Burdwan rice mills cluster (West Bengal)
Introduction
Burdwan is one of the major rice producing clusters in West Bengal, with over 500 rice mills in operation. The units comprise traditional huller-type mills as well as modern high-capacity mills. The cluster primarily produces parboiled rice (55%), along with pressure-boiled rice, raw rice and scented rice (15% each). The installed capacity of the rice mills ranges between 24–150 tonnes per day (tpd) of paddy processing.
Number of MSMEs
500
Main fuels
Rice husk (for thermal energy), electricity
Products manufactured
Parboiled rice, boiled rice, raw rice, scented rice.
Product Turnover
11.3 million tonnes paddy processed per year
Total Energy consumption
653,827 toe (rice husk—587,326 toe; electricity—66,501 toe)
Cluster profile
Leading industry association(s)
- Burdwan District Rice Mills Association
Other Resources
- • District Industries Centre, Burdwan https://wbmsme.gov.in/cmsdic
Source: :Data pertains to 2024–25, collected by TERI under a research exercise supported by Department of MSME & Textiles, Government of West Bengal.