Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Lakhimpur disburses ₹24,844 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 438 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Lakhimpur, which ranks 5 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.5 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93%, self-employed workers at 59.8%, women-owned enterprises at 22.5% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Lakhimpur are in the Lakhimpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Lakhimpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.