Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Samastipur disburses ₹16,271 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 92.6 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Samastipur, which ranks 22 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 32.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.9%, self-employed workers at 56.2% and women-owned enterprises at 30.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Samastipur are in the Samastipur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Samastipur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.