Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
5.2% of Palakkad's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 23,351 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Higher secondary enrollment (classes 9–12) is 111%, likely reflecting students enrolling from neighbouring areas. Only 31% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Palakkad, which ranks 12 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,70,705 and formal-sector jobs at 16.2%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Palakkad are in the Palakkad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Palakkad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.