Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Darbhanga disburses ₹12,411 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 68 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 19% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Darbhanga, which ranks 27 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 25.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.8%, self-employed workers at 59.9% and women-owned enterprises at 26.9%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Darbhanga are in the Darbhanga district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Darbhanga youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.