Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Hojai disburses ₹5,132 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 111.1 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind 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 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Hojai, which ranks 32 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.8%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 89%, self-employed workers at 59.9% and women-owned enterprises at 13.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Hojai are in the Hojai district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Hojai youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.