A Rural Self-Employment Training Institute giving rural youth one to six week courses, with food and lodging covered.
Patan disburses ₹8,728 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 322.6 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Patan, which ranks 27 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on self-employed workers at 77.9%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94.3%, women-owned enterprises at 27.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 49.7%, it sits close to the national mark.