Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Hamirpur disburses ₹41,077 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 1,400.2 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 62% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Hamirpur, which ranks 6 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.1 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 53.9%, while it lags on self-employed workers at 69.1%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 93.9% and women-owned enterprises at 19.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Hamirpur are in the Hamirpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Hamirpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.