Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
4.7% of Alappuzha's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 16,835 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 69% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 38% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Alappuzha, which ranks 4 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,62,521 and formal-sector jobs at 21.1%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Alappuzha are in the Alappuzha district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Alappuzha youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.