Top 5 States/UTs in terms of Production of Tasar Silk during 2015-16

India has witnessed an increasing trend in Tasar Silk Production from 2010-11 to 2015-16. We have seen a compound annual growth rate of 19.31% in production of Tasar Silk from 1166 metric tonne during 2010-11 to 2819 metric tonne during 2015-16. We have seen a growth of 15.82% in production of Tasar Silk in India during 2015-16 over the year 2014-15. There was a decline of -7.06% in production of Tasar Silk in India from 2619 metric tonne during 2013-14 to 2434 metric tonne during 2014-15. The top 5 States/UTs in terms of production of Tasar Silk during 2015-16 were: Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

Production of Tasar Silk in Jharkhand was 2281 metric tonne during 2015-16. It accounted 80.92% of the total Tasar Silk produced in India during the year. Production of Tasar Silk in Chhattisgarh was 254 metric tonne during 2015-16. It accounted 9.01% of the total Tasar Silk produced in India during the year. Production of Tasar Silk in Odisha was 107 metric tonne during 2015-16. It accounted 3.8% of the total Tasar Silk produced in India during the year.

Production of Tasar Silk in Madhya Pradesh was 56 metric tonne during 2015-16. It accounted 1.99% of the total Tasar Silk produced in India during the year. Production of Tasar Silk in Bihar was 41 metric tonne during 2015-16. It accounted 1.45% of the total Tasar Silk produced in India during the year.

The above mentioned top 5 states accounted for 97.16% of the total Tasar Silk produced in India as a whole during 2015-16.

Note: NA: Not Available; Data values of Quantity are in Metric tonne; Source: Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles and also published in statistical year book 2017 by MOSPI.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/catalog/production-raw-silk-and-silk-yarn

Resource Title: State/ UT-wise Production of Raw Silk and Silk Yarn from 2010-11 to 2015-16