Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bhavnagar has 25,060 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,35,796, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 8.7%. The district has 62,576 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.