Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kodagu disburses ₹75,874 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 53.4 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, behind the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 56% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kodagu, which ranks 16 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 42.8%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 74.7% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 41.4%. On women-owned enterprises at 28.6%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Kodagu are in the Kodagu district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kodagu youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.