An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
6.4% of workers in Pathankot 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 87% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Pathankot, which ranks 3 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 39.4%, value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,80,586 and households in the poorest wealth group at 0.7%.