Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Porbandar has 3,956 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,64,073, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 38% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 26% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Porbandar, which ranks 18 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.6%. The district has 16,455 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Porbandar are in the Porbandar district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Porbandar youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.