Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kinnaur has 947 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,20,541, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 43% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kinnaur, which ranks 7 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.8 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.7%. The district has 2,985 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Kinnaur are in the Kinnaur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kinnaur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.