Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bhavnagar disburses ₹15,274 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 484 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
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 skilling trainees who get certified at 97.8%, self-employed workers at 55.1%, women-owned enterprises at 27.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 51.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI 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.