Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Aurangabad disburses ₹12,394 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 134.1 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Aurangabad, which ranks 9 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 68.6% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 26.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.4% and women-owned enterprises at 19.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Aurangabad are in the Aurangabad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Aurangabad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.