Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bharuch has 55,172 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,39,933, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 14% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bharuch, which ranks 7 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 15.6, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 52.2%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Bharuch are in the Bharuch district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bharuch youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.