Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
4.6% of Thiruvananthapuram's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 30,888 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 38% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Thiruvananthapuram, which ranks 5 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,21,264 and formal-sector jobs at 20.5%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Thiruvananthapuram are in the Thiruvananthapuram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Thiruvananthapuram youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.