A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
2.6% of Anantnag's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 12,302 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Anantnag, which ranks 10 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,79,105 and formal-sector jobs at 12.3%.