Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Banaskantha has 21,446 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,56,029, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 40% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Banaskantha, which ranks 32 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7.4%. The district has 58,882 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Banaskantha are in the Banaskantha district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Banaskantha youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.