Sant Kabir Nagar district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India with Khalilabad City is the district’s headquarters.

The district is known by its present name on account of Sant Kabir, the well known Sant(poet) and philosopher, lived at Magahar in the district. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of Basti Division and was created on 5 September 1997 from district Basti including 131 villages from tehsil Basti and 161 villages from Bansi tehsil of district Siddharth Nagar. In 2007 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF)

The district lies between 26o, 47’ and 26o 79’ North Latitude and 83o 3’ and 83o 3.45’ East Longitude. The district is bounded by Gorakhpur in the east, Basti in the west, Siddharth Nagar in the north and Ambedkar Nagar in the south. According to the district statistical department the district covered an area of 1659 sq.km.

The district, in spite of its apparent uniformity, could be divided topographically into several distinct tract namely, the low valley of the Ghaghra in the south, extending from that river to its tributary, the Kunwana; the central upland, between Kunwana river and the Rapti; and the low and ill-drained paddy belt between the Rapti and Manwar.
The district largely relies on agriculture and related industries with abundant surface and ground water. The key crops cultivated are Rice, maize, Pea, Wheat, Mustard, Potato etc.

The district has approximately 650 units employing 3321 individuals across sectors like agro, leather, garments etc. The following table depicts the key industries of the district

Major Exportable Product from Sant Kabir Nagar

The cluster is largely unorganised with majority of the units being household i.e. unregistered. The hosiery manufacturing units are primarily located in Mukhlishpur, Nathnagar, Amma Devi, Mahauli, Prajatpur, Magahar, Harirpur, Githani, Khajuria, Gaighat & Chickni. Most of the cluster is dedicated to manufacturing hosiery items such as thermal wear and innerwear (undergarments). Units that manufacture hosieries are either household units which employ the members of a household, or units with around 60 workers. The population that is employed in these units comprises of semi-skilled or unskilled labour (in the knitting side), and semi-skilled/skilled labour in the cutting-stitching-packaging side.

The cluster’s primary products are:
► Men’s knitted cotton undergarments
► Men’s vests (knitted cotton fabric)
► Women’s knitted cotton undergarments
► Thermal wear for men (knitted man-made fibre)
► Men’s and boys’ tracksuits and woven garments
► Women’s and girls’ tracksuits and woven garments
► Knit fabrics of cotton Majority of the products are made on seasonal basis. The cluster’s thermal wear manufacturing cycle begins mostly by the end of September, with the onset of winter. Undergarments and thermal wear form the bulk of the cluster’s textile products with a small proportion being dedicated to loom based woven garments such as shirts, T-shirts, jeans, and shorts. The production of these garments (knitwear ) is done on standard size ranges by quantity. Broadly, the identified products of this cluster can be classified into – knit hosiery, knit fabric.

Men’s undergarments broadly cover men’s underwear and briefs. Women’s undergarment covers, bras, panties, pantyhose etc. Thermal wear is a synthetic/cotton knitwear of stretchable fabric worn as a body warming garment in winter. Outside the realm of knitwear falls readymade garment made of woven cloth. This category includes shirts, T-shirts, shorts, Bermudas, pants, leggings, and another woven garment.;

The following are the list of stakeholders:
► Raw material suppliers
► Artisans
► Traders
► Unit holder
► Machinery suppliers
► Support institutions: Banks & FIs, Labour Department, UP Electricity Board, MSME-DI, DIC etc.

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To analyse the trade of the product, the analysis has been conducted on the above mentioned code which is the most prominent one. The figure alongside depicts the key stats pertaining to exports of the product. The cluster as mentioned is largely unorganised with majority of the cluster actors being completely oblivious about trade and related information. Hence, it is imperative to sensitize the cluster and then further promote exports from the cluster. Moreover, the cluster needs to upgrade on multiple fronts for it to make a bigger place in the market. ;

The potential markets for India and the cluster to tap have been identified as follows based on Signed FTAs, High Growth Markets, Untapped Potential the countries which India is exporting but UP isn’t. Thus, the following countries should be targeted to increase the sales and turnover of the cluster:

The cluster can envisage to expand its product range to manufacture items like woolen shirts, pullovers, cardigans, slipovers, hats, boots, storages, tops, trousers, drawers, knee tops, mufflers, gloves, balacalva caps, jackets, ski jackets etc.