Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
34.3% of workers in Faridkot are employed in agriculture, better than the typical district. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides the extension services and training this agriculture-dependent workforce relies on.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 86% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Faridkot, which ranks 23 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 48% and households in the poorest wealth group at 3.1%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,30,274, it sits close to the national mark.
What the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) reference. For Faridkot specifically, see the Faridkot district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Faridkot youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.