An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
10.1% of workers in Kamrup Metropolitan are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 14% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kamrup Metropolitan, which ranks 1 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 38.8%, value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,86,069 and households in the poorest wealth group at 8.1%.