Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Udalguri disburses ₹4,732 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 725.5 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% 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). Only 22% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Udalguri, which ranks 25 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.2 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.8%, self-employed workers at 60.8%, women-owned enterprises at 15.9% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 50.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Udalguri are in the Udalguri district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Udalguri youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.