A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
1% of Bandipore's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 7,794 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 39% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bandipore, which ranks 16 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.7 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on formal-sector jobs at 11%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,18,226.