Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kishanganj disburses ₹13,235 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 23.9 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 33% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kishanganj, which ranks 37 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 38 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 70.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.5%, women-owned enterprises at 32.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kishanganj are in the Kishanganj district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kishanganj youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.