Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
4.9% of Wayanad's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 7,405 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Higher secondary enrollment (classes 9–12) is 176%, likely reflecting students enrolling from neighbouring areas. Only 20% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Wayanad, which ranks 15 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,99,049 and formal-sector jobs at 13.8%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Wayanad are in the Wayanad district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Wayanad youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.