Industry
The NTPC Kahalgaon is situated in Bhagalpur. The largest industrial belt of the district is Barari industrial Area (where 110 industrial units are operated) and Kahalgaon industrial Area. The Government of India established Hand-loom park and Food park in Bhagalpur. Above 200 small industrial unit of silk are established in Bhagalpur. Many big industries are under construction like star cement, Nalanda Paper Mill, coca cola, mineral water etc. Bhagalpur is famous for its silk and mango. These are exported to various cities like Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata and too many foreign countries like U.S.A, U.K, and Dubai etc. Bhagalpur Silk is famous as Bhagalpuri Silk. Bhagalpur is second biggest city of Bihar and primarily has an agrarian economy. The economic growth of the city has stagnated since the independence itself. Today the city's primary employer is the public sector with little private sector involvement. This has resulted in widespread migration of people for the search of jobs to other parts of the country. The silk industry in this city is more than 200 years old and a whole clan exists that has been producing silk for generations. Bhagalpur is well known for its sericulture, manufacture of silk yarn and weaving them into lovely products. This silk is of a distinct and special type. It is known as Tussah or Tussar Silk. This silk is very famous in the world. Silk weaving is an age-old traditional household industry of Bhagalpur. The Government developed a hand-loom park in this beautiful city. In Bhagalpur the weavers service centre (GOI) was established in the year 1974, with a view to develop hand-loom silk industry in the state of Bihar. The silk industry has faced stiff competition from machine made fabric. Due to this, the industry is almost at the verge of a collapse. The government is now trying to renovate this sector. Bhagalpur silk home furnishing made ups are slowly
