Silk in the Indian subcontinent
（重定向自Indian silk）
![Colours of India — Silk yarn waiting to be made into saris, Kanchipuram.](/Images/godic/202501/20/Colours_of_India_-_Silk_yarn_waiting_to_be_made_into_saris5358.jpg")
![Silk merchants in the 19th century](/Images/godic/202501/20/Weeks_Edwin_The_Silk_Merchants5358.jpg")
![Weaving silk in Khotan, on the 'Southern Silk Road' 2011](/Images/godic/202501/20/Weaving_silk,_Khotan5358.jpg")
![Tradition silk handlooms, in Varanasi India, where it usually takes two months to weave a Banarasi sari.](/Images/godic/202501/20/Silk_Looms,_Varanasi5358.jpg")
Silk in the Indian subcontinent is a luxury good. In India, about 97% of the raw silk is produced in the five Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. Mysore and North Bangalore, the upcoming site of a US$20 million "Silk City", contribute to a majority of silk production. Another emerging silk producer is Tamil Nadu where mulberry cultivation is concentrated in Salem, Erode and Dharmapuri districts. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu were the first locations to have automated silk reeling units.