Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Chirang disburses ₹16,477 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 765.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chirang, which ranks 18 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.1 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 98.6%, self-employed workers at 59.2%, women-owned enterprises at 19.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Chirang are in the Chirang district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chirang youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.