A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Chhota Udepur disburses ₹7,917 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 45% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chhota Udepur, which ranks 22 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.3 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.