Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Anantapur has 29,472 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,38,830, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.3%, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 96,772 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.