The western region of the state is more advanced in terms of
agriculture. Majority of the population depends upon farming as
its main occupation. Wheat, rice, sugar cane, pulses, oil seeds
and potatoes are its main products. Sugar cane is an important
cash crop almost through out the state and sugar mills and other
cane crushers who produce gur and Khandsari are common
throughout the state. Uttar Pradesh is an important state in so
far as horticulture is concerned. Apples and mangoes are
produced in the state. There are different types of minerals and
several industries have came up based on the minerals. There are
cement plants in the Mirzapur area in the Vindhya region, a
bauxite based aluminium plant in the Banda area and copper in
Pithora Garh, Almora Chamboli and Tehri Garhwal. In the hills a
number of minerals are to be found, mainly non-metallic minerals
which are used as industrial raw materials. Coal deposits are
found in the Singrauli area. The industries include a large
printing establishment units