Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
3.3% of Anantapur's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, close to the typical district. The district has 29,472 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Anantapur, which ranks 25 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on formal-sector jobs at 5.9%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,38,830, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Anantapur are in the Anantapur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Anantapur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.