Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Madhepura disburses ₹15,018 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 134.5 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Madhepura, which ranks 23 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.6 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 35%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.2%, self-employed workers at 61.7% and women-owned enterprises at 20.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Madhepura are in the Madhepura district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Madhepura youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.