Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bhavnagar has 62,576 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,35,796, close to the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 25% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Bhavnagar, which ranks 19 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.2 out of 100. On credit going to productive use at 61.6% and bank branches per lakh people at 9.6, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Bhavnagar are in the Bhavnagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bhavnagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.