Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Thiruvananthapuram has 30,888 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹2,21,264, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 87% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
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 employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.6%. The district has 1,01,038 registered service enterprises.
What the MSME-DFO is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the MSME-DFO reference. For Thiruvananthapuram specifically, see the Thiruvananthapuram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Thiruvananthapuram youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.