BSCIC Jamdani Village
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BSCIC Jamdani Village
বিসিক জামদানি পল্লী BSCIC Town | |
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  BSCIC Jamdani Village Location in Dhaka Division  BSCIC Jamdani Village BSCIC Jamdani Village (Bangladesh) | |
| Coordinates: 23°43′42″N 90°30′53″E / 23.728398°N 90.514594°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Dhaka |
| District | Narayanganj |
| Upazilla | Rupganj |
| Languages | |
| • National | Bengali |
| Time zone | UTC+6:00 (BST) |
| PIN code | 1463 |
BSCIC Jamdani Industrial Estate & Research Center is a weaving village in Narayanganj District of Bangladesh. It is popularly known as "Jamdani Palli", as it is used as an industrial estate for weaving Jamdani clothing.[1]
History
The village was established on 20 acre land by Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation as "BSCIC Jamdani Industrial Estate & Research Center" at a cost of ৳6 crore in 1991.[1] In 2020 and 2021, the weavers of the village faced financial losses due to the inability to sell Jamdani due to the COVID-19 epidemic. In 2022, Jamdani village started selling clothes again.[3] In 2021, the government decided to establish a museum, an exhibition and sales center and a fashion design institute in the Jamdani Village.[4]
Industry and market
416 plots were developed in the industrial park out of which 407 plots are currently allotted to weavers. The weavers working in the allotted plots live in this village and numbered 1,600 as of 2023. Here weavers make ready-made garments from jamdani without the help of machinery. Every Friday there is a temporary market in this Jamdani Village where clothes can be bought at wholesale prices.[1] There are total 480 handlooms in this village.[5]
