Karwar is an industrial area is located in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, This area is spread over 1.60 Hectare.
Karwar is an agricultural region. The common crops are rice, groundnuts, green vegetables, onions, watermelons and flowers. Other primary industries include animal husbandry, sericulture, horticulture, beekeeping, gathering and lumbering and the growing of homeopathic medicinal plants.
The coastal location of Karwar lends to fishing and fisheries which are concentrated in Harikanth, Konkan Kharvis, Gabiths and Ambigas. Besides the great export of muslin, Karwar provided pepper, cardamoms, cassia, and coarse blue cotton cloth.
Major Exportable Item Handicrafts, Jewellery, Ayurvedic Herbal Products & Cashews.
Infrastructures: Road, Railways, Streetlights, Banks, Health Care Services.
Potential for new MSMEs: Based on the resources and existing demand for various goods and services and also taking in to account the present industrial scenario, infrastructural facilities available, potential industries have been identified for Uttar Kannada District.