Pillar: Connectivity
Araria has 4.9 bank branches per lakh population, behind the typical district. The district's credit-deposit ratio is 87.8, better than the typical district. Every branch here is a physical point of access to savings and credit.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 32% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Araria, which ranks 38 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 36.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on credit going to productive use at 69.6%. On small-business loans per lakh people at ₹18,291 and women with a bank account at 71.6%, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 52,795 registered enterprises.
What the Bank Branch is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the Bank Branch reference. For Araria specifically, see the Araria district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Araria youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.