Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Wayanad has 7,405 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,99,049, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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 employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.9%. The district has 22,254 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO 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.