Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Kasaragod disburses ₹45,813 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 172.9 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.
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. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 41.4%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 35.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 90.8% and women-owned enterprises at 29.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI 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.