The story
Bhilwara's first spinning mill, Mewar Textile Mills, was set up in 1935, and more mills and weaving units followed after licensing was removed in the late 1980s. The district became known as 'Vastra Nagari', the textile city, for its synthetic and blended suiting. Spinning mills, modern shuttleless looms and process houses now sit close together.
In numbers
Bhilwara is described as world-famous 'Vastra Nagari' for synthetic and cotton-mix fabric and synthetic yarn (district profile 2015-16).
Brief Industrial Profile of Bhilwara District 2015-16 (MSME-DI Jaipur, Ministry of MSME) · 2016The district has 18 large spinning mills and about 17,000 modern looms, most of them shuttleless (Mewar Chamber of Commerce & Industry).
Textile industry of Bhilwara (Mewar Chamber of Commerce & Industry) · 2018The textile industry gives about 85,000 direct and 60,000 indirect jobs; Bhilwara was notified a 'Town of Export Excellence' on 26 February 2009 (Mewar Chamber of Commerce & Industry).
Textile industry of Bhilwara (Mewar Chamber of Commerce & Industry) · 2018
Ways in for a newcomer
- Weaving job-work for suiting brands
- Garment and uniform making from local fabric
- Fabric trading and agency
- Loom spares and maintenance
Problems the cluster faces
- Mostly basic, low-price suiting
- Effluent treatment for process houses
- Competition from other textile hubs
- Power cost
Businesses to start here
Readymade Garments Unit (Baby Rompers) →Yarn Twisting (Doubling) Job Work →Bleaching and Dyeing of Cotton Knitted Fabric (Job Work) →Track Suit Stitching →Denim Garments (Jeans, Jackets, Shorts) →