Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Bandipore has 18,607 registered MSMEs. 1% of the workforce is employed in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The District Industries Centre registers, licenses, and supports this enterprise base.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 37% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bandipore, which ranks 15 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.4 out of 100. On jobs created through enterprise-credit schemes at 3,965, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 7,794 registered manufacturing enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the District Industries Centre (DIC) in Bandipore are in the Bandipore district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Bandipore youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.