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Important Industrial Towns in India
City/Town | Industry |
| Agra (Uttar Pradesh) | Marble, leather, carpets, stoneware |
| Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) | Locks, cutlery and dairy industry |
| Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) | Resin industry, Handicrafts, Match Factory |
| Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | Leather, Chemical, Fertilizers, Iron and Steel, Detergents, Food processing Units, Aerospace, Textiles, Footwear, Electronics, Power, Automobiles, |
| Noida, (Uttar Pradesh) | Software, Electronic items, Automobiles |
| Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) | Consumer electronics and automobile |
| Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) | Diesel-Locomotives Engine, Brass-Wares, Hand-loom, Saree, perfumes, muslin and silk fabrics, perfumes, ivory works, and sculpture. |
| Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) | Handicrafts, Brassware, Cutlery |
| Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) | Glass and bangle work |
| Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) | Chemical, Food Processing Units, Leather, Meat processing units, Quilt manufacturing units, Electronics |
| Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) | Oil Refinery, Ice – Cream, Chemical |
| Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) | handloom works, scissors industry, sports goods |
| Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh) | handmade carpet weaving cluster |
| Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) | carpets and brassware |
| Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | unique styles of embroidery, namely, Chikan and Lakhnawi Zardozi, small scale industries, Ittars’ (perfumes) and ‘Kivam’ (a tobacco product), handicrafts |
| Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | wood carving cottage industry |
| Ahmedabad (Gujarat) | Textile |
| Anand (Gujarat) | Dairy Products (Amul) |
| Gandhinagar (Gujarat) | Electronics, Laser |
| Surat (Gujarat) | Diamonds, textiles |
| Jamnagar (Gujarat) | Oil Refinery, Petrochemicals, Brass Parts, Brass Item Manufacturing |
| Rajkot (Gujarat) | Auto-components, Casting and Forgings, Jewellery and Agri machines |
| Vadodara (Gujarat) | furniture, textiles and handicraft items |
| Ankleshwar (Gujarat) | Oil fields, chemical plants, pesticides, pharmaceuticals |
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| Industry | |
| Aurangabad (Maharashtra) | Pharma, auto ancillaries and brewing |
| Mumbai (Maharashtra) | Film Industries, Petroleum, Automobiles, Electronics, Finance, Logistics, textiles |
| Nashik (Maharashtra) | The winery, electrical engineering, auto and auto components |
| Bhiwandi (Maharashtra) | Textiles, Logistics, small and medium Industries |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad (Maharashtra) | Automobiles, Car plants |
| Majhagaon (Maharashtra) | Ship Building |
| Nagpur (Maharashtra) | Cotton Mills, Oranges |
| Ambernath (Maharashtra) | Machine Tools Prototype Factory |
| Kolhapur (Maharashtra) | jaggery, Kolhapur chappal (traditional leather sandal), Textile |
| Margao (Goa) | Electricals, Ice Creams, Pharmaceuticals |
| Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) | Automobile, Textile |
| Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) | Steel, Ship Building, Pharmaceutical, Fertilisers, Coffee, Fishing, Petrochemical, Refinery, Navy weapons |
| Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) | Textiles, Paper, oil and gas |
| Sri City (Andhra Pradesh) | Automotive, Chemicals, Cosmetics, Packaging and labelling, Consumer Products, Plastics, Electrical Components. |
| Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) | chilli, cotton and tobacco |
| Singareni (Telangana) | Coal reserves |
| Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu) | Textiles and garments |
| Salem (Tamil Nadu) | Pig Iron, Steel and Malleable Iron |
| Sivakasi (Tamil Nadu) | Safety Matches, Fireworks, Printing and Packaging |
| Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | Leather, Integral Coach Factory |
| Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) | Cotton Industries, Textile |
| Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) | Silk Clothes |
| Madurai (Tamil Nadu) | automobile, rubber, chemical and granite manufacturing industries. |
| Dindigul (Tamil Nadu) | Locks, Textile, Cigar, Tobacco |
| Neyveli (Tamil Nadu) | Lignite Industries |
| Perambur (Tamil Nadu) | Integral Coach Factory |
| Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu) | Cigar |
| Bengaluru (Karnataka) | Electronics City, Information technology, Hindustan Aircraft, Telephone and Machine tools |
| Channapatna (Karnataka) | Wooden toys and lacquerware |
| Industry | |
| Belagavi (Karnataka) | Hydraulics, Heavy tools, Automotive exports, Aerospace, Foundry exports, Tyres, Aluminum works, Handloom and power loom works, Heavy Forging |
| Peenya (Karnataka) | moulds transformers, motors and generators, textile (silk), hydraulics, machine tool industries and Rubber moulding industries |
| Hospet (Karnataka) | Steel and sponge iron |
| Bhadravati (Karnataka) | Iron and Steel plant |
| Kolar (Karnataka) | Gold Mining Centre |
| Mysore (Karnataka) | Sandalwood Oil, Silk Goods |
| Kannur (Kerala) | Hand-loom Exports |
| Kochi (Kerala) | Ship-building, fishing, gold and textile retailing, black pepper, seafood, spice export |
| Trivandrum (Kerala) | Coir Matting |
| Thumba (Kerala) | Rocket Launching Station |
| Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) | Iron and Steel, Power generation, cement, chemical, light and heavy Industries, Railway marshalling yard, fabrication and machining, electronics and electrical works |
| Raipur (Chhattisgarh) | Steel, Iron ore, plywood, paper power generation and cement, agriculture |
| Korba (Chhattisgarh) | Coal, Power, Aluminium |
| Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) | garment manufacturing, limestone products, building materials, glassware, telephone parts, furniture, cement, tobacco products |
| Panna (Madhya Pradesh) | Diamond Mines |
| Indore (Madhya Pradesh) | garment industries, textile, Iron & Steel |
| Pithampur (Madhya Pradesh) | auto cluster, medicine, cotton yarn, auto testing treck, machine tools |
| Nepanagar (Madhya Pradesh) | newsprint paper mill |
| Vijaipur (Madhya Pradesh) | Fertilizer plant |
| Jaipur (Rajasthan) | Embroidery, pottery, brassware |
| Kota (Rajasthan) | Education hub, fertilizers, stone-polishing, |
| Khetri (Rajasthan) | Copper Industries |
| Ranapratap Sagar (Rajasthan) | Hydro Power Plant |
| Suratgarh (Rajasthan) | Agricultural Implements |
| Panipat (Haryana) | Textiles |
| Faridabad (Haryana) | Auto components |
| Gurugram (Haryana) | Automobiles, IT, Auto components |
| Industry | |
| Ambala (Haryana) | Scientific Goods |
| Manesar (Haryana) | Auto and auto ancillaries |
| Karnal (Haryana) | Dairy Products |
| Surajpur (Haryana) | Cement factory |
| Ludhiana (Punjab) | Bicycle Manufacturing, Bicycle parts, Metal Fabrication, machine parts, auto parts, household appliances, hosiery, apparel and garments. |
| Dhariwal (Punjab) | Woollen goods |
| Jalandhar (Punjab) | sports industry, steel and iron re-rolling mills, rubber goods, electric goods, automobile parts and sewing machines and handloom products. |
| Rudrapur (Uttarakhand) | Automobile, FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Chemicals |
| Haridwar (Uttarakhand) | Cement, Auto mobiles, Pharmaceuticals |
| Bhagalpur (Bihar) | Silks |
| Samastipur (Bihar) | Jute, Paper, Tobacco, Sugar |
| Bokaro (Jharkhand) | Steel plant |
| Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) | Iron & Steel, Locomotives, Coaches, Automobiles |
| Japla (Jharkhand) | Cement |
| Jharia (Jharkhand) | Coal mines |
| Hatia (Jharkhand) | Heavy Engineering Corporation |
| Dalmianagar (Jharkhand) | cement |
| Moorie (Jharkhand) | Aluminium |
| Sindri (Jharkhand) | Chemical Fertilizers |
| Singhbhum (Jharkhand) | Copper |
| Batanagar (West Bengal) | Shoes |
| Chitranjan (West Bengal) | Locomotive |
| Durgapur (West Bengal) | Iron and Steel, Power, Cement, Chemicals, Heavy engineering |
| Darjeeling (West Bengal) | Tea industries |
| Haldia (West Bengal) | Chemical Fertilizer |
| Kolkata (West Bengal) | Jute, Paper, Leather works |
| Kharagpur (West Bengal) | Chemicals, machinery, heavy metals, Automobiles, Railways, Cement |
| Raniganj (West Bengal) | Coal Mining |
| Roopnarayanpur (West Bengal) | Cables |
| City/Town | Industry |
| Titagarh (West Bengal) | Paper and Jute |
| Dibrugarh (Assam) | Tea industries |
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