This presentation provides an overview of the handloom industry in Bangladesh. It discusses that handloom refers to any loom operated wholly or partly by hand, and the main types include pit loom, hattersey loom, vertical loom, and frame loom. The key processes for woven fabric manufacturing are also outlined. The handloom sector is an important generator of rural employment in Bangladesh, accounting for 14.9% of total cloth production. Several districts are known for specific handloom products like jamdani from Narayangonj and Tangail muslin from Tangail. The handloom industry supports over 1 million weavers and contributes over 10 billion taka annually to the Bangladeshi economy.

1. WELCOME TO OUR PRESENTATION
Presented by :
Abuhorayara Fahad
 ID : 161003026
Presentation Topics :
Handloom

2. HANDLOOM MEANS…
 Any of various
looms or weaving
devices operated
wholly or partly
by hand or foot
power.

3. TYPE OF HANDLOOM
Handloom
Pit loom
Hattersey
loom
Vertical
loom
Frame
loom
Semi-
Automatic
loom
Throw
Shuttle
Fly
Shuttle
Throw
Shuttle
Throw
Shuttle

4.  What is meant by handloom ?
 What is handloom cotton ?
 What is handloom industry ?

5. BASIC MECHANISM OF WEAVING

6. WOVEN FABRIC MANUFACTURING
PROCESS

7. SOME DEFINITIONS
 Drafting
 Drawing
 Denting
 Knotting/Tying-in
 Gaiting

8. HANDLOOMS
 Oldest and most conventional method of weaving
 Specialized and value added fabric.
 Slow speed.
 Nat fit for commercial manufacturing.

9. SECTOR OVERVIEW
 The handloom sector occupies.
 Distinct and unique.
 The largest generator of non –farm rural
employment.
 The handloom industry is largely household based,
carried out with labour contributed by the entire
family.

10.  The sector accounts for 14.9% of the total cloth
produced in bangladesh.
 Growth rate of 2.3%.
SECTOR OVERVIEW

11. HANDLOOM SECTOR IN BANGLADESH
 A hand loom is a simple machine used for weaving.
 A handloom weaving centre over 500 years old.
 The frist handloom in bangladesh 1920.
 Metabolic energy a space barely 8 sq. metres.
 The vast majority of Bangladeshi handlooms are
engaged in weaving cotton and blended fabrics
although handloom cloth of silk earned a good
reputation. Famous areas for silk weaving are
Rajshahi, Tangail and Nobabgonj .

12.  Rajshahi produces mainly silk sarees.
 A special type of cloth weared by the women folk .
 Tangail produces also silk saree namely Tangail
Muslin
 Narayangonj produces the famous Jamdani saree,
silk sarees .
 Tangail Muslins and famous jamdani.
 Zari work called brocade is also famous in Mirpur,
Dhaka .
HANDLOOM SECTOR IN BANGLADESH

13. Name of the Products Place of Production
Jamdani Rupgonj and Sonargaon of
Narayangonj district.
Benarasi Mirpur of Dhaka, Iswardi of Pabna
district.
Tangail Sharee Tangail Sadar,Kalihati, Nagorpur,of
Tangail District.
Handloom Cotton share Shahjadpur, Belkuchi and Sadar of
Sirajgonj district, Narsingdi and
Pabna districts.
Lungi Ruhitpur of Keranigonj and Dohar of
Dhaka district,Shahjadpur,Ullapara,
Belkuchi, Sadar of Sirajgonj
district,Kumarkhali of Kushtia
district, Sathia,
Silk share Sadar and Shibgonj of Chapai
Nawabgonj and Rajshahi district.
Gamcha Ullapara,Kamarkhand of Serajgonj,
Gouranadi of Barisal,
Fultola,Doulatpur of
Khulna,Jhalokathi, Jessore and
Bogra districts.

14. FEATURES OF HANDLOOM
 1.Uniqueness – intricate designs
 2.Flexibility of production in small batches
 3.Constant scope for innovation
 4.Adaptability
 5.Rich comfort factor
 6.Eco-friendliness

15. IMPORTANCE OF HANDLOOMS IN
BANGLADESH
 A manpower of about one million weavers, dyers,
hand spinners, embroiderers.
 Using their creative skills into more than 0.30
million active looms to produce around 620 million
meters of fabrics annually.
 It shares 63% of the total fabric production .
 Meeting 40% of the local demand for fabrics.
 It contributes more than 10 (ten) billion taka
annually .

16. LIFESTYLE OF HANDLOOM PEOPLE
 Since its inception in 1984,
 This is true not only of rural development and
poverty.
 The development policy should strive to articulate
the community-based
 Bangladesh economy as a whole into the mode of
positive economic
 At present there are 1314 primary weaver’s
societies,

17. PRESENT STATUS OF HANDLOOM
 Bangladesh Handloom Board (BHB) was
established in 1977
 Control of the Ministry of Textiles and Jute.
 Predominance and heritages in Bangladesh.
 Handloom fabrics are unparallel and unique.
 The handloom can meet every need from exquisite
fabrics of daily use.
 Handloom sector in Bangladesh consists of more
than 0.183 million handloom units with 0.505 million
handlooms and about 1 million handloom weavers
of which about 50% are female worker.

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