Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
9.6% of Guntur's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 30,039 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 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 62% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Guntur, which ranks 3 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,64,167 and formal-sector jobs at 16.8%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Guntur are in the Guntur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Guntur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.