A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Khagaria disburses ₹17,372 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 150.5 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 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Khagaria, which ranks 16 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.6 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 40.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.7%, self-employed workers at 60.7% and women-owned enterprises at 17.7%, it sits close to the national mark.