A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
0.8% of Ganderbal's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 11,295 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
57% of registered enterprises are in services while 43% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 44% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ganderbal, which ranks 1 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.9 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on formal-sector jobs at 18.3%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹91,471.