Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Botad has 6,315 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,26,002, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
64% of registered enterprises are in services while 36% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Botad, which ranks 13 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 9.2%. The district has 11,166 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Botad are in the Botad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Botad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.