Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Wokha disburses ₹4,085 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 248.1 youth per lakh under short-term skilling, close to the typical district. The Rural Self Employment Training Institute prepares rural youth to use credit like this to start their own enterprise.
62% of registered enterprises are in services while 38% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 17% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 67% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Wokha, which ranks 8 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on young people in the labour force aged 15 to 29 at 56.9%, while it lags on skilling trainees who get certified at 81.9% and self-employed workers at 65%. On women-owned enterprises at 24.7%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Wokha are in the Wokha district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Wokha youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.