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Bhagalpur is globally renowned as a manufacturing centre of various qualities of silk fabrics. Known in the international market for the production of silk furnishing, India today is the second largest producer of Tussar silk and the exclusive producer of Indian Tussar.

The Tussar silk industry makes extensive use of rural and tribal labor. The women who are absorbed by the industry are trained in the production of silk. It takes them 3 days to finish a single 10 meter Tussar silk cloth.

At present, the state of Bihar, of which Bhagalpur is the principal centre, produces the largest quantity of Tussar silk fabric in India. 6694 handloom households, with 3316 looms live in Bhagalpur. The total trade of Bhagalpur is approximately 100 crores per annum, 50% comprising domestic and 50% from the eport market.