Nitin Jaggery

We are based in Village Sheikhpura, which is in the Hapur Tehsil. We are quite close to Babugarh Cantt, so it’s easy to find if you’re in that part of the country. It’s a rural area with lots of fields all around us. We make jaggery here at Nitin Jaggery. It’s a seasonal thing mostly, but it keeps us very busy when the harvest is in and the machines are running. We have a simple setup with the crushers and the boiling pits. The whole family usually helps out with the work. It’s not a polished corporate office by any means. It’s a workspace with dirt floors in some parts and plenty of steam rising from the pans. We don't use any complicated machinery, just the stuff that’s been used around here for many years. The village is usually quiet, but our place gets noisy when the work starts in the morning. We sell mostly to the local markets and to some traders who come by with their tractors. We don't have a website or any social media pages. If you want to find us, you just ask for Nitin’s place in Sheikhpura. We try to keep the batches decent and consistent. Some days are very long, starting well before the sun comes up. It’s sticky work and you go home smelling like sugarcane juice. We are just a small-scale unit trying to make a living.