector Units in the district.
    Key statistics   

    1

    No. of MSMEs registered

    18,879

    2

    No. of MSMEs working as on 31/3/18

    a)SC

    b)ST

    c)women

    d)others

    14,930

    251

    12

    396

    14,271

    3

    Investment (in INR Lakh)

    2,04,361

    4

    Employment generated

    69,283

    5

    No. of MSME units registered Udyog Aadhaar

    2,641

    Prominent sectors- Foot wear, Food, Wood
    Prominent investors - 1. V.K.C Mammed Koya (VKC GROUP)

    2. P.K.Ahammed (PK steel)

    3. Paul Varghese (Leader Rubbers group)

    4. Parrisons group-N.K.Muhammed Ali

    5. Malabar Groups-M.P.Ahammed

    6. Sethus Exports

    7. Fortune Elastomers,Kundayithode

    8. Mr.Walker Footware, Feroke

    9. Rapture India Footware company Pvt.Ltd

    10. Uniroyal Marine Exports ,Vengalam

    11. S L K Food processing

    12. Kerala Soaps

    13. Crystal Aluminium Products, Kinalur.

    14. JMR Infotech India Pvt Ltd.

    15. Queetee Umbrella, Vadakara.

          As on 31/12/2016, there are 18104 MSME units registered with a total investment of Rs. 259800 lakhs. These units provided employment to 75347 persons. The major industries sector in the district are Agro & Food based, Readymade Garments, Wood based, Footwear, Light Engineering and Paper and Paper Products. There are 7 Public Sector Units in the district.

No. of MSME units Registered

18104

Investment (in Rs. Lakhs)

259800

Employment Generated

75347

 

Distribution of MSME units – Sector wise

Sector

No. of units

Agro & Food Based

3119

Readymade Garments

2404

Wood Based

1592

Footwear

557

Light Engineering

2411

Cement Products

1500

Paper & Paper Product

723

Rubber & Plastic

645

IT & ITES

423

Service based

2707

Miscellaneous

2023

 

Public Sector Units

1.   Bamboo Tile Factory, Cheruvannur

2.   Kerala SIDCO Tool Room Cum Training Centre, Olavanna

3.   Steel Complex, Cheruvannur

4.   Kerala Soaps, Gandhi Road

5.   Malabar Spinning & Weaving Mill, Thiruvannur

6.   Kerala Feeds, Chemancheri

7.   KELTRON, Moodadi

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