A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Katihar disburses ₹10,880 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 99.4 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 36% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Katihar, which ranks 35 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 38.8 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.5%, self-employed workers at 61.8%, women-owned enterprises at 21.8% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 45.2%, it sits close to the national mark.