Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bhagalpur disburses ₹12,039 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 143.1 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 52% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 16% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bhagalpur, which ranks 4 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.9 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 35.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5%, self-employed workers at 59.8% and women-owned enterprises at 14.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Bhagalpur are in the Bhagalpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bhagalpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.