Social Science (087) — CBSE Class 10 board question

Reasons for concentration of Jute Industries in West Bengal (along the Hugli river):

1. Proximity to raw material: West Bengal is close to the major jute-producing areas of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta.

1. Cheap water transport: The Hugli river provides inexpensive water transport for movement of raw jute to the mills.

1. Good transport network: A well-developed network of railways, roadways and waterways supports movement of raw material.

1. Abundant water supply: Large quantities of water needed for processing raw jute are easily available from the Hugli river.

1. Cheap labour: Abundant cheap labour is available from West Bengal and adjoining states of Bihar, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh.

1. Banking, insurance and port facilities: Kolkata, as a large urban centre, provides banking, insurance and port facilities for export of jute goods.

Source: Jute Textiles, Chapter 6

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The examiner expects 5–6 distinct locational factors, each as a labelled point with a brief explanation. Avoid writing in essay form. Every point here maps directly to the textbook passage on the Hugli basin — do not add outside information. The first jute mill at Rishra (1855) is a useful fact for context but is not a "reason," so it is omitted from the main points to stay within word limits.