A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Tamulpur disburses ₹12,980 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,173.4 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.
59% of registered enterprises are in services while 41% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Tamulpur, which ranks 17 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 52%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.4%, women-owned enterprises at 25.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.4%, it sits close to the national mark.