Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Palakkad has 23,351 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,70,705, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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 employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.2%. The district has 67,352 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.