Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Pathankot has 21,850 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,80,586, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 27% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Pathankot, which ranks 6 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 20.6, while it lags on credit going to productive use at 49.8%.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Pathankot are in the Pathankot district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Pathankot youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.