A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
0.3% of Kiphire's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, behind the typical district. The district has 441 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 41% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kiphire, which ranks 17 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,63,032 and formal-sector jobs at 17.7%.