Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
1.2% of West Jaintia Hills's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 1,233 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 53% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In West Jaintia Hills, which ranks 7 of 12 in Meghalaya for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 42.4 out of 100. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,28,124 and formal-sector jobs at 8.2%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Industrial Estate in West Jaintia Hills are in the West Jaintia Hills district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the West Jaintia Hills youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.