Industries  of Chandauli District

                       The district has a good agricultural and industrial base and a reasonably good infrastructure of various facilities. The dominating agriculture and weak industrial base together appear to leave a gap which can be effectively bridged by co-ordination approach to enrich the economy of the district. In this regard, according to statistical magazine 1999-2000. There are few medium scale units in the district. Among the medium scale industries prominent are Shri Hanuman Industry, Alaknanda Cement pvt. Ltd., Agarwal Aluminum Industry and Laxmi Business promotion pvt. Ltd. These industries manufacture mainly aluminum utensil, cement and iron pipes etc. worth Rs. 1.6 crores per annum.

                        The Chandauli district has an important place in the country for handicraft. The industries of the district has provided employment to large number of workers. About 6 percent handicraft workers of the state are found in the district. Banarasi sarees, Jari and Jardozi., ornaments, wooden toys and artistic stone material are the main articles of handicraft units.

                        Among the small scale and household industries, the hand woven Banarasi sarees, Dari and carpet have very important place in the district. About one lakh persons are employed in Dari and carpet industry, 2000 persons are employed in Jari and Jardozi work in 200 units while five  thousand families are engaged in embroidery, bokad and wooden toy making work.

                         In the carpet industry, power is not used. These carpets are low priced. Jari and Jardozi work are mainly done by minority community and it is done only in Varanasi and Chandauli in the state. All this article are exported to the countries like Nepal, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia etc.