Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kasaragod has 29,294 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,82,472, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 91% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 29% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kasaragod, which ranks 13 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 17.7. On credit going to productive use at 60.8%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Kasaragod are in the Kasaragod district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kasaragod youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.