Pillar: Economic Participation
Malappuram has 26,998 manufacturing MSMEs. 60.8% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 94% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 31% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Malappuram, which ranks 14 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.8% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,85,859.
Mandated services and how to locate the CFC under SFURTI in Malappuram are in the Malappuram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Malappuram youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.