Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
10.3% of Gandhinagar's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 16,945 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Gandhinagar, which ranks 10 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,66,011 and formal-sector jobs at 12%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Gandhinagar are in the Gandhinagar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Gandhinagar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.