Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Goalpara has 21,231 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,67,434, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
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. It trails the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 5.8. On credit going to productive use at 56.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre 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.