A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
10.6% of Surat's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 2,74,106 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 11% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 75% of the population of that age.
In Surat, which ranks 6 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,15,736, against ₹1,43,689 nationally and formal-sector jobs at 12%, against 9% nationally.