Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Chamba disburses ₹21,777 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 821.6 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 42% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Chamba, which ranks 9 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 68.5%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 91.8%, self-employed workers at 62.4% and women-owned enterprises at 28.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Chamba are in the Chamba district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Chamba youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.