A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Dahod disburses ₹22,612 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 95.9 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.
67% of registered enterprises are in services while 33% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dahod, which ranks 33 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 70.4%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 71%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 99.2% and women-owned enterprises at 24.2%, it sits close to the national mark.