Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
7.7% of Kottayam's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 14,060 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 38% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Kottayam, which ranks 3 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 58.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,95,091 and formal-sector jobs at 23.6%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Kottayam are in the Kottayam district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Kottayam youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.