Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Vijayanagara disburses ₹1,30,863 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 6.9 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Vijayanagara, which ranks 24 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 47.2%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.5%, women-owned enterprises at 37.2% and young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 48.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Vijayanagara are in the Vijayanagara district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Vijayanagara youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.