Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Karimganj disburses ₹21,982 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 220.9 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 55% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Karimganj, which ranks 34 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.3 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 95.4%, self-employed workers at 61.1%, women-owned enterprises at 9.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 43.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Karimganj are in the Karimganj district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Karimganj youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.