An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
33.1% of workers in Udupi are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 6.3% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 96% of the population of that age.
In Udupi, which ranks 6 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 37.9%, against 59.3% nationally and households in the poorest wealth group at 2.2%, against 17.3% nationally. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,32,910, it sits close to the national mark.