Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Purnia disburses ₹12,680 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 119.2 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 45% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 11% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Purnia, which ranks 34 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.1 out of 100. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.9%, self-employed workers at 56.4%, women-owned enterprises at 19.3% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 44.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Purnia are in the Purnia district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Purnia youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.