Kshetriya Khadi Gramodyog Samiti Dausa
Kshetriya Khadi Gramodyog Samiti Dausa Head Office is centrally located next to the Head Post Office on Khadi Bhandar Road, Dausa. It in houses administrative office, vastragaar for finished goods and retail store. There is a roving making plant right adjacent to head office. There they have 2 roving machines. The KI sources sliver from CSPs and convert it into required roving counts here. Along with the HO, there are centers and warehouse at different locations which works as the collection center only. The spinning and weaving activity is carried out completely from homes of the artisans. Warping and cone winding activity is carried out in these centers. Spinners collect raw material and bring back yarns and weavers take the warp beams and bring back fabric to the center. Warping is done at each collection center.
2000 families in and around Dausa are associated with this khadi Institute. Mahavar community belonging to Hindu religion is mostly involved in spinning and weaving activity. However, 10% of spinning is done by other castes.
Both men and women are involved at various stages for producing khadi. Approximately, 75% women and 25% men are involved in spinning whereas 20% women and 80% men are involved in weaving. Artisans between ages 18 - 60 years are associated with khadi with maximum falls in the age group of 30 – 40 years.
Products of Khadi Institution
Woolen Stoles
25T count in merino wool in twill weave.
Khes
24s count 2/2 twill
Dhurrie
Woven on pit loom (Panja loom), warp count – 8 ply 20-24s count, weft count - 8/16/20 ply 24s count in cotton.
Raw Material
Kshetriya Khadi Gramodyog Samiti gives its own cotton to CSP in Sehore. There they convert cotton into sliver. The institute then buys sliver from them and convert it into roving in their roving making plant. Here they have 2 roving machines which converts sliver into roving (Punni). Merino wool is imported from Australia. Organic cotton and poly cotton is procured from CSP Sehore in MP.
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Spinning
the institute has employed about 1344 men and women for spinning cotton, wool and polycotton. 75% women and 25% men are involved in spinning. They collect Punni from
institute’s centers and spin on 8-spindle Ambar charkhas from the comfort of their homes. At
KKGS spinning is 100% done from the homes of the artisans. There are no spinning sheds at the center. The women spin counts ranging from 30s to 100s.
Weaving
There are 245 artisans employed for weaving. The weaving activity is also done from
homes of the artisans. The institute has provided pedal looms to the weavers. However, weaving of twill fabric takes place on traditional frame loom.
Dyeing and Finishing
Some of the dyeing takes place in house whereas mostly dyeing of fabric is outsourced from BMP mills Ahmedabad and Banaras. Washing of fabrics is done in the center itself.
Marketing and Sales
The goods are sold through retail outlets as well as wholesale. They have 23 retail outlets in and around Dausa including few in Jaipur. 2 warehouses for wholesale - one in Dausa and one in Jaipur. Both retail and wholesale contribute 50-50% to entire sales. They also sell through exhibitions and supply to other khadi institutions all over India. They are also exporting mostly undyed fabric to countries like Japan, China, Australia, Israel, Peru, Lima, London etc.
Woven at the looms of Dausa, Rajasthan
Handspun and handwoven at Khadi Institutions across India
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