Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Chhota Udepur disburses ₹8,128 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 142.3 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 42% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 12% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chhota Udepur, which ranks 23 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.1% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 60.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.1% and women-owned enterprises at 17.4%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Chhota Udepur are in the Chhota Udepur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chhota Udepur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.