country is met out with jaggery and Khandsari, mostly in the rural areas. India produces more than 70% of the total jaggery of the world (Statistics, 2002). In 2008-09, about 37.2 per cent of the total sugarcane produced was processed for making jaggery and Khandsari (Anonymous, 2011). Jaggery making is an important cottage industry in India from