Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Golaghat disburses ₹29,746 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 266.5 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Golaghat, which ranks 10 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 50.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.6%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.5% and women-owned enterprises at 15.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Golaghat are in the Golaghat district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Golaghat youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.