Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Zunheboto disburses ₹4,387 in small business loans per lakh population. The district trains 915.5 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.
59% of registered enterprises are in services while 41% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 22% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Zunheboto, which ranks 9 of 17 in Nagaland for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.7 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 self-employed workers at 65%. On skilling trainees who get certified at 92.5% and women-owned enterprises at 29.3%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the RSETI in Zunheboto are in the Zunheboto district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Zunheboto youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.