Pillar: Economic Participation
Goalpara has 8,356 manufacturing MSMEs. 56.7% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Goalpara, which ranks 29 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,67,434, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.5%.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Goalpara are in the Goalpara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Goalpara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.