Ring Road Textile Belt Textile Market, Surat

Ring Road is the oldest and densest textile wholesale belt in Surat, with markets clustered around Sahara Darwaja, Kamela Darwaja, Salabatpura and Moti Begumwadi.

Mainly sarees, dress materials, kurtis, lehengas, unstitched suits, running fabrics, laces and borders, largely at wholesale quantities.

Most shops are wholesale-focused and work in sets or minimum quantities. Some sell single pieces, but buyers should expect wholesale terms.

Surat is one of India's largest textile manufacturing and wholesale centres, best known for sarees, dress materials and man-made fabrics such as polyester and viscose. Weaving, dyeing, printing, embroidery and wholesale trading all happen in the same city. Read the full answer

Among single complexes, Raghukul Textile Market (about 3,350 shops) and Millennium Textile Market (about 3,300 shops) are two of the largest, followed by Kohinoor Textile Market (about 2,500 shops). As an area, Ring Road is the biggest textile wholesale belt. Read the full answer

Most of Surat's textile markets are on and around Ring Road in the south-east of the city, between Delhi Gate and Udhna Darwaja, about 5 km from Surat railway station. Newer markets are in Umarwada and Saroli. Read the full answer

Surat railway station, on the main Mumbai–Ahmedabad–Delhi line, is about 5 km from the Ring Road markets, roughly 15–25 minutes by auto-rickshaw or cab. Surat also has an airport, and most international visitors arrive via Mumbai or Ahmedabad. Read the full answer