Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Wayanad disburses ₹1,00,280 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 342.9 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, better than the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
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. The district runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 30.7%, while it lags on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 37.3%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 94% and women-owned enterprises at 18.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI 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.