Textile Industry Of India and How handloom helps Tourism through Online Shopping

The textile industry in India is one of the oldest and largest industries which is the 2^nd largest employment generator behind to agriculture. Textile industry has been help boosting up the India’s economy in a quite strong way .Currently more than 35 millions of people are directly involved with the textile industry in India. Textile industry has contributed 14% of the industrial production in India and nearly 30% of the total export. In 2010, there were 2500 textile weaving factories and 4135 textile finishing factories in all over India which explains the volume of the industry.

• India is the second largest fibre producer in the world and the major fibre produced is cotton. 
• India is known to be the third largest manufacturer of cotton across the globe.
• India claims to be the second largest manufacturer as well as provider of cotton yarn and textiles in the world.

Lists Of Some Leading Textile Centres in India

Place	State	Significance
Ludhiana	Punjab	90% Woolen Garments Produced Here
Bhiwandi	Maharashtra	Largest Number of Power-looms
Panipat	Harayana	Textiles
Channapatna	Karnataka	Wooden toys and lacquer-ware
Varanasi	UP	Handloom
Moradabad	UP	Handicrafts
Bhagalpur	Bihar	SIlk

Handloom is one of the major segments of the Indian textile industry. More than 65 lakhs of people are directly engaged in handloom industry. People involved in handloom are basically do weaving and allied which contributes around 19% of the total cloth produced in India. Even though the modern textile has seen a greater demand among the modern Indians but still there is no replacement of handloom clothes. The artistic touch and innovative art lies in the handmade clothes made It unique and unmatched from other modern textiles, which is the reason behind the phenomenal demand of handloom clothes even in the modern era of India. 

Handloom Machine Used now in India

Handloom industry has a significant role in strengthening the Indian tourism which always attracts tourists. Odisha is one of the Indian states which is well known for its rich Handloom Industry. The mesmerizing ikat art of Odisha is appealing enough to attract any tourists from different parts of India and foreign tourists as well. People come to touring Odisha never forget to bring orissa Handloom stuffs before they go back which considerably promote tourism and contribute to India’s economy as well.

Important Handloom Centres in Odisha

Centers	Products Name
Bargarh	Bed cover, dress materials, tie dye saree, silk saree, coarse saree
Sonepur, Boudh	Silk bomkai, cotton saree, silk tie dye saree
Nuapatna	Khandua and Ikat
Jagatsinghpur	Fine count cotton saree
Kotpad	Vegetable dye saree
Mayurbhanj, Gopalpur, Fakirpur, Mankidia	Tussar saree & furnishing
Berhampur	Silk saree, coarse cotton saree
Kalahandi ,Malkangiri	Habaspuri saree, coarse cotton saree
Bolangir, Sundergarh	Tie & dye cotton saree
Nayagarh, Nawarangpur,	Coarse cotton saree
Puri, Gajapati	Coarse cotton saree
Dhenkanal, Rayagada	Coarse cotton saree

There many exclusive traditional shops are present in all cities and tourists destinations across India where they have wide range of handloom collections of different states which is the traditional shopping style. But now in the internet era there is so many online shops are dealing with clothes including handloom stuffs and some of them are exclusively dealing with handloom clothes. Online shopping has made it easier, cheaper and convenient enough that we can get our wanted stuffs on our door steps no matter where we are. 

Online shopping has turned the world in to a global store. 

Some of the leading Online stores in India

• Ebay
• Flipcart
• Jabong
• Junglee
• Myntra
• Quicker