An ICAR-funded centre that tests improved farming on local fields and trains farmers and rural youth, free of charge.
22.2% of workers in Gangtok 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gangtok, which ranks 2 of 6 in Sikkim for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 38.8%, value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,93,168 and households in the poorest wealth group at 1.4%.