Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
0.4% of Eastern West Khasi Hills's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 297 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 48% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Eastern West Khasi Hills, which ranks 9 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,13,600. On formal-sector jobs at 8.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in Eastern West Khasi Hills are in the Eastern West Khasi Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Eastern West Khasi Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.