Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Malappuram has 74,499 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,85,859, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
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 bank branches per lakh people at 13.1. On credit going to productive use at 60.5%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre 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.