An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Pakur has 2,102 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹60,087, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pakur, which ranks 24 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 41.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.7%. The district has 9,272 registered service enterprises.