Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Madhubani disburses ₹13,573 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 96 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 40% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 22% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Madhubani, which ranks 29 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.6 out of 100. It trails the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 31.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 96.1%, self-employed workers at 57.6% and women-owned enterprises at 28.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Madhubani are in the Madhubani district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Madhubani youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.