Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
11% of Rajkot's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 1,16,836 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 38% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Rajkot, which ranks 8 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,83,028 and formal-sector jobs at 10.4%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Rajkot are in the Rajkot district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Rajkot youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.